Which U.S. state has the best (or worst) license plate slogan in your opinion?

On the other hand, the Tulsa flag plate is banging. https://www.newson6.com/story/6250b6e28a3fc17e4f3e422d/state-legislature-approves-license-plate-with-tulsa-flag-design

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EightEqualsSignD@reddit

I got a vanity plate when they implemented the ugly ass scissor tail. I'm rocking a department of wildlife horny toad.

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ticklethycatastrophe@reddit

My wife has one of the bison plates. It’s sharp.

Must be OKC haters downvoting the Tulsa flag plate.

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Clean-Entry-262@reddit

My favorite was always “Stars Fell On” at the top, and “Alabama” at the bottom …but I don’t think they do that one anymore.

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musical_dragon_cat@reddit

"New Mexico, USA" because the rest of the country doesn't know we exist. That big USA on there is just a big middle finger to out-of-state law enforcement and I'm all for it!

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TormentDubz_EDM@reddit

Liberal, KS didn’t get the memo. They must have thought I was trafficking drugs because I had a New Mexico plate at the time and my license plate lights just happened to be out

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littleblacklemon@reddit

The new PA plates that say "Let Freedom Ring" are pretty corny and also ironic considering that we're a technofeudal police state

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daft_plant001100@reddit

Like, I'm not from the east, but 'Live free or die' is pretty fire.

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Also as someone from New Hampshire, it’s taken seriously: you are not legally required to wear a seatbelt after 18 yrs of age (though encouraged to), or wear a motorcycle helmet. And you can pick up your non taxed, discounted liquor at any number of huge warehouse like stores run by the state, located just off the highway. That said, I really love living here for various other reasons.

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lechydda@reddit

To be fair, as someone who lives here, the motto isn’t really taken seriously except in those few cases (which are pretty stupid things to think are about “freedom”). I appreciate the slogan and think it’s great in theory, and I like the lack of certain regulations and income tax in NH … but they can’t even decide on how to properly repeal the state car inspection law. Plus a hundred other regulations and taxes and whatnot … NH doesn’t really live up to its license place unless you only count stupid people not wearing seatbelts or helmets on the road.

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Spirited-Dependent82@reddit

As someone also from New Hampshire, one of my biggest pet peeves is people claiming that the motto “live free or die” is related to the lack of specific regulations or a libertarian political philosophy. You can cherry pick examples like the lack of a seatbelt or helmet law, but in reality, the state of New Hampshire regulates most things in the same manner most other states do. Plus, I don’t really understand how a state run liquor monopoly supports the idea that New Hampshire has a limited government mentality.

“Live free or die” just means that it’s better to fight for democracy than to live under tyranny, it doesn’t mean that safety regulations are bad or constitute a lack of liberty. It is similar to “give me liberty or give me death.” Certain political groups just co-opt the motto to support their political beliefs, and will claim that “live free or die” means whatever they specifically believe.

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Neat-Ad11@reddit

Well put. This summarizes it nicely. 👍🏻

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SkiingAway@reddit

Yup. Not to mention that it's one of the NIMBYiest places around. Good luck getting permission to build anything more dense than a single family house in most places in the state.

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lantech@reddit

still can't buy weed legally though

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MattieShoes@reddit

Don't they levy additional taxes on capital gains? I mean, probably offset by the no income tax thing... Just thought it was odd

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someofyourbeeswaxx@reddit

They make them in prison!!! It’s true, there’s a song about it and everything.

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DoubleDongle-F@reddit

I live in NH and I think it's cringe

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Special-Reindeer-178@reddit

Its such an ironic motto too given how unfree the state had become over the years

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SheenPSU@reddit

How so?

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RRR-Mimi-3611@reddit

I’m from that state and it’s a nice thought but highly inaccurate. Marijuana is still illegal here even though every surrounding state has legalized it. How free is that?

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SheenPSU@reddit

It’s decriminalized

And marijuana isn’t the litmus test for being “free”. The state isn’t against vices, it just likes the money from it.

Once the state can be the distributor like it is with alcohol it’ll be legalized and dispensaries will be out in with the liquor stores by the end of the week lmao

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Porcupine-in-a-tree@reddit

I’m partial to Utah’s “Greatest Snow on Earth” but NH is for sure the best one.

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selenamcg@reddit

It no longer says "greatest snow on earth" ... And we no longer have the greatest snow on earth... But both used to be true.

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Budsygus@reddit

Yeah, our snow has SUUUUUUUCKED lately. I feel bad for anyone who booked ski vacations for this last winter cuz I'd be pissed if I showed up and everything was just mud and rocks.

