What are your favorite US State shapes?

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wpotman@reddit

Minnesota.

Visually interesting with an arrowhead and northwest angle, but not random like West Virginia. A stately hat on top of the US. :)

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DogeAteMyHomework@reddit

Fun fact: that little chuck sticking up on top, the Northwest Angle is accessible only by boat or from the Canadian side by land.

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

I appreciate West Virginia for keeping us from bordering South Virginia.

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SewGangsta@reddit

As a Michigander I am compelled to say Michigan. How else could we explain where our city is if we weren't mitten shaped?

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red18wrx@reddit

Well down here in Florida, one second...unzips...

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Eric848448@reddit

Way better than Florida: America’s penis.

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secrerofficeninja@reddit

I mean, you’re split in 2 though? Michigan “shape” makes no sense unless Great Lakes are included in the map.

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secrerofficeninja@reddit

That “shape of Michigan”? It’s 2 different pieces. The lower part does look like a mitten as mentioned but there’s a 2nd part.

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goblue2354@reddit

You use your other hand for the UP; turn it sideways with your thumb up and it’s close enough.

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Ouisch@reddit

How many other states have a tourist area known as The Thumb?

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dopefiendeddie@reddit

It would be so fucking cool to buy beachfront property in the Thumb since I could say "I have a vacation property in the Thumb."

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genuine_counterfeit@reddit

You Wisconsinites really have to let it go. You’re not shaped like a hand, you’re not shaped like anything, and that’s okay. Most states are nonsense shapes.

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Copethishagen@reddit

We hold the other hand up sideways with the Keweenaw as the thumb

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ReedPhillips@reddit

vs Florida, which is America's penis.

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Traegs_@reddit

Washingtonians do this too. We kinda look like a fist with the thumb (the Olympic peninsula) hanging out.

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genuine_counterfeit@reddit

As a Michigander I am compelled to concur. ✋

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BlueFuzzyCrocs@reddit

Being in the Wisconsin "Indian Head" we always used the eye to show where our town is

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BrotherNatureNOLA@reddit

I think that Louisiana can relate. I grew up in the toes of the boot.

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Meekanado@reddit

I like that’s it’s a mitten cause it gets cold here! You need mittens.

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Little-Pixie-Belle@reddit

Fun fact, Colorado is actually a 697-sided shape due to various surveying errors

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Ruthrfurd-the-stoned@reddit

Florida and Georgia had a huge territorial dispute because the surveyor was terrified of a native tribe so he just skipped that area, drew a straight line, and said sure that works

Was known as the McNeil line

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PokeCaptain@reddit

Sounds like something the British would do.

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

Wyoming is too, no clue how many exact sides though.

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The-one-true-hobbit@reddit

Huh, I always thought of it as shaped like a heart. Shield definitely fits though!

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Luckypenny4683@reddit

Bias, but I’m quite partial to America’s Shirt Pocket myself

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

I also enjoy our fancy swallowtail flag

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Some_Rando2@reddit

Say what you want about Ohio in general, but our flag can't be beat.

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Adventurous-Exam-719@reddit

It was considerate of Kentucky to make their state shaped like a Chicken Leg in honor of KFC

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I like Texas' state shape. It seems so iconic, and it clearly is loved by the people in Texas too lol. I remember finding out that they sell Texas shaped chicken nuggets and waffle irons in the state and thought that was really cute.

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Kinetic_Silverwolf@reddit

When I moved to the Dallas, Texas area in the year 2000, many local folk were happy to inform me that Texas is the greatest country on Earth. They legit viewed the rest of the U.S. as an annoyance. 😅

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BubbleDoodles@reddit

LMAO, yeah that seems like Texas. Their love and pride for the state is almost unmatched compared to the rest of the country haha. The only ones I think even come close is probably California and maybe New Yorkers (although New Yorkers are morse proud of their city rather than the rest of the state).

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beenoc@reddit

I feel like Californian pride is less 'loud' than Texas. They're like "Well, if you're asking, of course California is the best state in the union, but I don't think about the rest of the states enough to really care that much." Texas pride is loud - they will make sure you know that Texas is the best.

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wileecoyote-genius@reddit

I am going to mention Maryland in the state pride category. As a Texan, I feel obligated to appreciate my state, but those Maryland folk bring it from the heart!!

