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50 Stars: Americans, teach us about your country.

Oh, having a Mercedes, BMW, or other top end luxury brand car here is not a sign of status. It is more about keeping up with the Jonses.

It isn't uncommon to drive by a small 1940's/1950's era tract house with two or three luxury brand models parked out front.
 
In my part of jersey- it's more like being in India and Korea- Korindia!. Lot's of good Korean food but since my gf is Indian we don't go out to eat that particular cuisine.
 
New Jersey seems to be the butt of jokes made my New Yorkers that create media. I specifically remember a Futurama episode in which New New York was getting full of trash:
They tried everywhere! The dumps were full. The river was full. Jersey was full.
 
Oh, yeah, I forgot to add the epic trash case where New Jersey tried to keep Philly from contracting companies in New Jersey to take care of their trash. They lost as it was against the Interstate Commerce Clause. lulz, Jersey loses again.
 
YES this thread is doing exactly what I wanted it to do! Thanks a lot for all the tips, people, keep it up.

Although I was going to introduce the next state in this post (*drum roll*, anticipation...etc), I thought I'd wait a bit and see if lacey had anything to add ;).
 
Doesn't look like Lacey will post anything on NJ :(

So let's move on. The next state is....

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Yes Amy, I can make your dreams come true =D.

As for Kansas, quite honestly, just looking at this map makes me depressed.
 
Makes me depressed too, Jam.
I lived in Kansas City for 6 months when I was younger.......
Ah- I think it was called Wesport? That area was cool but I think that was on the Missouri side?

When we moved from Texas to Washington the drive across Kansas was blah. We did see a farm on fire which was interesting......and when we got into western Kansas the hills were better than the south eastern portion of the state where everything is exactly the same..........
 
^ I'm surprised you say this. Most Kansans regard Western Kansas as probably the MOST flat area in Kansas. Flattness for MILES. There are lots of hills in the Eastern area of Kansas.

And yes, Westport is the 'cool' area of Kansas City and it is in Missouri. Kansas City, KS is super ghetto.

Kansas has really strict liquor laws due to it being one of the leading proponents of prohibition way back in the day and they have dragged their feet ever since to repeal these strict laws. Big plus for living in Kansas. :|

The geographical center of the country is in Lebanon, Kansas.

A lot of my family was born and raised in Kansas, lol.

From Wiki because it says this better than I:

Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events, involving anti-slavery Free-Soilers and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the western frontier towns of the U.S. state of Missouri roughly between 1854 and 1858. At the heart of the conflict was the question of whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free state or slave state. As such, Bleeding Kansas was a proxy war between Northerners and Southerners over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune; the events it encompasses directly presaged the American Civil War.
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Kansans, in my experience, are extremely friendly and fairly laid-back. Though the Westboro Baptist Church (think all those "God Hates Fags" signs) is located here nobody and I mean NOBODY likes that they're here and are generally more tolerant of mixed-race relations than anywhere else I've lived in my short life (I've lived in many areas). It's very interesting how accepting Kansans are (at least in the smallish cities).

All I can think of for now but I'm sure I'll think of more things later.

I don't hate Kansas and I don't think others should either. :) Most seem to think it SUCKS because they haven't ever been here or generally dislike non-(super)rural areas in the mid-west.
 
America was built on slave labor, bloodshed, and the oppression of it's own people.

Oh yes, and lets not forget lies and deceit.
 
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