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October 23, 2013 6:35 AM   Subscribe

Which (US) state matches your personality? A fun little quiz based on an exhaustive psychological study of American attitudes.
posted by desjardins (251 comments total) 13 users marked this as a favorite
 
Mine said Rhode Island, a place I have never been. Curious.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:36 AM on October 23, 2013


Apparently I belong in New York, the only place I've ever lived in the US. I liked living there. I can confirm this test is 100% accurate and would also like to thank its creators for not suggesting I live in Kansas or Nebraska.
posted by MuffinMan at 6:40 AM on October 23, 2013


Oregon, which is pretty much the continental United States opposite of Florida. You really nailed my cultural disconnectedness, Time.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:42 AM on October 23, 2013 [4 favorites]


Mine said Oregon but I do live in the new Portland*.

*"The new Portland" is the urbanist version of "the new Dylan".
posted by octothorpe at 6:43 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got Rhode Island too. The hell?
posted by griphus at 6:43 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


It told me Montana, but all I need to know is that Vermont is the least extroverted state. MY PEOPLE!
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:43 AM on October 23, 2013 [6 favorites]


Maine? But it's cold there tho
posted by showbiz_liz at 6:44 AM on October 23, 2013


New Mexico! But counties of the UK would be more useful to me.
posted by dowcrag at 6:44 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


It says I belong in Vermont. Huh.
posted by rewil at 6:45 AM on October 23, 2013


Tee hee, Oregon too. Apparently (n=2) all us deep southerners are secretly barefoot west coast hippies. Well, no secret no mo'.
posted by jfuller at 6:45 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Apparently I belong in Colorado, a state to which I've never been but which a lot of people have told me I would like. So ... yeah.
posted by gauche at 6:45 AM on October 23, 2013


NEW HAMPSHIRE?
posted by Annika Cicada at 6:45 AM on October 23, 2013


Yeah, it told me Oregon too, which doesn't even slightly surprise me. But then I live in Asheville, which is sort of very much like that city New Asheville out there in Oregon.
posted by mygothlaundry at 6:46 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


This quiz said that I belong in the State of Georgia. I'm going to firmly disagree. I spent the first 18 years of my life there and every time I go back to visit I am reminded that I made a great decision to move far, far away.
posted by Alison at 6:46 AM on October 23, 2013


I suspect for some, question responses may be more aspiration than a reflection of reality. That said, I have always been curious about this "Texas". Could I expect anything like my damp hemi-liberal Cascadia?
posted by The Legit Republic of Blanketsburg at 6:47 AM on October 23, 2013


New Mexico here, too. eyup dowcrag?
posted by slater at 6:47 AM on October 23, 2013


Green - two positive descriptors
Orange - one positive, one negative
Blue - two negative

(yes, uninhibited is a double negative which is an extremely telling word choice)
posted by Reasonably Everything Happens at 6:49 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


> But counties of the UK would be more useful to me.

The answer is always Yorkshire.
posted by vbfg at 6:50 AM on October 23, 2013


Which is the state I get put in if I got annoyed that they spelled it "extraverted"?
posted by koeselitz at 6:50 AM on October 23, 2013 [14 favorites]


I do not belong in California. I took the full test to see if it was better but it doesn't assign you a state.
posted by Diablevert at 6:50 AM on October 23, 2013


Utah! Just as well I love THE BOOK OF MORMON musical...
posted by alasdair at 6:50 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


koeselitz, just think of it as maybe you really like being vertical??
posted by Kitteh at 6:51 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


It doesn't claim to match complementary personalities, merely pooling the results. Anyway, Big Five personality traits (wikipedia).
posted by Brian B. at 6:51 AM on October 23, 2013


They tried to put me in a state where strangers make eye contact and say hello. Fuck that noise. Cold Puritan civility only, please.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 6:52 AM on October 23, 2013 [15 favorites]


Is there a warm part of Montana? Don't want to live in the cold part.
posted by deezil at 6:52 AM on October 23, 2013


I got Montana, which isn't so bad. It certainly is beautiful out there and I could still cross-country ski.
posted by Area Man at 6:52 AM on October 23, 2013


Colorado. What time is the 420 express?

Seriously, though, self-assessment is notoriously unreliable amirite? Wouldn't they want questions designed to reveal the attitude rather than saying "what do you think of yourself?"
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 6:53 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got Washington, which, for some reason, reminded me of this "KMFMS" image* from my Linux-dabbling days (decade+ ago).
* I am not a violent person.
posted by mean square error at 6:53 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


The map confirms my long held suspicion that Kentucky is inhabited by robots.
posted by vapidave at 6:53 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Mine said Oregon, which is where I've been wanting to move for years. Unsurprised.
posted by polywomp at 6:54 AM on October 23, 2013


TEXAS?!?
posted by OHSnap at 6:54 AM on October 23, 2013


Washington. Must be time to watch Twin Peaks again...
posted by jim in austin at 6:54 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Yeah, like Oregon really wants another Californian to move there.
posted by malocchio at 6:55 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


This test strikes me as a wonderful way to ascertain what states contain people so similar to one's self that one would find it insufferable to live among them.

(Mine also said Oregon, to my mild surprise. My one trip there kinda sucked. Maybe I was just unlucky.)
posted by Z. Aurelius Fraught at 6:56 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


The map is missing two states. Apparently Alaska and Hawaii are taking no new residents at this time, so you can just forget about that idea right now.
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 6:57 AM on October 23, 2013 [7 favorites]


New Mexico. Yes please.
posted by capricorn at 6:57 AM on October 23, 2013 [6 favorites]


You belong in Georgia!

Wait a minute. Did I miss the question about humidity?
posted by three blind mice at 6:58 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


It says I belong in California?!?!?

Fuck no.
posted by Floydd at 6:58 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


CA, whence I actually hail.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 7:01 AM on October 23, 2013


TEXAS?!?
posted by OHSnap


I see your location is Cincinnati. Perhaps the assessment actually measures some chili-related construct. I suggest ignoring all results from this assessment until infinite replications of the results have been made.
Do not pass Go; Do not go to Texas; Do not stop your consumption of cinnamon-and-chocolate-flavored meat sauce.
posted by mean square error at 7:01 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Georgia?