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DoublePostedBroski@reddit

Isn’t it “Life. Elevated.” ?

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Dlax8@reddit

I think that's the Travel Ad slogan, not the license plate saying?

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Budsygus@reddit

It's on the plates with the Delicate Arch

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Porcupine-in-a-tree@reddit

They have a few standard plates. Life elevated has the delicate arch and Greatest Snow on Earth has snow sports and in god we trust if you want to self-identify as lds to the cars behind you.

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manfrombelmonty@reddit

I see all these “live free” rednecks regularly come down to MA to get their legal weed.

Living free indeed

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wwb_99@reddit

Passing all the MA residents going across the border for cheap liquor. It is a fair trade.

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NeptuneHigh09er@reddit

Well plenty of us say the state motto sarcastically because of our weed laws and other reasons. But we’re not all rednecks, thanks.

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getElephantById@reddit

I don't understand why rednecks are getting insulted here. Presumably everyone who wants legal weed in NH also drives across the border to buy it, not just rednecks.

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QuietObserver75@reddit

I'm remembering that town in NH where all the libertarians took over and the town ended up infested with bears.

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BroughtBagLunchSmart@reddit

Yea, Libertarians came to the state with the goal of destroying it/making it a libertarian paradise, which is the exact same thing.

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SnooPeripherals5969@reddit

Grafton. the annoying thing is that libertarians and “free staters” predominantly come to NH from other states with the goal of making NH their libertarian haven, they have had some success weaseling their ways into school boards, political offices, councils etc. The majority of people who live and grew up in NH hate these people with a burning passion and view them as spoiled, rich, losers who care way too much about getting rid of age of consent laws.

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Silently-Snarking@reddit

If they live in the NH/MA border they’re not really rednecks broski

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the-quibbler@reddit

Uh. You've never met NH/MA rednecks? I went to school with a ton. Would you have been more comfortable with "up-country degens"?

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Dizzy_Lengthiness_92@reddit

I went to school in Milford, NH and this was during the peak of Larry the cable guy and people were bragging about being red necks.

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Silently-Snarking@reddit

I don’t think the “rednecks” are typically those at the dispos on the border. I also think you can find rednecks throughout New England. You guys just want to be haters.

Anyway live free or die, death is not the worst of evils!

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doc_skinner@reddit

Wouldn't the people from further upstate also be at the dispensaries on the border?

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Silently-Snarking@reddit

No, they’d prob be at the Maine Maine or Vermont ones

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doc_skinner@reddit

Oh, I see. That makes sense. Thanks

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the-quibbler@reddit

Ah, you were responding to the masshole's defacto disdain for New Hampshire. Then I agree with you. Too broad a brush.

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manfrombelmonty@reddit

Geographically Msybe not.

Culturally however…

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Silently-Snarking@reddit

Yes you’re so right someone who lives in Brookline NH is culturally different than someone who lives in Pepperell MA

You sound ridiculous 😂

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Substantial_Belt_143@reddit

Eh. I think NH not having a seatbelt law is pretty dang stupid. But I guess that's the true nature of "live free or die."

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thatwatersnotclean@reddit

They are made in the state prison.

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Ride-Entire@reddit

Nice! Oh, the irony!

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Training-Fold-4684@reddit

That's nice

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CannaBeeKatie@reddit

It should read "Live, Freeze, and Die." It annoys me they keep the Old Man of the Mountain as the background, when he fell down 20 years ago.

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BroughtBagLunchSmart@reddit

I have bad news for you about every single piece of US currency in global circulation.

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getdownheavy@reddit

I remember 2 Canadian friends seeing a NH one and saying "That's a little dramatic" lol.

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EggInMyLeggings@reddit

Unless you were stamping those license plates at the state penitentiary

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Soft_Assistant6046@reddit

So happy someone beat me to this. For anyone wondering, it's a song called "Live Free or Die"

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the-quibbler@reddit

As a New Hampshirite, I'd be in favor of a refresh. Possibly, the second half of the quote:

Death is not the worst of evils.

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Legitimate-Log-6542@reddit

😂 Ronnie Chieng talks about this in his Netflix standup special

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bonnardpainting@reddit

i think florida not saying "Florida" on thetop anymore and instead saying "myflorida.com" is pretty bad lol

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Ristrettooo@reddit

That's not good, but it's not as bad as the time Maryland put starspangled200.com on their plates and then lost the domain so it wound up going to a Filipino gambling site, and then paid an undisclosed amount of money to get it back.

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mechanicalcontrols@reddit

I was gonna make fun of "Famous Potatoes" but in light of new information, I believe Florida has Idaho beat here.