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suffaluffapussycat@reddit

Often, their life and pride of the state comes from their ignorance about the rest of the country and the world.

Source: I grew up in Texas.

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TXQuiltr@reddit

There are also Texas shaped cast iron skillets. Great for cornbread! 😋

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Mueryk@reddit

There are Texas shaped paving stones and tortilla chips too.

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snoweel@reddit

The paving stones that tessellate are nice!

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TXQuiltr@reddit

Yup. And a lot of those Texas shaped items can be found at HEB, the grocery store with its own cult following.

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Kinetic_Silverwolf@reddit

Never to be confused with Publix, the Florida based grocery store with it's own separate cult following ... and the better bakery.

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BubbleDoodles@reddit

As a Floridian. The pub sub isn't just a sandwich, it's a way of life XD

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

HEB is the bomb. Very good to its employees. Rare in these days!

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the_real_JFK_killer@reddit

Growing up in thought waffles were always made in the shape you were in. When I was like 10 we visited family in ny, I was so interested to see how the waffles dealt with long island, only be to absurdly dissapointed by the round waffles I was given.

If I were better at making things, id make a nys shaped waffle iron. Still not sure how to deal with long island.

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PlatypusDefiant991@reddit

You only need to cross a few hundred yards of water total to reach the mainland from Long Island I think it's okay to just cheat a little & have the waffle connect.

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the_real_JFK_killer@reddit

It feels wrong tho

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Pkrudeboy@reddit

Legally speaking it’s a peninsula.

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sigusr3@reddit

Serve the upstate waffle with a Long-Island-shaped cut of thick bacon.

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BubbleDoodles@reddit

Lmao this is a great idea

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RandomRageNet@reddit

We love Texas-shaped things in Texas! Yee-haw!

Just don't ask us why we're shaped like this and not the original shape

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unripe_mangosteen@reddit

I want Texas shaped nuggets!

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TXQuiltr@reddit

If you have one in your area, you can get them at HEB.

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patricknkelly@reddit

As a native Texan I agree! Always loved coming from a very identifiable and icon state as far as shape.

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sigusr3@reddit

I once used a bathroom in a Texas McDonald's that had a Texas-shaped sink.

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Maxxonry_Prime@reddit

Texas shaped waffles at the breakfast buffet is a sign you're at one of the nicer hotels or brunch spots.

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super-space-time@reddit

The shape of Texas tessellates so you can use it for paver stones, tiles, bricks, etc.

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Impossible_Jury5483@reddit

The Idaho Montana border resembles Nixon looking down to the left.

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Round_Asparagus4765@reddit

Wow now I can’t unsee this

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Impossible_Jury5483@reddit

You're welcome.

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yingxiaojie@reddit

Massachusetts got a lil tail.

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moonmoonboog@reddit

I grew up in Minnesota and always like the shape lol. Other than my home state I would have to say Oklahoma, big fan of the flag lol. I also like how Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana looks like a person with Minnesota as the top hat😆 just google MIMAL the chef/elf

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Queasy-Extension6465@reddit

I like how our Minnesota jumps up and steals a piece of our sister Canada.

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allflanneleverything@reddit

Maryland is a fun one!

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Spirited_Voice_7191@reddit

I've always like the symmetry of the notches out of Arkansas. Especially the dichotomy of the TX notch being a only one of the overlapping states can be square, and the MO notch being river based convenience.

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JudgePrimary4239@reddit

My favorite is Colorado. Least favorite is Wyoming.

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ShakeWeightMyDick@reddit

Florida looks like a dick and I find that hilarious

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Curious-Cranberry-27@reddit

Iowa. It’s a face.

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BulkyTiger8706@reddit

Michigan honestly looks like the devs accidentally dropped two separate DLC maps next to each other and said “yeah this works.”

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TsundereLoliDragon@reddit

I always liked how the Hawaiian islands looked. Idaho, Texas, and West Virginia are pretty good.

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Saruster@reddit

We lived in Hawaii for a while when I was a kid. On pancake days, my mom would make Hawaii shaped minis by drippling little batter drops. She adjusted the big island with the spatula while it cooked but the others were just circles. Then I would arrange them on my plate in the correct size order before drowning them in a syrup tsunami. My mom was the best

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Foxy_locksy1704@reddit

I like the shape of Idaho, it just looks funny to me and I’m a little amused by it because of how narrow it gets at the northern border by Canada.