I already live in Florida, and: fuck you
posted by penduluum at 7:03 AM on October 23, 2013 [5 favorites]


Mine said Tennessee. Can anything good come from Nashville?
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 7:03 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


They tried to put me in a state where strangers make eye contact and say hello. Fuck that noise. Cold Puritan civility only, please.

robocop is bleeding, sounds like you'd be a good Minnesotan.
posted by ZeusHumms at 7:03 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Penduluum, depending on where you live in Florida, it's just as good as Georgia. :P
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 7:04 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


As for me, Vermont, which worries me because of the high neuroticism standing.
posted by ZeusHumms at 7:04 AM on October 23, 2013


Apparently I ought to be in California. Damn, I was hoping not to adhere to that particular stereotype.
posted by Rory Marinich at 7:05 AM on October 23, 2013


Ugh, DC. What did I ever do to them?
posted by zvs at 7:06 AM on October 23, 2013 [4 favorites]


STOP TELLING ME NEVADA YOU STUPID TEST I WILL CUT YOU
posted by elizardbits at 7:06 AM on October 23, 2013 [13 favorites]


It says I belong in Oregon.

I'm going to keep assuming it really means Brooklyn, because come on, we know "Portlandia" is really about Brooklyn hipsters.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:06 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


I hope Jessamyn has room in her driveway for my RV.
posted by desjardins at 7:06 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Georgia?

I live in temperamental, uninhibited NJ. Looks like I'll have to start screaming at people more in order to stay here.
posted by kimberussell at 7:07 AM on October 23, 2013


YOU BELONG IN CALIFORNIA


THE HELL I DO
posted by louche mustachio at 7:07 AM on October 23, 2013


I got Oklahoma and now I am questioning everything I ever believed about myself as a human.
posted by coppermoss at 7:08 AM on October 23, 2013 [8 favorites]


Portland is where all the Brooklyn hipsters moved in 2005, duh.
posted by elsietheeel at 7:08 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


re: Montana, if you're used to damp Midwestern/Northeastern winters, it's actually a lot better out West due to the low humidity. I would take a frigid Montana winter over a slightly warmer Wisconsin winter any day.
posted by desjardins at 7:08 AM on October 23, 2013 [5 favorites]


I belong in New Mexico, so go suck a big one Texas.
posted by haunted by Leonard Cohen at 7:09 AM on October 23, 2013


If you retake the test when you are pissed off from taking the test the last time it might place you in The District of Columbia.
posted by louche mustachio at 7:09 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Oregon. Also where I'm originally from. :) (So far all of my friends have been getting it and California, heh.)
posted by fraula at 7:10 AM on October 23, 2013


louche mustachio: Or West Virginia.
posted by coppermoss at 7:10 AM on October 23, 2013


Gullifornia for me too. Thing is, California is pretty much a nation-sized swath of coast; I believe that there is a place in California for anyone. I mean, is the bay area like Los Angeles? Of course not!

So this is a bit silly but whatevs, California is a large and beautiful and troubled place, I'll take it.
posted by Mister_A at 7:10 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


No it gave me Nevada twice even though I answered everything the exact opposite so clearly it is a bad test created by the Nevada Board of Tourism and Wrongness.
posted by elizardbits at 7:10 AM on October 23, 2013 [10 favorites]


Also I got Montana, which I think is code for "waffle less, waffler". But I'm never leaving California again. Not even for waffles.
posted by elsietheeel at 7:11 AM on October 23, 2013


STOP TELLING ME NEVADA YOU STUPID TEST I WILL CUT YOU

That's just because you're a direct descendant of Meyer Lansky.
posted by griphus at 7:11 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


It's like the Sword and the Stone, but isntead of a sword and a stone there's a lox buffet and that one really heavy, fatty piece of lox that falls apart when you try to pick it up.
posted by griphus at 7:12 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


elizardbits, the test knows you are a violence enthusiast, so it sends you to Vegas. Mend your ways and you can go to Vermont.
posted by Mister_A at 7:14 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


the Nevada Board of Tourism and Wrongness.

That seems redundant.


Has anyone gotten Florida yet?


Would you admit it?
posted by louche mustachio at 7:14 AM on October 23, 2013


Also, I am an introvert, or "intravert" if we're going with the poll spelling, however I am extremely enthusiastic!!!11!!1!!!!!!
posted by haunted by Leonard Cohen at 7:15 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Massachusetts. I am even a grouchy liberal, subconsciously.
posted by Benny Andajetz at 7:15 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


If you make the worst/most boring choices, you end up with MAINE.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 7:15 AM on October 23, 2013


I told the test I am neurotic and messy. It says go to Vermont.

Sorry, Vermont.
posted by cmyk at 7:15 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


I got Florida, and I live in LA. But when I was last in Sarasota, I really liked it. The Gulf Coast is more Mid-Western than the Atlantic Coast.
posted by Ideefixe at 7:16 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


I still think the test should first ask you if you're Jewish and then just narrow it down between NY, CA, MN and FL.
posted by griphus at 7:17 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


My very grumpy answers have finally yielded NY but I remain dissatisfied.
posted by elizardbits at 7:17 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


What do you have to do to go to a Dakota? Also - Hawaii seems like it would be a match for lots of people, what gives?
posted by Mister_A at 7:17 AM on October 23, 2013


...West Virginia?
posted by pemberkins at 7:17 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


But when I was last in Sarasota, I really liked it. The Gulf Coast is more Mid-Western than the Atlantic Coast.

Another (possibly dissenting) take: a friend grew up in Pensacola and describes it as "Alabama with a beach".
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:18 AM on October 23, 2013


I got West Virginia for the second time in a row. I think this quiz knows my favorite joke:

Q: What did one West Virginian say to the other after their divorce?

A: Can we still be cousins?
posted by coppermoss at 7:19 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


I got Montana! Open skies, here I come.
Right now I'm in Alphaville Oklahoma, and my goal is not to die here.
posted by Lemmy Caution at 7:20 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


What makes you think it's OK to make fun of hayseeds, coppermoss?
posted by Mister_A at 7:20 AM on October 23, 2013


I don't care what this test says. There's no way in hell that I'm ever living in a hellhole of diagonal streets, racist football team names, and Nationals fans. The only distinctly native food they have is a sausage that's really just their own local name for an old-fashioned hot dog.
posted by snottydick at 7:22 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


> Can anything good come from Nashville?