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tunaboot@reddit

I think it was South Carolina that for a while had "travel2sc.com" or something similar on their plate.

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BFFassbender@reddit

These days it's "While I breathe, I hope", which I like. Much better than "travel2sc.com", for sure.

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Budsygus@reddit

I dunno, man. "travel2sc.com" has gotten me through some hard times.

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sabotabo@reddit

not anymore. these day's it's "where the revolutionary war was won"

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dachjaw@reddit

Which is much better than their first attempt, “Where the Civil War Was Lost”.

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Training-Fold-4684@reddit

I'm pretty sure they mixed up their wars.

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sabotabo@reddit

SC and charleston did play a pretty important role in the war. 30% of american (patriot and loyalist) deaths in the war occurred here. where the war ended is important, but it's not the whole story.

though, it is a pretty bold claim for any single state to make

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tunaboot@reddit

Yorktown, Virginia may have a strongly different opinion on that.

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NativePA@reddit

PA used to be www.state.pa.us on the plate

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NCSUGrad2012@reddit

They just switched back this year to saying Florida again

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silvermoonhowler@reddit

I agree

Their has lost so much character with just integrating Florida into that website now

California's I'd put right next to it, if not just above it as they literally have the website of their DMV on the plate; I mean, what other states do that?

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suffaluffapussycat@reddit

I love that they couldn’t get florida.com

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prplgrrl@reddit

California plates have the DMV website on the bottom. I feel somehow this is worse. dmv.ca.gov

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notapunk@reddit

Yeah, at least we still have the state name on the top, but would be happy to see them replace the web site with a decent slogan

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Adorable_Dust3799@reddit

Ours still says California at the top, but instead of a slogan on the bottom it's "dmv.ca.gov"

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MetalicP@reddit

They’re stuck in 2002, when every ad ended in “…DOT COM!”

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Status_Ad_4405@reddit

Throw in the dick and balls for good measure

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TemperMe@reddit

Ohio and NC have had a rivalry (That Ohio is wrong about) on who claims the Wright Brothers achievement.

The Wrights were from Ohio did their testing and trials in NC as it was well suited for their takeoff needs.

NCs tag: first in flight Ohio tag: fist in aviation

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No_Physics_228@reddit

I like that Oklahoma’s is “imagine that” because literally every time we’re in national news I’m like “huh. Imagine that.” Sarcastically.

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lechydda@reddit

Top: live free or die (New Hampshire).

Bottom: any plate that lists a website … it feels like forced advertising on your car.

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licksquadtraps@reddit

So, I like the petty little relationship between North Carolina's and Ohio's. "First in Flight" and "Birthplace of Aviation". The Wright brothers flew in North Carolina but were born in Ohio. Both states claiming them in a technically correct way.

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DasquESD@reddit

This was my first thought as well

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someofyourbeeswaxx@reddit

I mean obviously it’s NH but I think Vacationland is pretty cool, too.

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HRDBMW@reddit

New Hampshire. "Live Free or Die"

They don't believe it, it is an absolute lie.

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MartyPhelps@reddit

Virginia: “Don’t Tread on Me.” That’s the state slogan of New Hampshire. Get your own slogan.

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TheBraveToast@reddit

I'm biased, but I think the throwback Michigan ones that say "water winter wonderland" are pretty cute

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Detonation@reddit

I do not like the water wonderland ones in Michigan at all. lol

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Pierogi314@reddit

There's always been something absurdly funny about Maine's Lobster plate to me

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AliMcGraw@reddit

"Taxation without Representation" is the clear winner

https://boundarystones.weta.org/sites/default/files/Washington%2C_D.C._license_plate%2C_2000%E2%80%932001_series_with_December_2001_sticker.png

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Some-Essay5289@reddit

Years ago Oklahoma license plates said Oklahoma is OK. Pretty bland.

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DadPuncher69@reddit

Water-Winter Wonderland on Michigan plates is nice.

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OroBlancoMelogold@reddit

The return to the blue yellow and green white old school plates was such a good move

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Frenchitwist@reddit

“Live Free or Die” on NH’s plates is hands down the best

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Donald_J_Duck65@reddit

Massachusetts. The standard plate is dull as a hoe.

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RollinThundaga@reddit

DC.

'Taxation without representation'

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Susurrus03@reddit

They added End to the beginning a long time ago.

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wounds-of-light@reddit

Yep I moved here last year and my plates both say “END TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”

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JudgeWhoOverrules@reddit

Ironically, they do have a representative in Congress that although they don't get to participate in general floor votes are able to participate in committees and vote within them.

