What's your favorite Northern State?

[wildhorses]

turn about is fair play

[RevCheesehead]

1. Wisconsin.

:) We are both Northern, and Midwestern.

[wildhorses]

5. with a user name like yours, I am NOT surprised

;)

[Ron Mexico]

92. Washington

The entire state is great, and if I could have afforded to move out to Seattle I'd have done it long ago.

[ragin_acadian]

2. Maine.

once you pass Portland, it's the Northeastern version of Alabama.

[wildhorses]

6. Remember the Maine

or something like that....the northern Alabama, now that's funny same accent and everything?

[ragin_acadian]

30. some of the people at the Presque Isle county fair look like

they would fit in at the Andalusia county fair, but the accents are totally different.

different kind of pine trees too.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. ...

:rofl:

It's SO true!

[SiobhanClancy]

18. I don't think that's the case...

Certainly some places would qualify,but not the whole state north of Portland.

:hi: from a place a bit south of Portland.

[ragin_acadian]

29. yeah, just kidding.

my sister is in Aroostock(spelling?) county, and she refers to it as "THE COUNTY"

anyway, I always like to visit the area on my way to NB, it's very pretty. The people are nice, but rural.

what is your weather like, right now?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

44. Close, but no cigar.

You almost got it--it's "Aroostook." And EVERYONE refers to it as "THE COUNTY." Especially those of us in York and Cumberland counties. :D

Our weather is nice--it was quite warm (40s-50s) on Sunday! We've got a nice layer of snow where I am, though, about 15 mins S of Portland. Maine is beautiful--if frigidly cold--in winter. Ah well. We tough it out. ;)

[ragin_acadian]

49. i wish i was up there right now.

the day before xmas, the wind blew in off the gulf of mexico, and it was probably 75% humidity. sucks, sucks, sucks.

i hate florida. care to trade places?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

55. No flippin' way.

I'm a northern gal all around. :D

[ragin_acadian]

84. me too.

just thought i'd offer.

exchange program and all that.

i'll put you on my buddy list, and let you know if i make it up that way in the spring.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. I'm just south o' P-Town, too.

;) :hi:

[SiobhanClancy]

52. I'm in Old Orchard Beach...

Hi back at you

[WritingIsMyReligion]

54. OOB!

:D :D

Sorry, I just always liked that abbreviation.

Nice name, BTW--"Siobhan" is a kickin' Irish nomenclature.

[SiobhanClancy]

58. I like it too...

But I was afraid it might be a bit obscure except to those of us lucky enough to live in Maine:)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. Wooo! Maine rocks!

Mainers kick ass!

:applause::yourock:

:toast:

[ragin_acadian]

50. i thought it was:

"Maine-ah's is wicked-bitchin cool"

or at least that's what my sister says.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

53. ...

:rofl:

Yes, you need the "wicked" in theah.

:P

[ragin_acadian]

77. kewl.

heh.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. YES! What Rev said........

:grouphug:

[wildhorses]

7. you vote for Wisconsin too?

but California is where the girls all get so tan! :silly:

[qnr]

4. OK - but it is way too far north, it should be somewhere between

Tierra del Fuego and the Antarctic Peninsula ... Yeah... Drakes Passage should do.

[wildhorses]

8. so then, what is YOUR favorite northern state?

just wondering...

[qnr]

10. Maine. n/t

[maveric]

9. MA.

I may live in CA but I'll always be a Masshole.

[SeattleGirl]

11. Okay, this is Northwest, but so what?

A tie between Washington and Oregon.

I'm a real Northwest girl!

[JuneInJax]

12. I love Boston

but for entire state, I have to say New Jersey (check my sig, I have my reasons! :P). It's really beautiful there (especially once you get past Newark. lol!).
Moni

[Jamastiene]

13. Hands down, it's New York.

Great people, great partying, great music, great everything except the cost of living. Overall, just great. I loved it there when I had the chance to visit. Wish I could go back sometime for another visit. Maybe would consider moving there if I could afford it.

[Robeson]

14. New York....

...followed by Minnesota...:-)

[Corgigal]

71. New York

then New Jersey.

Them people is my peeps.

[Vektor]

15. Massachusetts

Can't help it, I'm a native! :-)

[NMMNG]

16. MA

What can I say? I was born a Masshole, and I'm going to be one again.