There's this, not to mention everything else called out in that thread.


> depending on where you live in Florida, it's just as good as Georgia.

Okefenokee Swamp, Florida is just as much primo possum habitat as Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. Pogo told me so personally.

(n.b NOT STALKING ST. ALIA)
posted by jfuller at 7:24 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got Massachusetts.

I've never been to the US at all, but I feel like I approve.
posted by lwb at 7:24 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


New Mexico. Apparently the test doesn't control for intolerance of high temperatures.
posted by orange swan at 7:24 AM on October 23, 2013


I got Washington state. I really liked my 4 days in Seattle that one time, so maybe!

I enjoy the underlying assumption that everyone in the world will fit in and be happy in some American state! Like, there is no "America may not be the country for you, but there's a wide world of other options" sense. America is a perfect microcosm, containing all that is.
posted by erlking at 7:25 AM on October 23, 2013 [5 favorites]


I'm taking this quiz with the finest-ever grain of salt, since everyone knows that I belong in London.

Anyway, it said I belong in Florida. I only ever go there to visit my sister, and when she's at work during my visits, I'm bored out of my mind. I'm not a beachy person at all, and very much dislike hot weather. I like the BIG city and activity. I've been to Miami, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale, and they felt too small to me, like cities where people mainly go for the beach or Disney, neither of which interest me.
posted by droplet at 7:26 AM on October 23, 2013


Mine said Tennessee. Can anything good come from Nashville?

Hot Chicken.

Also, I'm tired of surveys telling me that North Carolina is laid back. Just because Asheville is there does not make the entire state progressive.
posted by teleri025 at 7:27 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


"You belong in New Jersey!"

::cries::
posted by psoas at 7:28 AM on October 23, 2013 [6 favorites]


I got Oregon. Never been there but would probably like it, so can't complain.
posted by TedW at 7:29 AM on October 23, 2013


Oregonian Southerners is going to be the name of my country/western-synthpop band.
posted by byanyothername at 7:29 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Oregon, and well except for personal family issues very likely a good match.
posted by sammyo at 7:30 AM on October 23, 2013


Also I think we should all carpool and escape to Oregon. Objections? Ideas for snacks?
posted by byanyothername at 7:30 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Another Southerner who should be in Oregon. Ha. I just told my wife last night that if it weren't for her, my ass would be somewhere colder.
posted by middleclasstool at 7:30 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Montana! I've never been out of Michigan, but I was happy to see it has a really low extrovertedness score.
posted by royalsong at 7:31 AM on October 23, 2013


West Virginia?
I've been through WV. That was enough.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:33 AM on October 23, 2013


Also, I'm tired of surveys telling me that North Carolina is laid back. Just because Asheville is there does not make the entire state progressive.

It might not be all progressive (though the Triad and to a lesser extent the Triangle are getting there), but it's definitely laid back! I miss the days when I could meet up with my friends to chill out on a porch swing or something, rather than Dressing Up to Go Out.
posted by showbiz_liz at 7:33 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


> I got Massachusetts.

I just found this out about the Bay State. Apparently Salem, Mass. attracts all kinds of weirdos in the weeks leading up to Halloween. Not meaning you personally, lwb. Benny though, maybe.
posted by jfuller at 7:33 AM on October 23, 2013


Also, I'm tired of surveys telling me that North Carolina is laid back. Just because Asheville is there does not make the entire state progressive.

For what it's worth, I'm from North Carolina and I'm consistently told I'm laid back compared to the average person where I live now (DC). I'm from the opposite end of the state, both physically and politically, than Asheville. I tend to think of us as a fairly laid-back people, regardless of where people lie politically. It's more laid-back in a "let's just sit around and chat without worrying or stressing" out kind of way.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 7:35 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Welp, I got Jersey. But actually, I'm okay with it.
posted by likeatoaster at 7:35 AM on October 23, 2013


before taking the test and just looking at the map, I assumed it would tell me either California (which I love) or North Carolina (where I sort of am).

it told me Colorado, which I do like, but no cold tho so boo
posted by ninjew at 7:35 AM on October 23, 2013


I was told I "belong in New Jersey," so that's it for me. End of the line.
posted by brina at 7:37 AM on October 23, 2013


I'm open-minded, neurotic, and lazy, which are evidently the traits of Massachusettsians.. ites? Never been there but I am fond of the state bird, the black-capped chickadee, so there's that.
posted by Erasmouse at 7:40 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


UTAH!

I'm not sure what the universe is telling me by giving me that answer.
posted by Stynxno at 7:41 AM on October 23, 2013


Apparently, you can fail this test. I know, because it said I belong in New Jersey.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:42 AM on October 23, 2013 [8 favorites]


Bulgaroktonos: For what it's worth, I'm from North Carolina and I'm consistently told I'm laid back compared to the average person where I live now (DC). I'm from the opposite end of the state, both physically and politically, than Asheville

Yeah, I'm a New England --> North Carolina transplant (I lived for a while in Cary, which I am told stands for Containment Area for Relocated Yankees) and I agree that there is definitely a laid-back quality to life here. It's really weird politically right now, with a range of significant populations that swing about as far to the right and to the left as you will find in US politics, but conservative or liberal, North Carolinians don't get real fired up one way or the other.
posted by Rock Steady at 7:43 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Oh, and the test said I should be in Oregon, which sounds about right, but I worry about my Seasonal Affective Disorder...
posted by Rock Steady at 7:43 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got Finland.
posted by Literaryhero at 7:46 AM on October 23, 2013 [10 favorites]


I got Washington. As a life-long Washingtonian, this pleases me.

Note our state is light green. I suspect we fail a bit on the "relaxed" continuum, due to a mixture of coffee fumes and bad traffic.
posted by trunk muffins at 7:47 AM on October 23, 2013


Utah?! WTH. I grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE.
posted by Melismata at 7:49 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


I have been moaning about wanting to move to Oregon for a long time. This test says I belong there (with many of my Mefi friends!).

My husband still isn't going to go for it.
posted by emjaybee at 7:52 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Mine said Tennessee. Can anything good come from Nashville?