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wwb_99@reddit

I'm not sure if you could say our non-voting representative was actually alive for the last decade TBH.

We need some senators too.

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TrillyMike@reddit

No vote on the floor and no senators = no representation

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JayRandom212@reddit

They deserve two Senators.

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Mikeupinhere@reddit

Every DC vehicle is a quiet protest. Love it.

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sleepygreendoor@reddit

I think for it to be a protest it would have to say “no” before the rest of it

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funkyalpaca92@reddit

They do now. The newer plates say "End Taxation Without Representation"

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paulnuman@reddit

Too many black people to make it a state

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virstultus@reddit

Then I'd just assume it was a statement about how awesome America is. Without "no" it made me curious so I found googled what the complaint is about.

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whatevendoidoyall@reddit

Oklahoma used to say "Oklahoma is OK!" which is actually always liked lol

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_HeyGFY_@reddit

Some states put the county on the plates, apparently so people don't stray too far from home.

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Nondescript_585_Guy@reddit

As someone from a state that doesn't do that, I never really understood why it's necessary.

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GOTaSMALL1@reddit

Utah’s “Life Elevated” is pretty good cause maybe people forget there’s mountains here.

And that the New Mexico plate says fucking “USA” is funny as shit.

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Impressive-Safety191@reddit

Has to… we drive out of state it’s hit or miss that folks know we’re one of the 50.

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GOTaSMALL1@reddit

Ha! My company is based in NM and they just got us all vehicles. I never noticed it the times I’ve been to ABQ but when I had to put the plate on I was like “”Oh! ‘Land of Enchantment’! Wait… ‘USA’? Is that normal? Wtf?”

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WhyTheWindBlows@reddit

“Colorado”

Simple and effective

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Gnoccir@reddit

As an Ohioan, I’ve got to say the worst is North Carolina

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Extreme_Turn_4531@reddit

Back in the 80's Indiana had the single word "Wander" with Indiana at the bottom, sort of implying that no one in Indiana had anywhere to be or a clear destination. It was yellow, red and green, I guess showing solidarity with Lithuania, or maybe Ethiopia.

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Aquarius_K@reddit

Our slogan is ok but the plates are ugly. "Unbridled Spirit"

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the_real_JFK_killer@reddit

Best: the old texas plates

Worst: the current texas plates

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start3ch@reddit

Agreed. Loved the old plates. Cowboy, space shuttle, oil derricks, and night sky. Sums up the state pretty well

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ComprehensiveEar6001@reddit

Hell nah, the current classic black and white Texas are one of the few things we do right as a state.

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NCSUGrad2012@reddit

The new ones are terrible. The generic 3M font that isn’t even embossed looks awful

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No_Tamanegi@reddit

I'm still amused by the "Texas Truck" plates, that helpfully inform you that the vehicle is a truck, if you couldn't tell by looking at the vehicle.

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dachjaw@reddit

Some people, and I’m not saying it’s just Texas people, although I’m also not saying it isn’t, need to have these things explained to them.

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nauticalfiesta@reddit

Worst: California - its literally just the DMV website

New Hampshire's is somewhat ironic since they don't have a seatbelt law for adults.

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SheenPSU@reddit

How is that ironic?

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Dragosal@reddit

New Hampshire has Live Free Or Die

And for a license plate that's pretty hardcore

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tcmits1@reddit

Live free or die!

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TheBotchedLobotomy@reddit

Theres some youtuber or tik tok of a guy who ranked every state and territory thats a pretty fun watch

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Prior_Region_3989@reddit

Idaho has Famous Potatoes. But truck nuts are supposedly illegal now. Our legislature spends all its time on genital and bathroom stuff. Most Republican state in the US needs to control itself.

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ExcellentMaize4141@reddit

I wasn’t a big fan of how Pennsylvania just had a website on their slogan.

Their highway welcome sign said “Pursue Your Happiness” for the longest time, I wished they put that instead

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Big_McLargehuge59@reddit

You’ve Got A Friend in Pennsylvania was so great. I mean it didn’t fit Philly at all, but still.

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One_Bicycle_1776@reddit

Neither does the phrase “city of brotherly love”, but here we are

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Status_Ad_4405@reddit

Always wondered if that was a play on the fact that Pennsylvania was founded by the Society of Friends (Quakers).

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Emotional-Dog8118@reddit

That was so lame 😒!!

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silvermoonhowler@reddit

Yeah, Minnesota's has become that too at least for their standard plates

Before that it just said Explore Minnesota up top, but now it's just the website (exploreminnesota.com)

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DineenMattingly@reddit

Pennsylvania's used to be the worst... it used to say "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania". Like, no the hell I don't! I don't even know anyone there!