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WahooLion@reddit

Louisiana - it’s shaped like an L or a shrimp boot

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p143245@reddit

I love how North Carolina feels like it would sit in your handshake hand really well

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EEJams@reddit

I like the chef holding a plate of Kentucky fried chicken on the US map thats made up of a bunch of different states. Technically multiple state borders making a picture but it's cool

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Far_Silver@reddit

Hawaii. The only state where you make out the entire border from space, and boy does it look gorgeous.

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No_name_Johnson@reddit

Delaware - it the only state to have a circular border.

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JJfromNJ@reddit

Pennsylvania does too.

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weeniehutjunior1234@reddit

Then technically so does the state it shares that circular border with, which is PA.

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No_name_Johnson@reddit

I'm still going to give this one to Delaware, they get dunked on pretty regularly and could use the W.

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No-Interview319@reddit

Huh, TIL

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bugluvr65@reddit

michigan and vt/nh mirror

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Craigh-na-Dun@reddit

Idaho and Maryland

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alphaturducken@reddit

Well Texas was obviously shaped after the famous HEB tortilla chip, so gotta go with that one

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JJfromNJ@reddit

"I like the shape of Florida. It looks like we're pissing on Cuba."

Gallagher

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Courwes@reddit

Kentucky (non bias) cause it literally looks like a Key

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good_sandlapper@reddit

South Carolina is the shape of a piece of pie; probably peach or pecan.

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Neat-Ad11@reddit

I like the puzzle piece states, NH and VT, probably because I live in one. My home state has an arm extending out of it and my home town is at the “arm pit” but by no means is the arm pit of the state. AND it can be seen from space.

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travelinmatt76@reddit

Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia are my favorite shapes.

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theycallme_mama@reddit

Texas is probably the most recognizable along with California, Florida and Louisiana. Oklahoma being shaped like a pan with a handle is pretty cool.

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SimoneSays@reddit

Kentucky always looks like a piece of Kentucky fried chicken to me.

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chauntikleer@reddit

It will look even more like it if you consider it to be on a tray (Tennessee) bring held by a chef (Minnesota is the hat, Iowa the head, Missouri the torso, Arkansas the legs, Louisiana the shoes)

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Jake_Corona@reddit

My 6th grade geography teacher used to call it “Chef MIMAL.”

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ReedPhillips@reddit

I've always liked this picture

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Jake_Corona@reddit

Kentucky being shaped like a piece of fried chicken is pretty cool, even though most Kentuckians will tell you KFC tastes like shit and we won’t actually eat it.

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John_Barnes@reddit

I grew up in Ohio, which some say is shaped like a heart and some say is shaped like a shield

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InUrFaceSpaceCoyote@reddit

West Virginia's "leftover land that didn't fit anywhere else"

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lemonpepperpotts@reddit

I quite like that when I’d drive from northern Virginia to visit home or friends in Ohio, there was a non-zero chance I’d have to drive over the Maryland-West Virginia border 3 times

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

Same. I'm from the Northern Panhandle of WV but live in VA now. So my trip goes VA - WV - MD - WV - PA - WV. And then we often go to OH while we're there too.

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SDEexorect@reddit

mine goes MD - VA- WV- VA- WV.

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lemonpepperpotts@reddit

I haven’t made that trip since my parents moved out to VA from OH (the part that’s more Pittsburgh and WV than Ohio), but it really is a charming drive. Occasionally you get to see Noah’s Ark

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John_Barnes@reddit

Not if you’ve driven it. It’s one of the more rugged mountain areas in the east. It was the area o

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JenniferJuniper6@reddit

West Virginia is the part of Virginia that declined to join the Confederacy.

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Mountain_Man_88@reddit

West Virginia is the land that voted to leave Virginia when Virginia left America.

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JenniferJuniper6@reddit

West Virginia is the part of Virginia that declined to join the Confederacy.

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Lothar_Ecklord@reddit

That’s actually a phenomenal way to put it and I’m a fan of

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secrerofficeninja@reddit

I like that driving west from Pittsburgh or south takes you to West Virginia.

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realdown2marsgrrrl@reddit

WV is shaped like a great big middle finger to the confederacy

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Impulse2915@reddit

West Virginia is shaped perfectly as someone flipping someone else off. It's poetic.