No, but Memphis bars pretty much stay open till dawn, (you just have to go in the back door after 2 am) if you're into that. Also good BBQ.
posted by emjaybee at 7:53 AM on October 23, 2013


Colorado. I'm down with that. But almost anything would be better than my current locale, so I'm especially persuadable right now.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 7:58 AM on October 23, 2013


So is this test going to supply jobs for all of the people it's sending to Oregon?

Also is it directing them to the hipster northwest, hippy southwest, or the eastern desert wastes of Oregon?
posted by elsietheeel at 7:58 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Washington for me. One of the few states I've never been to, so I can't judge first-hand whether that would be a good choice.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 8:00 AM on October 23, 2013


Utah?!?
Huh, they must be low on self-employed, left-wing lesbians with a pagan streak and a low tolerance for religious dogma.
posted by PlantGoddess at 8:05 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


I got Georgia, which I'm a little sad about being that I grew up here, and live here now, but would have liked to think I'd get something else. However, this is really personality traits and not political or social values, which is where I differ from a lot of people. I am a pretty warm and laid-back person, so that does fit.
posted by bizzyb at 8:05 AM on October 23, 2013


Vermont, which sounds fine. Except I'm not sure I'd ever stop whining about the cold.
posted by Coatlicue at 8:06 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got Pennsylvania, which made me angry, then hungry. So, yeah, about right I guess.

luv u philly
posted by troika at 8:11 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


What Canadian Province are you?
posted by Kabanos at 8:12 AM on October 23, 2013


However, this is really personality traits and not political or social values, which is where I differ from a lot of people.

I agree that it's a mistake to read too much about politics, religion, or other cultural markers into a personality questionnaire. Things like extroversion, anxiety, and conscientiousness seem, to me, pretty unlikely to break down along political or religious lines. Hell, my own politics have changed markedly in my almost 30 years of being alive, but my answers to these questions would have been the same 15 years ago as they are now. I've always been not laid-back or social enough for North Carolina, but too laid-back for actual big cities.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:13 AM on October 23, 2013


I strongly disagreed with EVERYTHING, and ended up in Texas. Does that say more about me, or about Texas?
posted by blue_beetle at 8:13 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Dude, Massachusetts is too goddamn cold for my Southern Californian ass.

I don't care how grouchy and liberal they are. I have enough of a goddamn time with the grouchy and liberal and freakin' cold UK here.
posted by Katemonkey at 8:14 AM on October 23, 2013


I got Maryland, which I think is the state-living equivalent of ordering nothing but dry toast every time you go out for breakfast at the diner.

Also my wife is from Maryland and if she ever gets wind of this I will be tugged relentlessly into the Capital Wasteland.
posted by Mayor West at 8:14 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Nobody is going to do it? Sigh.... fine.

Metafilter: a perfect microcosm, containing all that is.
posted by yeolcoatl at 8:14 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


I got California, but scored pretty high for WA, too, where I live now. I'm surprised to see that New England, where I grew up, is deep blue for me. I guess water finds its own level (which is exactly the kind of new age pap a New Englander would be embarrassed to say, so there you go).
posted by lunasol at 8:15 AM on October 23, 2013


I grew up in New York, and have lived in Georgia for most of my adult life. And I got New Jersey. Eww.
posted by deadmessenger at 8:15 AM on October 23, 2013


This test is broken. And, US-centric. (Yes, I know it's for which US state a person is most personality-wise suited.)
posted by simulacra at 8:16 AM on October 23, 2013


What Canadian Province are you?

I got New Brunswick, which is interestingly enough where I took my honeymoon. I'll take it.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:17 AM on October 23, 2013


Oh, just realized the colors are general, not specific to the test-taker.
posted by lunasol at 8:18 AM on October 23, 2013


Massachusetts. I am even a grouchy liberal, subconsciously.
Want to rent a house together when we move?

Yep, I'd intended to go East, albeit to NYC when I was HS/college-age. And really, Massachusetts rather than Manhattan does seem like a much better fit for me. (Well, actually, other countries seem like an even better fit.)

Anyway, by weird coincidence, without thinking much of it, I'd recently entered HGTV's win-a-condo-IN BOSTON contest. So wish me luck!
posted by NorthernLite at 8:18 AM on October 23, 2013


Apparently I'm a Vermontonian, or Vermontrealer, or Vermin or whatever
posted by Merzbau at 8:19 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Sleep is the state that matches my personality.
posted by srboisvert at 8:20 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Another laid back North Carolinian designated to Oregon.
posted by pappy at 8:23 AM on October 23, 2013


You belong in Florida!

...

You go to hell. You go to hell and burn forever you stupid, lying webquiz.
posted by nanojath at 8:24 AM on October 23, 2013 [6 favorites]


You belong in Vermont!

But they have WINTER there. Yuck.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 8:26 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Listen, internet quiz, I may be a disagreeable, uncaring neurotic, but that doesn't mean I want to be surrounded by other people as terrible as me!
posted by showbiz_liz at 8:29 AM on October 23, 2013 [6 favorites]


I'm pretty glad to have elicited a New Jersey response. How like me to settle just adjacent to an ideal situation. Chalk it up to my impulsive enthusiasm, I suppose.
posted by Mooseli at 8:30 AM on October 23, 2013


> The answer is always Yorkshire.

According to Yorkshiremen, vbg! I think I'm happy to be firmly rooted here on the edge of the West Country. Some form of UK west coast hippie.

And to be clear, the 'North' is anywhere above the M4.

But you have nice puddings. That wasn't a euphemism.
posted by dowcrag at 8:31 AM on October 23, 2013


St. Alia of the Bunnies: "Mine said Tennessee. Can anything good come from Nashville?"

Come and see the Grand Ole Opry, Nate.
posted by Reverend John at 8:39 AM on October 23, 2013


Another Montana, seems like there are a lot of us (currently Asheville). But when I change "Critical, quarrelsome." from a 4 to a 3 it says Oregon. Because I'm Critical, just not Quarrelsome. Same way I'm Enthusiastic, but not Extroverted.
posted by achrise at 8:42 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got Wyoming, which was apropos, having spent a good chunk of my childhood there. You can take the girl out of the least populated state, but you can't take the least populated state out of the girl!
posted by scody at 8:43 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Oregon, which...absolutely not.