[B Calm]

17. Minnesota, land of ten thousand lakes

[SaveElmer]

48. Ditto that...grew up there...

Been in Virginia 25 years and still consider myself a Minnesotan!!!

[Left Is Write]

57. I'm the same way! Five years in Idaho, but I'm always a Minnesotan.

[eyepaddle]

51. Minnesota!

The climate is such a great springboard for so many other places, I've been around the world, from the tropics to the polar regions--and I've never been just shocked by the weather.

This place isn't really Where adventurers all dream of going, but it is great training! :)

[no name no slogan]

94. Gotta say Minnesota

my home for all but seven months out of my 36 years. There's not many places on earth where the temperature can go from -40°F to 110°F.

[Hissyspit]

19. Can't get more north than Alaska. nt

[hyphenate]

20. Home!

in Massachusetts!

[Ptah]

21. Montana, Big Sky country.

Next summer if it's a nice day, we'll eat on the porch.

I think it will be on a tuesday this year.

[Beausoir]

22. North Dakota.

The people are good, hard working, honest and decent.

The hellacious weather keeps the riff-raff out.

[SmileyBoy]

63. The best thing about North Dakota...

BISON FOOTBALL!!!

WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!!

[Beausoir]

78. *Buzz* You are incorrect, Sir!

The BEST thing about North Dakota is UND Football.

You do know about UND right? It's that REAL university just up the road from NDSU.

Hee-hee.

[SmileyBoy]

79. You mean the team that gets 5,200 people at its playoff game??

:rofl:

[Beausoir]

82. 5,200 people? That's almost the population of the entire state!

Smiley..I think I should come up there and drag you to a UND hockey game. Teach you some respect for the only REAL university in ND.

:hi:

[SmileyBoy]

83. The atmosphere's better at NDSU football games...

Best tailgating in North Dakota.

NDSU is THE BEST university in North Dakota!!!:D:D:D

[Burma Jones]

23. Vermont

[Redstone]

101. Yes. It's my home.

Redstone

[gpandas]

24. northern lights? n/t

[datasuspect]

25. chicago

the rest of illinois - feh.

[stanwyck]

32. Wait just a minute there

I'm from "downstate". Watseka. The buckle on the corn belt.

[datasuspect]

33. youse are alright

the one thing i LOVE about midwest corn towns is the way the bars are situated by the railroad tracks in the defunct downtown areas.

[stanwyck]

36. you are 100% correct

the bars are the only "downtown" businesses thriving. The Wal-Mart a few miles from town gets all the action. But the bars ARE located a few feet from the railroad tracks and the grain elevator. And as one of my long-gone college boyfriends used to say when he came to visit, after spying the grain elevator marquee, "beans is winning!"

[EstimatedProphet]

26. Alaska

Go there and see.

[northofdenali]

67. Agreed, EstimatedProphet. Better yet..............

Live there and see!!!! :woohoo::hi::woohoo:

[Blue_In_AK]

75. Agreed, North of Denali

I've been here 30 years and I'm not leaving. This is paradise.

[EstimatedProphet]

93. I did, for a few months

I would happily do so again, if I could find a job. Unfortunately no luck when I was there.

[northofdenali]

95. Well, goooooooooollllllleeeeeeeeeee

(she said tongue-in-cheek..)

haven't you heard of the 1,000,000 jobs that will be "created" when ANWR opens up?????????? :sarcasm:

(Labor Secretary Elaine Chao held a press conference 12/12/05 in which she insisted that, according to "congressional estimates," the ANWR project could create one million jobs.)

And how many good folks, including infants, military, and those who make too much money to even think about working on the Slope, actually live here? In 2004, our population was 655,435.

Shows how good at math our Repuke appointees are.......

[Broken_Hero]

73. yep, ditto...:)

SE Alaska here, born and raised...:)

[northofdenali]

97. Long-term Faibanksan here.....since 1968, anyway.

My husband since 1952 (gads, does that AGE me!!!)

[Broken_Hero]

99. damn...fairbanks...:)

thats up there...:) Its nothing but rain rain rain, and more rain in ketchikan...damn...;)

[northofdenali]

100. Yep, you guys are going for the record!

I was in Ketchican in 1995 for ONE day............and it was beautiful, bright & sunny.

Last time it ever happened to me!!!

:-)

[YankeyMCC]

27. It's nice to see so many votes for MA

I'm a native and I suppose that should result in my choosing it as my number one.