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Morgueannah@reddit

I was raised in WV and when of people ask me where I can flip them off and point to the specific region. It's very useful.

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ants_taste_great@reddit

I always found it looks like a pig butt, same with Michigan's UP.

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PlatypusDefiant991@reddit

Fun fact: More live in parts of New York with tip of north panhandle latitude than in all of West Virginia: https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/198jw6f/there_are_more_new_yorkers_south_of_west/

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BracedRhombus@reddit

Florida, heh, heh, eh, heh.

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ITrCool@reddit

So what does that make California if we’re looking at it in that context? 🤔

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ALoungerAtTheClubs@reddit

For all of our wangness, it is nice to be able to easily point to where we live on a globe.

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Retskcaj19@reddit

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Wild-Bill-H@reddit

I like Massachusetts hook-like cape thing.

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9inez@reddit

Being a Texan, I’m partial to the iconic shape…just not the politics within.

Massachusetts is funky fun. Alaska, Michigan, Idaho are interesting. Vermont and New Hampshire are cool as a couple. Louisiana’s boot works.

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_gooder@reddit

I live in the dick of America.

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red-yellow-leaves@reddit

Pennsylvania. I can hold my left hand vertically and point to the approximate location of where I live.

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jda404@reddit

Holy shit you can lol. I am in my mid 30s and have lived in PA my whole life, never realized that nor heard anyone else point that out.

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JenniferJuniper6@reddit

I like how New Jersey is kind of a miniature reverse California.

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unripe_mangosteen@reddit

I like that California has the weird sharp obtuse angle where it meets Nevada near Lake Tahoe. I like Oklahoma because it looks like a pork chop, like I could pick it up by the pan handle and take a bite. And I love the weird spikiness of West Virginia.

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Only_Presentation758@reddit

I like how NH is helpfully pointing at the way into Canada

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Applesaucesquatch@reddit

Michigan mitten wanking off Florida cock n ballz

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nauticalfiesta@reddit

colorado and wyoming are the easiest to draw

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lil_trainz@reddit

NY is a classic, it showcases that there's more to NY than the city. I like that VT and NH are yin yang states

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

Yeah NH and VT are like, "Hey let's just hang and stay out of the bullshit? What say?"

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grandmillennial@reddit

SC is a cute little heart shape! Also one of the more interesting state flags. There's a lot I hate about this state but we have those two things going for us!

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Roboticpoultry@reddit

I’m biased but I love the shape of Illinois (I have an Illinois shaped coffee table and a tattoo of the state)

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whitrva@reddit

As a native I’m biased, but I like how Virginia looks like a bird in flight.

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

aww. That's a charming description!

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srobbinsart@reddit

Minnesota (and not just I-am-from-and-live -here bias). We incorporated a stylized version of it into our new flag (which doubles as the Mississippi River flowing toward the North Star).

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Katesouthwest@reddit

I like to cook. Pan shaped OK is my favorite.

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SixAlarmFire@reddit

Washington. It looks like Washington.

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Aggressive_Economy_8@reddit

Oklahoma's sauce pan shape is the only good thing about Oklahoma.

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

Favorite UT/OU joke from my time at the University of Texas:

Q - Why doesn't Texas fall into the Gulf?

A - Because OU sucks.

lol.

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2PlasticLobsters@reddit

I drove across it on I-40 once. Driving in & out of the various Native tribal alnds made me feel like I was making rapid progress crossing a big state. I was fully aware that this was an illusion, but it still felt so satisfying to see those signs.

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Jdawn82@reddit

The Jenks Aquarium is nice lol

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__The_Kraken__@reddit

My son had a great time at Science Museum Oklahoma! We also met some extremely nice people while we were there. (And I say that as a Texan!)

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Jdawn82@reddit

I remember the science museum when I was growing up and it was nothing compared to what it’s like now. My first 7 years teaching in Oklahoma I was at a school that took the 5th graders to the science museum as a field trip and I always chose to go along. The only time I didn’t enjoy it was when the bus broke down about 50 miles from home and we were stuck on the side of the road for 3 hours until they could bring us a new bus.

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thegamerdoggo@reddit

I like Florida, its unique, like a handle (we have a handle on America) but even though I don’t like Texas, I love the shape of Texas, no other state can beat the shape of Texas, it’s too iconic (only because Texans are wayyyy too proud of Texas)

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FairBaker315@reddit

Pennsylvania, because you can make the shape with your hand.