I have seen a picture of a giant house spider. I am never ever leaving the Midwest where we have nice frigid winters and critters DIE.

Also, has anyone gotten a Midwestern state, or did the test makers leave that whole region out of the possible results?
posted by epj at 8:44 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Coming to you from the new 51st state, Clickbaitsylvania.
posted by benito.strauss at 8:45 AM on October 23, 2013


DC here.

DC?
posted by vibrotronica at 8:47 AM on October 23, 2013


Weird...I got West Carolina.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:47 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


57 Totally Rad Ways You Know You're From Clickbaitsylvania

1- You've punched the monkey and won
posted by griphus at 8:47 AM on October 23, 2013 [8 favorites]


I'm from North Carolina. I keep getting California. That's cool. I'm already planning on moving to San Francisco as soon I become a multi-millionaire (I mean, it might happen).
posted by thivaia at 8:51 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


You belong in Georgia!

I DO? I've lived here for 8 years now and I'm still scrathing my head as to how that happened.

Can someone tell me how to get out now?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:53 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Hurf States durf Americans. Is there an article about why Americans love these state by state map articles so much? Are they trying to make the rest of the world jealous, with their large number of states?
posted by Joe Chip at 8:53 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


PlantGoddess, they have tons, I'm pretty sure. Except for the self-employed bit, you pretty much described what I think of when I think of Salt Lake City.
posted by aniola at 8:53 AM on October 23, 2013


I guess some part of me was hoping it would go, like "We've carefully considered your responses and you don't belong in the US at all! You're way too witty and curious to live in the United States. Congratulations! Please click here to print your new visa, your BS diploma in 'Visualized Data-Arts Management Consulting', and free one-way plane ticket to, I don't know, Copenhagen?"
posted by penduluum at 8:53 AM on October 23, 2013 [10 favorites]


Is there an article about why Americans love these state by state map articles so much?

Surely you can see the value in websites created to pit us all against one another rather than against other countries.
posted by elizardbits at 8:56 AM on October 23, 2013 [7 favorites]


It said Washington which is no great surprise, but with the various games I'm playing these days I think I'd fit better in the American state of War.
posted by Zack_Replica at 8:57 AM on October 23, 2013


Introverts can be quite enthusiastic, so that's one wrong one.

And though I have friends who love it and it is indeed a lovely state, I am not moving to Oregon, thank you very much.

Has anyone done this for countries of the world? Or would that risk offense in these timid times?
posted by IndigoJones at 9:01 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


I have already established a base for cranky creative people here in MA. And it's right on the RI border, so we can sneak in and steal their delicious hot weiners!
posted by Biblio at 9:07 AM on October 23, 2013


Tennessee seems like a long way, both literally and metaphorically, from Western Australia. O.o

I was hoping for Arizona or California. Or Oregon.
posted by Salamander at 9:10 AM on October 23, 2013


Maine!

Curmudgeons unite!
posted by goethean at 9:11 AM on October 23, 2013


If you were a real Massachusetts resident, you would not even speak of Rhode Island's delicious hot weiners.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 9:12 AM on October 23, 2013


I did not take the test. I live in Florida, but I know I either belong in Colorado or Washington State for, um, legal reasons.
posted by Cookiebastard at 9:12 AM on October 23, 2013 [5 favorites]


Apparently I belong in Oregon. Hey, wait a minute--isn't that one of those states with legal weed?
posted by saulgoodman at 9:22 AM on October 23, 2013


New Mexico.

I would never live in a desert though, mostly because I'm not an idiot.
posted by IvoShandor at 9:23 AM on October 23, 2013


Cool quiz. I saw this on facebook and a bunch of my fellow Michiganders were talking about the states they were assigned. However, no one received Michigan. Now I wonder what type of crazy attribute mixture one must evidently possess to "belong" in Michigan.
posted by morganannie at 9:26 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


The Obvious Test of Obviousness gives me New York. Yeah, except there's a giant chasm between "belong" and "could ever afford in a million years."

I'm in Chicago, though, so it's kind of a "close enough for folk music" thing.

(Fuck but I miss New York)
posted by tzikeh at 9:26 AM on October 23, 2013


West Virginia. Huh.
posted by Pudhoho at 9:27 AM on October 23, 2013


I strongly disagreed with EVERYTHING, and ended up in Texas. Does that say more about me, or about Texas?

Dude, the unofficial state motto is Davy Crockett's "You can go to Hell; I will go to Texas!"
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:28 AM on October 23, 2013


Another Southerner who belongs in Oregon. Maybe we could just have an exchange program. Any Oregonians want to reverse couch surf with us? Must like cats.

If you got Florida and are pissed off about it, please note that along with the crazy bath salts/marijuana face-eaters and racist confederate flag wavers there are ALSO some laid-back liberal types who enjoy the calming ocean and the nurturing light of the sun (yay, natural anti-depressants!). We would welcome you with open arms in the best tradition of Southern hospitality.

Also we have manatees.
posted by misha at 9:29 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Mine said Louisiana. I do like Frank's RedHot sauce. But please. Maine may be cold but we have no poisonous snakes and we don't have cockroaches so big you have to give them another name.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 9:30 AM on October 23, 2013


What if you have a notoriously contrarian streak and like to be friendly and outgoing among glum, reserved types and stoic and quiet around easy smile extroverts?
posted by The Whelk at 9:30 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Apparently I belong in Oregon. Hey, wait a minute--isn't that one of those states with legal weed?

Sadly, no. But Washington is just one state up, and the scenery's more or less the same.
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:30 AM on October 23, 2013


Also we have manatees.

Not for long you don't.

(*cough* I got a state I hate *cough*)
posted by aramaic at 9:34 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


BC or Washington State, which is the same thing, I suppose. I always did like the mountains.
posted by bonehead at 9:38 AM on October 23, 2013


I guess some part of me was hoping it would go, like "We've carefully considered your responses and you don't belong in the US at all! You're way too witty and curious to live in the United States. Congratulations! Please click here to print your new visa, your BS diploma in 'Visualized Data-Arts Management Consulting', and free one-way plane ticket to, I don't know, Copenhagen?"

You and me both. Someone please make one of these for countries in Europe? I feel like England with the occasional side trip to Italy* Germany** and maybe Switzerland*** is really more my personal style.