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Roam1985@reddit

"America Starts Here" was the best PA slogan, imo.

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ExcellentMaize4141@reddit

How long ago was that?

I always remember the Pursue Your Happiness Slogan but I only started regularly traveling to Pennsylvania in 2022

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Roam1985@reddit

Would be around the early aughts.

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ExcellentMaize4141@reddit

Ah yeah, that was before my time. I only recall Pursue Your Happiness and Let Freedom Ring.

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1Negative_Person@reddit

Michigan’s new Winter, Water, Wonderland plates (in particular the blue and gold, University of Michigan) plates are awesome. The typeface, the kerning, everything looks both classic and modern. They’re simple and elegant.

The turquoise New Mexico plates are good too.

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OneleggedPeter@reddit

I far prefer the Chile plates, but I love NM chile.

https://www.shoplicenseplates.com/2024-new-mexico-chile-license-plate-bscm20#

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1Negative_Person@reddit

I do love some Hatch chilis.

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YogolotSatono@reddit

I really hate North Carolina’s “first in flight”. In Ohio, we have “birthplace of aviation” because the Wright Brothers were born and worked in Ohio. The first airplane was invented in Ohio. All North Carolina provided was that they happened to have some dunes. Feels like total stolen valor for them to act like they are a part of aviation

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machagogo@reddit

Where exactly is Kitty Hawk in Ohio again?

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Naddyman2005@reddit

Missouri; the show me state. Okay, what ARE you going to show me then, your corn fields?

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TrillyMike@reddit

DC has “Taxation without Representation” on every plate

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alighiery360@reddit

Washington D.C. " Taxation without representation," it is specially funny because they are not a state even if their population is way bigger than some states, so they effectively get taxed without any representation. I feel like it is a form of protest that they have that on their plates.

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dachjaw@reddit

Their population is way bigger than some states

Way bigger?

DC 689,000

VT 643,000

WY 576,000

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let-it-rain-sunshine@reddit

They put "End" at the beginning so as to not seem like a boast, and more like a protest.

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Salty_Permit4437@reddit

I feel like DC itself should just be the federal buildings and the territory of those who lived in DC should be part of an actual state.

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Nice-Contest1499@reddit

Democrats wanted to do it a few years ago but it died in congress.

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sgthatred77@reddit

It is pointing out the irony. The revolutionary slogan was "No Taxation without representation."

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juan_humano@reddit

'Land of Enchantment' has a certain charm. And its even more apt when you realize 'Enchantment' is New Mexico code for drunk driving

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ElCapitan878@reddit

We're also the only state that has to put USA on their plates so people know we're not Mexico.

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

Ha, mine says "chile capital of the world" 🌶️

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275MPHFordGT40@reddit

New Mexico is fortunate enough to not have a single bad plate.

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cinnamongirl73@reddit

Maryland had the War of 1812 and home of the Star Spangled Banner. Now, it’s just a pic of our flag (we LOVE our flag), or you can get one that says Treasure the Chesapeake.

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Responsible-Care-388@reddit

Does NH have "Live Free or Die" on any of their plates? I'm going with that if they do lol.

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BrainFartTheFirst@reddit

But Idaho's "Famous Potatoes" is more accurate nationally.

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Jock-Tamson@reddit

George Carlin joke:

Somewhere between “Live Free or Die!” and “Famous Potatoes” the truth lies. It’s probably closer to “Famous Potatoes”.

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Prestigious-Ad8134@reddit

This is the worst for me. There was some huge marketing campaign to convince everyone that Idaho has the best potatoes, when it's actually a very small part of the state's identity.

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rantmb331@reddit

Best to avoid mentioning the militias and white supremacists though.

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thatwatersnotclean@reddit

Made by prisoners at the state pen. Irony.

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1sinfutureking@reddit

Their punishment for not adhering to the state motto is having to stamp license plates.

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juviniledepression@reddit

We do

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HyperboleHelper@reddit

You guys 100% have the best saying. No notes.

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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

Taxation Without Representation tho...

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HyperboleHelper@reddit

A very close second in my opinion.

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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

Land of Enchantment is awfully good too.

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Status_Ad_4405@reddit

They are apparently still proud of a rock formation that collapsed 20+ years ago, lol

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Bstallio@reddit

Indeed

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silvermoonhowler@reddit

Best:

New Hampshire
Alaska

Worst:

Florida
Minnesota (at least it redeems itself a bit from the exploreminnesota.com top with the 10,000 lakes slogan at the bottom)
California (literally the only license plate I know of that has the state's DMV website plastered on it)

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tacobellgittcard@reddit

Our license plate says “Explore Minnesota.com”. Which I think is supposed to mean both “Explore Minnesota” and “Minnesota.com” separately, but it looks like they are telling you to check out the website. Its so stupid and it looks terrible. It’s a big pet peeve of mine when states call out their website on the license plate anyway.