Hold out your left hand, palm facing you. Bend your thumb and presto! It's Pennsylvania!

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

I like Texas (I would I guess, being a native) but to me it has presence. There's a story behind every border, and no one is going to mistake it for anywhere else.

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ppony2fly@reddit

Florida, because it looks like it's pissing on Cuba

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Maxxonry_Prime@reddit

Don't do that. They've been through enough.

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voltairesalias@reddit

I like how Texas actually kind of looks like a cowboy hat.

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Vikingaling@reddit

Missouri is just right (I have never been to missouri)

I like how Kentucky leans on Virginia

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BeckyDaTechie@reddit

Missouri is very right leaning so that tracks. (I can't wait to move out of this place...)

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uresmane@reddit

New York, Louisiana, California, Florida, Minnesota, West Virginia, Nevada

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Dangerous_Arachnid99@reddit

West Virginia looks like it was made up of the bits that the surrounding states didn't want. You gotta love it. Well, somebody has to.

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Jdawn82@reddit

I like how Missouri looks like a rectangle with a bite taken out of the side.

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dmrose7@reddit

I like how Kansas looks like a perfect rectangle with a little bite taken out of the corner like a chocolate bar.

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JohnBarnson@reddit

Massachusetts seems like it could be its own country, or maybe even continent, but on a small scale.

Oklahoma looks like a gerrymandered district.

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SabresBills69@reddit

Wyoming isn't a perfect rectangle

Florida is a viagara infused land mass

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No-Heat-436@reddit

As a Coloradan, I agree!

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ElleAnn42@reddit

Ohio. It looks like how a 5 year old might draw the lower 48 states.

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barredowl123@reddit

I’m also partial to TN. It ties with Missouri for bordering the most states. And at Rock City in Chattanooga, you can see seven states.

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noop279@reddit

I think Texas because it looks like a fat state that kind of ate a California to me

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S_Wow_Titty_Bang@reddit

West Virginia is goated. Not just the shape but how it was made. West by God 💙💛

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ferrisbuellerspussy@reddit

I might be biased but the boot

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therynosaur@reddit

Vermont and New Hampshire 69ing

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chickpeas3@reddit

Massachusetts. Some of its bias because I spent my childhood there, but I also just love the witch hand finger hook shape.

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CrispyKayak267@reddit

I thought it was an elf bootie.

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DragonScrivner@reddit

I did but I’ve also seen mention of an arm 💪🏽

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elsandeth@reddit

I thought it was an arm

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nummanummanumma@reddit

I think of it as MA flexing a little bicep

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muzic_2_the_earz@reddit

Iowa is kinda shaped like a pig

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Conscious-Okra-7340@reddit

And Kansas would be a perfect rectangle had it not tripped, the northeast corner broke off and landed in Missouri.

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TheBigWhatever@reddit

Does it get any better than West Virginia?

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glowybutterfly@reddit

Oklahoma. Panhandle looks neat. Mildly interesting history, too.

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Jdawn82@reddit

It looks neat but it’s just miles and miles of flat nothing

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glowybutterfly@reddit

Something kind of cool about that. I like that part of the US. Not to live in, but to visit. The sky there is mighty.

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Jdawn82@reddit

I’m from a slightly less flat part of Oklahoma and lived in western Kansas for a few years, which is equally flat. It actually does have its beauty. Sunsets last forever and you can watch storms build for hours before they hit. Some of my best storm photography was in western Kansas and northwest Oklahoma.

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Viscera_Eyes37@reddit

I lived in Boulder, CO for almost a year. Right up against the front range. Obviously very beautiful and this is a very minor knock but it wasn't that great for sunsets because of it. Looked like half the sunsets were behind the mountains.

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Jdawn82@reddit

Yeah my girlfriend moved with me to Kansas from the Treasure Valley in Idaho and was surprised at the sunrises and sunsets. They weren’t so abundant there.

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zgillet@reddit

I'm on the fence between Wyoming and Colorado.

Send help!

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MarriedNudist@reddit

Turn Florida 90 degrees counter-clockwise, always thought it looked like a turtles head since I was a little kid.