Oh, hey, droplet! Miami and Orlando have been referred to by a fellow Florida native as the "armpits of Florida" and I can't really say I disagree. For city stuff, Tampa is pretty cool, though, and would likely suit you best. Hit me up if you ever visit the Space Coast, too.

*Artistic inspiration, historical architectural and cultural stuff. Also gelato.
**Food, mountains, lakes and castles.
***more mountains, glaciers, and the blessed peaceful quiet.
posted by misha at 9:39 AM on October 23, 2013


I belong in Vermont!

That test is certainly cheery about it. And it didn't ask if I liked snow.
posted by pjern at 9:50 AM on October 23, 2013


I belong in California! That's great, I'm sure I will like it. Won't everybody be surprised!

I'd better start packing for the big move.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 9:51 AM on October 23, 2013


Vermont. It didn't even ask about my politics or how I like winter, it just knew. And it was right.
posted by headnsouth at 9:56 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got District of Columbia. That's not even a state.
posted by hydrophonic at 10:03 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


New Mexico. I've never been there for any specific length of time, although I did travel through briefly on a train trip from Illinois to California when I was 18. I thought it was very beautiful and have always rather wanted to go back.

I commented to a friend this morning that I find it weird that so much of New England is ranked as "uninhibited." I like the buckled-down-ness of New England; that's part of the reason I'm happy in Connecticut. Granted, they're liberal blue states but that doesn't feel like it translates into "uninhibited"--more like "what people do in private is their own business." Possibly, though, I'm reading "uninhibited" as "hedonistic," and shouldn't be; maybe "no bullshit" makes more sense.

As for "temperamental," maybe, if you translate that into "quirky."

It amuses me that so far NO ONE I know in any forum belongs in Connecticut. Says something right there.
posted by dlugoczaj at 10:06 AM on October 23, 2013


Utah! Just as well I love THE BOOK OF MORMON musical...

Well, that means you belong in UGANDA.
posted by dlugoczaj at 10:12 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Actually, if you select all 1s or 7s, you get Texas. That is probably the only thing I agree with regarding this "test."
posted by Muddler at 10:14 AM on October 23, 2013


Massachusetts??

I remember visiting family in Massachusetts that had to explain to me that I couldn't put the garbage out the night before pickup because WILD ANIMALS would come and eat it. And visiting Boston and being told that the T closes at night, and not understanding.

Massachusetts, clearly I don't understand how to survive in you.
posted by inertia at 10:22 AM on October 23, 2013


Cali, brah
posted by klangklangston at 10:26 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


"Q: What did one West Virginian say to the other after their divorce?

A: Can we still be cousins?
"

My girlfriend and I were riding the T once in Boston, and there are just seven passengers on the train — my girlfriend, me, some drunk dude and this uptight looking white family. Drunko's asking us where we're from, making small talk, and the family says they're from Utah right as we get to our stop. Dude says, "Hey, you know what happens when a Mormon gets divorced?"

Dad gives a tentative no.

"Nothing! She's still your sister!"

Dad says, flatly: "We're Mormon."

Which is exactly when my girlfriend and I hopped off, leaving them all to ride to the end of the line.
posted by klangklangston at 10:29 AM on October 23, 2013 [3 favorites]


Georgia? Really, Time? I'll be happier in Georgia?

I will be dead and in the cold, cold ground before I deign to live amongst the sessesh. Massachusetts Uber Alles!!!
posted by Lighthammer at 10:46 AM on October 23, 2013


You belong in Vermont!

Sometimes I really think I do.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 10:46 AM on October 23, 2013


Maine?

When I was a little kid I had a Lobstah Pencil From Maine with those words printed on its side. That fact suddenly came to mind. It's a sign...
posted by quiet earth at 10:52 AM on October 23, 2013


Another Washington here. Yeah, I'd go with that.
posted by gimonca at 10:53 AM on October 23, 2013


Well shit, it looks like I have to retract my snark. I took the test, resisting each simplistic self-assessment, and then it popped back with "You belong in Massachusetts."

I just got back to Boston after spending 3 months in Southern California, where I grew up, and the experience really drove home the dual facts that I don't belong out there, and I really like it over here. And it was a little surprising when it said I belong in Mass, as I've always thought it was more a case of just not having moved away from here, not so much that I specifically belonged.

So now I'm curious about how exactly they go from your responses to a state, and I'd also love to see what would have to be different in my profile that would match me better with New York, or Washington.
posted by benito.strauss at 10:55 AM on October 23, 2013


Colorado, huh.
posted by mannequito at 10:56 AM on October 23, 2013


Oregon! How convenient, since I moved here three years ago.
posted by bink at 10:57 AM on October 23, 2013


Massachusetts!
posted by ZeroAmbition at 10:58 AM on October 23, 2013


ctrl+f "Oregon"

1 of 29.

Oh, Metafilter!

(That Canadian provinces quiz was kind of transparent and awful, but it gave me BC, which pairs with my Washington result from the OP quite nicely. But I am a Newfoundlander who, like most of my tribe, withers away if kept from my native island for too long, and the North American continent is wiiiidddee).
posted by erlking at 11:10 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Spooky. Put me where I am (Colorado).
posted by cosmac at 11:15 AM on October 23, 2013


Hmm, it kept wanting to give me New Mexico, so I just kept re-doing it until I got the combo right for Oregon. Like a true transplant to Portland, I WILL MAKE YOU ACCEPT ME.
posted by Lutoslawski at 11:20 AM on October 23, 2013


I got Maine, which fits into same region as Massachusetts, the state with which I most closely identify. I've lived here since I was ten. My parents divorced, and my mother moved from Medford to their old hometown while my father went to the South Shore. After that, I went to elementary, middle, and high school on the north side of the ring around Boston formed by Route 128, and I moved to the city itself to study journalism in college.

Having lived for so long in such an urban part of the country, I don't think I could ever live in Maine. When my mother, my brother and I lived in an apartment building beside the main drag, cars and trains would pass not far from my bedroom window, so the quiet of rural areas unnerves me, especially at night. The cities there, on the other hand, aren't big enough or close enough to other big cities. I would still go nuts.