But I spend so much time in NH and Maine and love both those states so much it's hard to truly choose so I'll lump them all together and say my favorite northern state is really a region... New England.

[GrumpyGreg]

38. I'm a Mass native too but I adore Rhode Island-----we're lucky,aren't we?

[YankeyMCC]

90. Yes indeed n/t

[Blue_Tires]

28. 27 posts, and no one mentions Rhode Island

very tragic

[imperialismispasse]

31. Pennsylvania of course

We have a good climate and its a really good looking state.

[cabbage08]

34. Massachusetts

[RebelOne]

35. Pennsylvania because I was born in Philadelphia, PA.

But grew up in Florida. Lived in California, Alabama, New Jersey and am now living in North Georgia just northwest of Atlanta.

[GrumpyGreg]

37. Massachusetts---no contest ! !

[NJ Democrats]

39. New Jersey!

I love Bergan County, but live in Sussex County, NJ now.

Second, is NYC and the surronding area. (Not the rest of NY. Just NYC, and Westchester, Dutchess, etc)

3rd: MA (except for Fenway Park! Go Yankees!)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

43. Maine and Massachusetts.

:toast:

[UrbScotty]

45. Only one state is good enough to be called Michigan

..and that state ain't the F**keye State! :evilgrin:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

46. ...

:rofl:

[hickman1937]

88. So true, so true.

I suspect you are a truly wise person.

[Radical Activist]

47. Illinois!

It has the capitol city of the midwest, Chicago. Abraham Lincoln's home town, nice scenery in the southern and northwestern ends of the state, and more railroad tracks than any other state besides Texas. Plus, Illinois exports great political leaders like Barack Obama, Paul Simon, Dick Durbin and Adlai Stevenson.

[WildEyedLiberal]

76. Hey you! Illinoisans unite!

:hi:

Massachusetts is a close second for me - I visited Boston recently and LOVED it. But my heart belongs still with Illinois. :)

[Left Is Write]

56. Minnesota.

[xmas74]

59. Wisconsin.

My birthplace.

[woofless]

60. I'm a Native of Mass.

living in WA state near the border. I really like NH too. For just plain livin', WA wins.

Woof

[LSK]

61. i have been to all of them except Alaska

And I choose the Florida Keys :hide:










I'd vote Montana for the mountains there.

[Arugula Latte]

62. Canada!

(Just kidding, northern neighbors!) :hi:

[Wcross]

64. Maine. I love the Portland area! n/t

[fight4my3sons]

65. Maine

I'm a native New Yorker and will always love NY, but Maine is awesome! I love living here and can't see moving anywhere else.

[yellowdogintexas]

66. Massachusetts. After living there for 2 years, I loved it

but it costs too much to live there.


Second choice would be Conn, because my sister lives there

Third choice would be Wyoming..it is just spectacularly gorgeous.

[caty]

68. Michigan----I read somewhere that if

every state were separated and forced to survive on it's own, Michigan would be the only state that would survive. Michigan has enough water, farm and cattle land, minerals, oil, and natural gas to support it's population. I love it here!

[hickman1937]

87. I love Michigan.

I love everything about this weird state. I just wish outstaters didn't love it so much. Too much traffic in the summers.

[tarkus]

69. Massachusetts

What a great state. The capital state of New England it is, from the bustling streets of Boston to the quiet mountains of Lennox.

[RetroLounge]

70. Wisconsin

hands down...

I mean, come on, the Pope Cheesy lives here, what else is there to say?

RL

[RevCheesehead]

81. ...

:hug:
(I really, really needed this tonight. Thanks.)

[RetroLounge]

91. ...

:hug:

anytime...

RL

[Fox Mulder]

72. Minnesota

But that's because I live there. :D

[SmileyBoy]

74. North Dakota.

Because someone's gotta give us some love!!!

[Beausoir]

80. I already gave you some loving.

North Dakota is by FAR the best state.

[SmileyBoy]

85. Bison or Sioux, we all agree that North Dakota kicks ASS!!!

:D

[Celeborn Skywalker]

86. Vermont!

Absolutely loved my visit there.

[hickman1937]

89. Michigan first, second Michigan, third maybe Minnesota.

nuff said.

[doc03]

96. I don't see Ohio what's everyone got against Ohio anyway?

[CatholicEdHead]

98. Minnesota

My avatar shows my bias. :p