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kjlsdjfskjldelfjls@reddit

Michigan's is the most memorable, so I'd nominate that. I like Washington's a lot too, but maybe I'm biased by being a fan of that state

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DjLexHenry@reddit

Im a New Yorker… love how NY LOOKS LIKE A CHICKEN WITH ITS HEAD CUT OFF

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CorsairExtraordinair@reddit

Keep it simple - New Mexico.

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Blooming_Sage@reddit

I like how the boarder between Idaho and Montana kinda looks like a face.

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GOTaSMALL1@reddit

Rectangular… but just a little of one corner missing so the other kids know you’re cool.

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PBDubs99@reddit

I'm a big fan of the "panhandles with beer bellies" shaped states (Idaho, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware).

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Boopa0011@reddit

I always thought NJ kind of looks like it's standing on one leg, slouching against a wall.

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Mobius3through7@reddit

RAHHHHH Wyoming gang.

Also it will infuriate you to know that neither of our states are rectangular. Wyoming has border fuckery with montana, bunch of weird angles.

Colorado is the same way, it has 697 sides.

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thats-gold-jerry@reddit

Ever notice the man cooking fried chicken? MN to LA.

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esk_209@reddit

I like the shape of Oklahoma. Something about a state with a convenient carrying handle is appealing.

Maryland is just bonkers, and there's something about that "we don't care what shape we are" attitude that I can appreciate.

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dadofsummer@reddit

If I remember correctly they got the panhandle part because Texas wanted slaves.

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esk_209@reddit

Yep. It was all about the Missouri Compromise (which banned slavery north of the 36th parallel). Texas gave up that That strip of land was ungoverned public land, subject to squatters' rights, for about 50'ish years (I think -- it's been a long time since I took Oklahoma history in high school). It became part of Oklahoma when Ok became a territory.

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ElectricTurtlez@reddit

Nebraska is just pointing west👈🏽

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

We used to have I ♥️ Voting stickers but the heart was Ohio lol. Texas is iconic. I like how Alaska and Massachusetts have little curls.

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britishmetric144@reddit

New Jersey looks a bit like the 'Cool S' that people used to draw in grade school in the 1990s.

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pinniped90@reddit

Michigan wins because it has TWO dope shapes.

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LittleRooLuv@reddit

Maryland is probably one of the weirdest shaped states. It looks like it happily claimed most of the bay and then was trying to reach out and grab more land to the west.

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britishmetric144@reddit

In all fairness, Delaware got there first when it came to the Eastern Shore.

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nowhereman136@reddit

Hawaii is the only US state boarder that doesn't have a (relatively) straight line

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kaimcdragonfist@reddit

Idaho. Part of it is because I’m from there but the image of some behemoth biting a chunk off the eastern side makes me laugh

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Few-Wrongdoer-5296@reddit

And the little wiggle on the straight line of the western border because Hells Canyon has to be quirky and different.

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tiberiusgv@reddit

Michigan and Florida are the easiest to use a body part like a map and help a stranger.

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LilPebzz@reddit

California. Iconic.

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stevebobeeve@reddit

Boomerang is definitely the superior state shape

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ZombeeSwarm@reddit

I am probably biased because I was born there but I really like the shape of Texas. Its just so fun and unique.

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BananaJelloXlii@reddit

Ohio. It is underwear shaped

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schmelk1000@reddit

Obviously Michigan is the best, but I also like the west side of Montana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arkansas and New York are fun shapes too.

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vixisgoodenough@reddit

Michigan objectively has the best shapes.

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ants_taste_great@reddit

The big Louisiana seamp boot.

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Ill_Pressure3893@reddit

I like to cook, so panhandles …

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GregorNevermind@reddit

That extremely narrow section of Maryland is so bitchy

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Elle_Duderino@reddit

The Texas shape is simply iconic.

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Celeraic@reddit

Wisconsin, loved the graphic from the 2011 protests with the state as a fist and now I can't unsee it. Solidarity!

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TerpBE@reddit

I don't like the overall shape of Wyoming, but I have to admit the angles they chose are all right.

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C4PT-pA5Tq@reddit

I love my "moose wearing a mounties hat" home state. Maine

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Unusual_Soup@reddit

Big fan of the Oklahoma panhandle

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1Negative_Person@reddit

Michigan, obviously.

I was happy the see WV mentioned.

Minnesota also has a satisfying shape.