Which isn't to say that I couldn't enjoy a city other than Boston. I doubt that my personality makes me constitutionally unfit for life in Los Angeles. But I have the habit now, and I doubt it will go away.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 11:24 AM on October 23, 2013


Apparently I belong in Maine, home of Bette Davis, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Hawkeye Pierce, and Barnabas Collins.

I can live with that.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 11:32 AM on October 23, 2013


ahem... Tennessee?? Really???

I thought to myself "there's no way that's right" so I tweaked a few values and I got GEORGIA. Which is funny. The only way I ever imagined myself going to GA was as part of a military expedition sent to raze Atlanta.

What am I doing wrong!?
posted by ghostiger at 11:32 AM on October 23, 2013


*sob* It ... It gave me New York.


As a lifelong Sox Fan... Yankees Suck!
posted by Nanukthedog at 11:39 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


Another potential Oregonian here. They'll probably appreciate me more than Missouri does.
posted by Foosnark at 11:39 AM on October 23, 2013


I belong in Colorado, which is good as I've lived here for several decades.
posted by faineant at 11:39 AM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Apparently it doesn't matter that I am totally unconventional: because I'm a nice guy I belong in Utah. Well, that's right next to Colorado. All I need to do is bone up on all that Golden Tablet stuff and move over one state. That's doable. But I guess I'd have to ask my wife.
posted by kozad at 11:42 AM on October 23, 2013


Depending on how extroverted I decide I am (they've fixed the spelling, btw) I am either from Oregon or Georgia.

What is this I don't even
posted by ook at 11:48 AM on October 23, 2013


I'm not really sure what "relaxed and creative" is supposed to mean, but I can almost guarantee that, like most of these things, by "Oregon" they mean "Portland". So keep that in mind before you pack your bags.

(Also, it's full. Don't move here.)
(Especially if you're coming from California.)

posted by madajb at 11:58 AM on October 23, 2013 [2 favorites]


As a 2nd generation Angeleno, I am very confused how I could possibly belong in New Jersey?
No, really. Is there something I'm unaware of about the Garden State? Did the quiz look into my soul and see my inner Kevin Smith longing to break free?
posted by ApathyGirl at 12:22 PM on October 23, 2013


It gave me New York. As a lifelong Sox Fan... Yankees Suck!

There are actually a lot more Red Sox fans in New York than you'd think. We were all just closeted about it until 2004.

....That was actually something really cool to see during the series that year - walking around New York and seeing all these Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez jerseys and Red Sox ball caps on people who had formerly professed no affiliation whatsoever, and the people all with looks on their faces like "yeah, bet you're surprised, huh?"

There was also this sports bar in Midtown for a while, that was run by a former Red Sox team member - it was one of the places where Red Sox fans would gather to watch games amongst their kind. But now...there are a few more such hangouts throughout the city.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:35 PM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Holy shit, I got Vermont, which is also where I spent the first ~16 years of my life. No wonder I like going back to visit my parents, right?
posted by en forme de poire at 12:38 PM on October 23, 2013


Oregon. I'm sure they'll roll out the welcome mat when I drive up there in a car with California plates.
posted by betweenthebars at 1:04 PM on October 23, 2013


I came out with Massachusetts, which apparently correlates with talkative, but anxious and quick to be ticked at stupid crap, creative and not wildly organized. I did not know that.
posted by raysmj at 1:09 PM on October 23, 2013


They'll probably appreciate me more than Missouri does.

I thought Missouri loved company!
posted by The Underpants Monster at 1:15 PM on October 23, 2013 [6 favorites]


Ok so I was reading all of the comments and I didn't see Alabama so I cheated and did a find on page and only ONE Alabama... and it doesn't count because they weren't told that's where they belonged.

Am I seriously the only one that got told I belong in Alabama? I mean I'll give anything a shot... but I never considered myself so odd that out of 200+ comments I'm the one that gets Alabama....
posted by one4themoment at 1:18 PM on October 23, 2013


Or did the people who got Alabama already live in Alabama and just went "Right on website... right on..." and went about their day?
posted by one4themoment at 1:19 PM on October 23, 2013


California. It's not too far off from NM, where I live. I could deal with Northern CA, I think, but San Diego is too big for me. Fun to visit, tho. Bay area is nice, but TOO MANY People!!!!

So, anyone I CA want to trade? I have a small 1300 sq ft house, dog comes with me and the Mr.
posted by annsunny at 2:07 PM on October 23, 2013


Oregon! Been to Portland once, nice city. I lived in Seattle for several years, and it seems like it's a friendly city, but Seattlites are sort of surprisingly cold and distant. OMG Portland has all that rain, too!
posted by zardoz at 2:13 PM on October 23, 2013


Be more accurate if a friend answered the questions for me. And asked the question "Crappy weather makes you crabby?" Strongly agree. Washington? Really?
posted by Mojojojo at 2:58 PM on October 23, 2013


Please note that Time Magazine recently declared that "Texas is the future of America", so feel free to doubt the credibility of anything it says, statewise.

That said, it did assign me to California, the state I have resided in since the age of 5. Lucky guess.

However, I will do anything within my power to ease the shock of migration for Diablevert, Floydd, Rory Marinich or anyone else who resists being Californicated. Which, honestly, is not much.
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:36 PM on October 23, 2013


Oregon.
posted by bz at 3:45 PM on October 23, 2013


New Mexico. I have never been there, though sunshine (the meteorological kind) appeals.
posted by bad grammar at 4:26 PM on October 23, 2013


Apparently I, too, belong in Vermont.
posted by trip and a half at 4:35 PM on October 23, 2013


Utah? Vat da fuq?
posted by the cydonian at 4:48 PM on October 23, 2013


Vermont is apparently going to get a population boom, since the test said I belong there too. At least it is pretty.
posted by weathergal at 5:11 PM on October 23, 2013


However, I will do anything within my power to ease the shock of migration for Diablevert, Floydd, Rory Marinich or anyone else who resists being Californicated. Which, honestly, is not much.