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silvermoonhowler@reddit

Actually, the website is exploreminnesota.com

And as someone who also lives in MN, I totally agree; feels like such a cop-out if you ask me, just like Florida's plates have their website right on it too in myflorida.com and how California's have the website of their DMV on the bottom instead of the state's slogan

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Weekly-Bill-1354@reddit

not a state... there's a city in my state with the motto "We'll Try"

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beta_vulgaris@reddit

Did Fall River ever really try though? Doesn’t seem like it.

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Weekly-Bill-1354@reddit

Not when it comes to plowing after a blizzard.

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AncientGuy1950@reddit

At one time (and maybe still), Oklahoma had "Oklahoma is OK" which only marginally beat out the runner up slogan of 'Trees are Made of Wood!'.

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A-Giant-Blue-Moose@reddit

Easily NH. "Live free or die."

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PacSan300@reddit

New Hampshire and Hawaii are my favorites. The “Live Free or Die” on NH just looks badass for some reason. The rainbow on the Hawaii plate, along with “Aloha State”, just looks so welcoming.

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claudiatiedemann@reddit

“Pure Michigan” is a silly slogan to me.

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theresoneineverycar@reddit

My stepmom's brother did marketing for wisconsin, and pitched Pure Wisconsin. They turned it down, and soon after, Pure Michigan happened

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The_sad_zebra@reddit

I don't care for tourism slogans on a state's license plates. Like, Virginia must have some great slogans and nicknames they could choose from, given their history, but they went with "Virginia is for Lovers". Bleh

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ReadingRainbowie@reddit

Water Wonderland is better IMO

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dimap443@reddit

Famous Potatoes vs Live free or Die

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itslilyyy15@reddit

I saw some comments mention New Mexico's "Land of Enchantment" and the fact that "USA" is on NM plates.

There's also another NM plate that says "Chile Capital of the World." (NM has 3 regular plates to choose from at the MVD)

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hucareshokiesrul@reddit

I always thought First in Freedom on the NC plates seemed like a strange thing for a slave state to say.

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Salty_Permit4437@reddit

They say first in flight no? Kitty hawk and the wright brothers

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sabotabo@reddit

some say first in flight, others first in freedom. it's referring to the halifax resolves, which were the first time a colonial legislation called for independence

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Salty_Permit4437@reddit

I’ve seen mostly first in flight on NC plates

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The_sad_zebra@reddit

The default ones say First in Flight, but there's an alternate you can opt for that says First in Freedom.

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yert1099@reddit

We also have one that says “First in Flight” with an image of The Wright Flyer on it. The Wright Brothers flew their plane in Kill Devil Hills, NC. Years ago, Ohio tried to say that they were first and put The Wright Flyer on their license plates…flying backwards.

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DoublePostedBroski@reddit

No, Ohio has birthplace of aviation. NC wouldn’t have flight if the brothers weren’t born. ;)

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rtoobydoo@reddit

Ohio birthed the two of the most important inventors in modern history.

North Carolina has a hill, I guess

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sabotabo@reddit

continuing the trend of intelligent people realizing they need to get the fuck out of ohio as soon as possible... just like the astronauts

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yert1099@reddit

Oh bless your heart…

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goodsam2@reddit

I think the Virginia is for lovers is a great slogan but often misinterpreted.

1) it kinda works as is.

2) the original was highlighting how diverse the state is, it was supposed to be Virginia is for hiking trail lovers as it has 1/4 of the AT, Virginia is for wine lover because of its wine areas, Virginia is for history lovers as it has the historic triangle

3) loving vs Virginia which made interracial marriages legal the loving family sued Virginia to allow interracial marriages.

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bit_shuffle@reddit

"Stars fell on Alabama"

It explains so much.

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Silently-Snarking@reddit

New Hampshire.

Live Free or Die

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the-quibbler@reddit

State supreme court upheld that obscuring the motto was protected free speech, which I approve of, because it accords with the motto.

If they offered a "Death is not the worst of evils" variant plate, I wouldn't be able to order it fast enough.

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Defiant_Act_4940@reddit

If a licence plate showing 'Death is not the worst of evils' shows up in my rear view mirror, I am shitting myself that I am about to get rammed off the road.

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Ok-Concert-6475@reddit

I would have the same reaction and would immediately pull over.