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_IndyCar@reddit

Indiana we look like a sock

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BoringPrinciple2542@reddit

https://i.redd.it/082mgtf082h91.jpg

I could go on a diatribe about the TN state borders but I think this image says enough.

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hugothebear@reddit

Im keen to Jersey. Diagonal line and the mess underneath are easily recognizable

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overlord_cow@reddit

L

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Early-Shelter-7476@reddit

OP, I absolutely got the same kick out of seeing Colorado, my adopted home state, as an almost perfect rectangle 😆

Having been all over the Midwest, where all the boundaries look like they were drawn with an Etch A Sketch, it seemed enjoyably weird.

I’m all in for Colorful Colorado ✅

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FlyingSquirlez@reddit

Hawai'i is a beautiful shape, but it's a little unfair because it has no land borders.

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TerpBE@reddit

Louisiana is the only one that could be its own monogram.

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Rich_Future4171@reddit

Wisconsin

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ebastacosi@reddit

I always felt bad for kids growing up in Rhode Island because I couldn’t count how many times I had to draw MY state for some elementary school project, and what could they do?!? I literally spent childhood minutes/hours thinking about this huge problem for them.

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OpalOnyxObsidian@reddit

I like Maryland

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OneFootTitan@reddit

Maryland because it’s probably the hardest to draw

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Lugbor@reddit

Hold up your left hand. Put your fingers all together and pointing right, with your palm facing you. Now tuck your thumb down so it's right up against the side of the hand. Congratulations, you made a Pennsylvania.

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YourHooliganFriend@reddit

Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana. With the Kentucky pan fried chicken.

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forgetmenotsnot@reddit

Oklahoma because it's pointing a finger elsewhere lol

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StJmagistra@reddit

I’ve always enjoyed the fact that Vermont is shaped like a V!

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Remember-2-Forget@reddit

Kentucky looks like a fried chicken leg which seems appropriate.

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yurinator71@reddit

Colorado and Wyoming

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mfigroid@reddit

Yes, both are quite unique.

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PoppaTitty@reddit

I like how New York is massive but most of the people live in the little bit that hangs off to the side. Colorado and Wyoming are very square so thats something.

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octothorpentine@reddit

New Jersey is shaped like if California got kicked in the balls

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virtual_human@reddit

Ohio, it's the heart of it all.

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queenchubkins@reddit

Looks more like briefs than a heart.

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EatFishKatie@reddit

As an ohioian... This feels like a perfect metaphor for the state. One mans beloved state is another man's tighty whities full of crap.

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Jeffers315@reddit

I'm a big fan of Rectangle. Also Slightly Different Rectangle.

All kidding aside, I always thought Maryland looked cool.

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Sparkle_Rott@reddit

The Four Corners region is just like a child would divide up land into states. Very basic and charming. Maryland is definitely funky. I certainly could only approximate drawing my state without a visual reference.

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Jexthis@reddit

Texas obviously.

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RatonhnhaketonK@reddit

Arizona's but I am biased

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Practical-Ordinary-6@reddit

It's a little bit amusing in Georgia because the state is shaped very vaguely like a human torso. If you squint. So our seatbelt signs on the side of the road that say Buckle up! show a seat belt (lap belt and shoulder belt) buckled over the Georgia "torso".

https://www.reddit.com/r/KidsAreFuckingStupid/s/6WljOdp67u

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MostAsk855@reddit

2 favorites. I like Michigan lower peninsula being a hand and Florida being a schlong

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Clexiekitty_2939@reddit

I also use my other hand for the upper peninsula.

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babarsac@reddit

I've got all the right angles.

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------------------@reddit

Nebraska. May be a little biased

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Yelling_Jellyfish@reddit

Rhode Island: the Tetris piece.

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GotchUrarse@reddit

I grew up in the mid-west mitten (Michigan), now life in the wang of the South East (Florida).

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Pugilist12@reddit

Idaho or Michigan are probably the two most unique shapes.

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killabrew1@reddit

Florida looks like a dong.

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NatAttack50932@reddit

New Jersey

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SockPuppet-47@reddit

The Florida Limp Dick

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Time_Neat_4732@reddit

I don’t think I have a favorite, but Indiana is where I grew up (near Chicago). I feel like Indiana and Illinois are the most “state-shaped” states. This is likely because that’s where I was when I learned what the word meant, of course. But I’ll still catch myself thinking the rest are shaped “weird.”

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