I am not mellow! Attica! Attica!
posted by Diablevert at 5:16 PM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


Californians, I love you and count several of you among my close friends and family, but would it kill you to show up on time to something? Like once?
posted by The Whelk at 5:20 PM on October 23, 2013


That's one of the reasons I love it out here. Back when I lived in the Midwest, I was always late for shit, and people were upset. Now I'm always late for shit, and it's like, "Oh, yeah, traffic or something," and people are copacetic.
posted by klangklangston at 5:24 PM on October 23, 2013


*emits prim puritanical hate waves*
posted by The Whelk at 5:33 PM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


*surfs waves*
posted by klangklangston at 5:42 PM on October 23, 2013 [1 favorite]


I got Vermont. High introversion and high neuroticism. And high (perceived) creativity. I liked living in Toronto for what it's worth.
posted by pravit at 5:49 PM on October 23, 2013


I got California. Well, I lived there for over 25 years and I ain't going back and you can't make me. Nope.
posted by MoxieProxy at 5:55 PM on October 23, 2013


A Midwest-reared New Yorker now living in central North Carolina, I apparently belong in New Mexico; the salient characteristics of the population are openness, conscientiousness and neuroticism, which... yeah.
posted by GrammarMoses at 6:53 PM on October 23, 2013


misha, I forgot about Tampa. Is it hot and humid? I loathe hot and humid. Just to give you an example of how much, all my friends are giving me the side-eye because of how much I want to go to the SONAR Festival in Reykjavik. In February. I love winter!

I do thank you for your kind invitation! If A) I'm at my job for long enough where B) I get to actually visit my company's clients in that area, I will take you up on it.
posted by droplet at 7:09 PM on October 23, 2013


And who knew they were so neurotic in Kentucky?
posted by GrammarMoses at 7:10 PM on October 23, 2013


You'd think it would spook the horses.
posted by The Whelk at 7:34 PM on October 23, 2013


It came up with Maryland, the state I was born and raised in.
posted by empath at 7:59 PM on October 23, 2013


I got PA. I'm in my own category I guess...with everyone else fleeing to VT and CA!
posted by bquarters at 8:42 PM on October 23, 2013


emjaybee: "I have been moaning about wanting to move to Oregon for a long time. This test says I belong there (with many of my Mefi friends!).

My husband still isn't going to go for it.
"

DTMFA

j/k
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 9:55 PM on October 23, 2013


I...got Connecticut. Not even sure what that means (my stereotype of Connecticut is 'the other NYC commuter state--only now with richer, whiter, snobbier people') but nothing good I'm sure. /Californian
posted by librarylis at 10:27 PM on October 23, 2013


I got a rock.
posted by orrnyereg at 2:57 AM on October 24, 2013 [3 favorites]


I got a picture of my house taken from a tree in my backyard. Should I be concerned?
posted by Rock Steady at 5:16 AM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]


I...got Connecticut. Not even sure what that means (my stereotype of Connecticut is 'the other NYC commuter state--only now with richer, whiter, snobbier people')

When I was a kid I had the notion that everyone in Connecticut was poor, because Connecticut Avenue was one of the cheapest properties in Monopoly.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 6:14 AM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


Awesome, I belong in Vermont. I have known this for years, but damn, it's too cold up there.
posted by lakersfan1222 at 7:17 AM on October 24, 2013


He's now Uncalifornian I am- I can't wear just a t-shirt cause it feels like I'm naked.
posted by The Whelk at 8:32 AM on October 24, 2013


That makes total sense though, t-shirts are for at home or the beach or generally anywhere where you'd be comfortable in your underwear or something that looks like it, and oh look I've turned into my father, great.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 8:39 AM on October 24, 2013


misha, I forgot about Tampa. Is it hot and humid? I loathe hot and humid.

Ah, I see the problem now. Yeah, it is. It's Florida. The whole state a hot and humid, sorry.

But! We kinda don't go out in the midday sun here much when it is like that. We turn up the a/c and cool off inside, then head out in the evenings.

And right now, on until November and December, it is awesome here. Getting cool at night, so it is just breezy, sunny and warm during the day rather than oppressive. No snow to shovel, no ice to scrape away, no anti-freeze or snow tires. Forget stamping around in your boots and blowing on your gloved fingers to keep from freezing. Christmas breakfast on the porch is simply lovely.
posted by misha at 11:38 AM on October 24, 2013


"He's now Uncalifornian I am- I can't wear just a t-shirt cause it feels like I'm naked."

I kinda hate wearing any clothes at all, and t-shirts at least give me some ventilation from the massive heat engine that is my metabolism. I used to wear shorts in Michigan when it was 50° out.
posted by klangklangston at 11:41 AM on October 24, 2013


So what I'm pretty much saying is that we should live together so I can be the Oscar to your Felix.
posted by klangklangston at 11:41 AM on October 24, 2013


life is dull
life is gray
at it's best
it's just okay

but I'm happy
to report:
life is also
short.

so I find myself back in California...
posted by koeselitz at 2:21 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


griphus: “I got Rhode Island too. The hell?”

copper
comes from Arizona
peaches come from Georgia
and lobsters come from Maine
the wheat fields are the sweet fields of Nebraska
and Kansas gets bonanzas from the grain

old whiskey
comes from old Kentucky
ain't the country lucky
New Jersey gives us glue

and you
you come from Rhode Island
and little old Rhode Island
is famous
for you
posted by koeselitz at 2:25 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


coppermoss: “I got Oklahoma and now I am questioning everything I ever believed about myself as a human.”

gold and grain
on hills of green
wave to valleys
cool and clean
too bad some folks have never seen
the everlasting hills of Oklahoma
posted by koeselitz at 2:30 PM on October 24, 2013


So what I'm pretty much saying is that we should live together so I can be the Oscar to your Felix

Is just ends with your mysterious disappearance and a sudden organ meat dinner party for the toast of society.
posted by The Whelk at 4:51 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


It says I belong in Oregon. I'm gonna go practice my artisan knots.
posted by Dr. Zira at 6:59 PM on October 24, 2013


It says I belong in... Minnesota? What the hell? WINTERS man! I'm an Angeleno. I can't deal with winter!
posted by suburbanbeatnik at 9:59 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]


"Is just ends with your mysterious disappearance and a sudden organ meat dinner party for the toast of society."

Not if I murder you with carelessness!
posted by klangklangston at 10:03 PM on October 24, 2013


"do these tacos taste funny to you?"


Heeeeat of the moment
posted by The Whelk at 10:13 PM on October 24, 2013


Why do people even refrigerate meat if they're only going to eat it later?
posted by klangklangston at 10:16 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


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