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One-Hand-Rending@reddit

NH is by far the best with "LIVE FREE OR DIE"

Worst are the NJ plates... "Garden State" my a$$...I've been there and I'm not fooled.

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seanofkelley@reddit

Best; Alaska: The Last Frontier

Worst: Arkansas: The Natural State

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bytheninedivines@reddit

How is the natural state bad?

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imhereforthemeta@reddit

I am so jealous of even the lamest slogans because illinois is "land of lincoln" The hyperfocus on one dude is such a snore.

But it makes sense because "used to be a prarie state and now is 8 soy bean field and a dollar general in a trench coat plus chicago" doesnt have the same ring..

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Suppafly@reddit

Hawaii has rainbow ones that look like they were designed for gay pride. We don't see them a ton in the mainland, but sometimes they show up when service members get their cars shipped home.

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mekoRascal@reddit

Not a license plate, persay, but South Dakota's "Meth, were on it" campaign was definitely a choice

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aolerma@reddit

New Hampshire’s sounds badass but I gotta be honest, I have no idea what it actually has to do with the state itself. To be fair, I know absolutely nothing about NH, but “Live free or die” just doesn’t scream NH to me?

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NoPersimmon7434@reddit

It's the most libertarian state. It's fitting.

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crazycatlady331@reddit

Yet (I think) weed it not legal there.

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NoPersimmon7434@reddit

Yup. That'll change, eventually...

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SheenPSU@reddit

John Stark, Revolutionary War hero and New Hampshire native, famously said

"Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst of Evils."

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aolerma@reddit

That makes more sense. I looked it up and Google didn’t mention he was a New Hampshire native.

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TheDepressingReality@reddit

Ad Astra per Apera is pretty hard to beat

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New_Distribution_263@reddit

We had to dumb it down so people in other states (ahem, Missouri) would understand it! To the Stars is still better than what most states have, though.

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PhilthyPhil8917@reddit

Yeah but then we dumbed it down, translated it, and cut it down to just To the Stars

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TheDepressingReality@reddit

yeah... 🥲 Worst part of the new plates

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scottdenis@reddit

I'd love to throw my hat in for "The Land of 10,000 Lakes", but "Live Free or Die" is pretty fucking gangster.

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ManufacturerDull4689@reddit

“Famous Potatoes”…

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ObiWanKnieval@reddit

"Don't mess with Texas" was fun. I like a state slogan that's a threat.

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AdEastern9303@reddit

Worst- Idaho - famous potatoes.

I mean, is that really all you got?

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MaritimesRefugee@reddit

Not a slogan, but needs to be there... Montana : The Last Great Place (from the Yellowstone wardens TV show intro)

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Chicken-n-Biscuits@reddit

Louisiana’s has been “Sportsman’s Paradise” off and on my entire life. Yes, hunting and fishing are popular there, but it’s still just a fraction of the population that are into it.

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Maleficent-Hawk-318@reddit

I always find that pretty funny because I have met some hunters from Louisiana over the years, and in my experience they're super impressed with western states (like I first noticed it when I spent a few months there for work while living in Colorado; lots of hunters liked to wax poetic about hunting in CO when they found out that's where I lived). I had a number of them jokingly get outraged when they learned I don't hunt because I was wasting an opportunity that they dreamed of, basically.

I'm not a hunter myself so don't have much opinion (though I do think Louisiana is gorgeous; definitely too moist for me, tho), but the license plate slogan always kind of makes me chuckle because of that.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Oklahoma the OK State

lol it’s just “OK”

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clunkclunk@reddit

I hate how California's has the URL for the dmv. Of all things to choose, they had to choose that.

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Winter-eyed@reddit

Oregon “The Beaver State” Is pretty ridiculous

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Kazyctn@reddit

The alternate “Pacific Wonderland” is top tier though.

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meswifty1@reddit

"the good life"

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Derwin0@reddit

I miss our older tags that said “Georgia on my mind”.

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Dear-Ad1618@reddit

My favorite is Washington DC's: Taxation without representation. The people living in the district have to pay federal taxes but they have no representative and no senator in the national congress.

I don't know if their plates still say this, but the worst I've seen is Maryland, 'Seat belts fastened?' I also think that at one time Maryland plates said, 'Drive gently'.

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DoublePostedBroski@reddit

Obligatory “Live free or die” from New Hampshire.

I also like:

Utah: Life. Elevated.
New Mexico: Land of enchantment

Also shoutout Wyoming who just had a rodeo cowboy that looks pretty 🔥

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AngryZetan@reddit

Missouri. "Show me". Sounds kinda perverted to me.

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magnanimous_rex@reddit

And very misleading. Almost got arrested because of that…../s

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DoublePostedBroski@reddit

Virginia is for lovers.

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Basicly-Inevitable@reddit

Hey. We're THE Show Me State!

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AngryZetan@reddit

Hahahaha! Like, what does the state want me to show?

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Basicly-Inevitable@reddit

Depends what you have to show, I guess.

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Fats_Tetromino@reddit

You need to show us because we can't read

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cheribom@reddit

In the early 90’s, PA’s slogan was “You’ve got a friend in Pennsylvania,” and license plates with “You’ve Got A Friend In” on top and “Pennsylvania” on the bottom. Because it’s a state that only requires back plates, you’d see a ton of decorative front plates that looked like a normal vanity plate that said “JESUS” where the #s would be. So it was kinda saying “You’ve got a friend in Jesus”.

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NoPersimmon7434@reddit

"Live Free or Die" is the best.

"Virginia is for Lovers" is the worst.

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Zorkeldschorken@reddit

Does Idaho's plate still say "Famous Potatoes?"

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lottalitter@reddit

Yes. A new “retro” plate has spiced it up some with “World famous potatoes”

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ThirdSunRising@reddit

Carlin had it right. It’s somewhere between “Live Free or Die” and “Famous Potatoes.”

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Hordes_Of_Nebulah@reddit

Here in NC we have a specialty home of the Venus fly trap plate that is pretty cool. I have lived here my entire life and I didn't know that we are the only place they are native to (along with a small part of SC) until I learned it from a license plate.

We also have the "first in flight" plate that is sort of a middle finger to Ohio which is always welcome. The Wright brothers may have done the vast majority of their work in Ohio but they came to NC for the first official flight so we're gonna own that before Ohio can.

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TsundereLoliDragon@reddit

Live Free or Die and Famous Potatoes are kind of tied for best.

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toomanyracistshere@reddit

I don't know if I'd say it's the worst, but "Famous Potatoes" has got to be the most ridiculous one. Fun fact, it was also the very first license plate slogan.

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ProveISaidIt@reddit

It's only a matter of time before they all get replaced with corporate sponsors.

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UnbiasedSportsExpert@reddit

We don't have "The heart of it all" anymore

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ITrCool@reddit

Arkansas - “the natural state”

I honestly like it because we have a ton of amazing state parks here on top of some good national parks too.

But the standard plate with a random diamond on it….nah. That’s full as heck. We need to change that.

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Prudent_Cookie_114@reddit

Best is Alaska: The Last Frontier (although I personally hate the bear design plate). Worst is “Virginia is for lovers” Ick….

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crashbandit3@reddit

I gotta say DC's 'taxation without representation' has earned its way to being one of the worst ones

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Susurrus03@reddit

It has End before it since about 8 years ago but I agree which is why I have a specialty plate.

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Apprehensive-Fig3223@reddit

I really miss "you've got a friend in Pennsylvania" which was a lowkey nod to the quakers

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capsrock02@reddit

DC’s is pretty good

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rf8350@reddit

Kansas. Ad Astra Per Aspera. (To the stars through difficulties)

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ABooShay@reddit

Just got back from a trip to South Carolina, the SC license plate on our rental car said “While I Breathe, I Hope”. I thought that was overly dramatic for a license plate.

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MajorPaper4169@reddit

I’m in NYC but I love Marylands plates.

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sphericalsection@reddit

We take the cake in NH 💪🇺🇸

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babykitten28@reddit

I was born and raised with Land of Lincoln. Now I just have a dumb peach.

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Apart-Disaster-3085@reddit

Oklahoma has "imagine that" on theirs, and I think it's funny because it can be interpreted both positively and sarcastically.

For example"

Oh, our standardized test scores went down after we chased off a bunch of licensed teachers to Texas over pay, well, "imagine that"!

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ol_dirty_applesauce@reddit

West Virginia

"Wild, Wonderful"

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Status_Ad_4405@reddit

Any state with In God We Trust sucks

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Roam1985@reddit

Best: DC's "Taxation without Representation."

Keep pointing out the hypocrisy, gents.

Worst: "Myflorida.com"

Not worth a mention: NY's "Excelsior". Like a bunch of big fans of Stan Lee are going to dig it.

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crtclms666@reddit

I like the “Life Elevated” version of Utah plate.

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amphigory_error@reddit

Louisiana's "Come as you are. Leave Different" is pretty awful. The plates used to say "Sportsman's Paradise," which at least said something about the state.

The highway welcome signs say "Bienvenue Louisiana," which is better.

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