Out of all the 50 states? which one is your favorite and why?

Answer 1

Florida!! Everybody wants a piece of the sunshine life.

Answer 2

Kansas...because it's not like you think! It's like a microcosm of the country, offering in one state the type of scenery that you'd have to travel most of the 48 contiguous states to see. But you won't see most of it if you drive through I-70, which of course goes throught he most isolated and flatest part of the state to facilitate traffic flow.

Quite hilly and forested in the northeast where there also are large cities (Kansas City Metro has around 2 million), big lakes with beaches, and rivers. A suburb, Johnson County Kansas, has one of the highest per capita income levels in the country, so there are all the elite shopping districts and fancy restaurants like one might find on rodeo drive or manhattan.

Further west, there are the Flint hills, that are shallow, treeless hills that go up and down as far as you can see like an ocean. It was carved by when the glaciers receded during the last ice age, and has been made a national park.

The endless flat prairie in the middle has the "amber waves of grain" that you hear so much about...they make a beautiful swooshing sound in the almost continual wind, and the color changing and shifting at the individual blades of wheat blow back and forth is beautiful. This is also where the next big boom will happen...making biofuel from Wheat and Corn (Ethanol), Natural Gas is abundant in the state, and new large "wind farms" to generate clean, free or renewable energy are being built, essentially making Kansas the future "Saudi Arabia" of the USA.

Then in the west and southwest, you have huge natural rock formations and more the "southwestern-y" type scenery you might associate with NM or TX.

And it is the center of the United States, the heart or "bullseye" if you like. Due to its extremely fertile land and hard working people, it is the food basket of the world. The weather coveres all 4 distinct seasons, so you get warm sunny summers, beautiful muli-colored falls, cold but not oppressive winters for snow sports, and gloriously green springs that would rival Ireland in its "emerald-ness".

The tornados that people associate with Kansas (Thanks a lot, Dorothy!) are rare and not as common as they are in TX or OK. They do happen, but are generally very localized and usually without vicitms (unlike regional, widespread destruction as you see with hurricanes). Ask even the oldest KS resident, and you will be hard-pressed to find anyone who has even seen one. But most would agree that they are preferable to earthquakes and hurricanes.

The people there aren't "northeastern" nor "southern". They speak the non-accented kind of speech common among newscasters and actors, that is, a "neutral" American accent. They are generally friendly and always willing to help a visitor. It also is diverse, right along with the national averages, including a large Hispanic population in the east that greatly adds color and spice to the local environment. The festivals and food are fantastic. There are also large Russian, Croation, Polish neighborhoods with their own heritage events. There was even an entire town, Nicodemus, that was set up by former slaves in what they considered the "promised land", the free and fertile territory of Kansas. There's a place for every person, race, creed, or political leaning in KS.

So whether you like urban cosmopolitan chic, rich suburban extravagance, middle class Americana, rural small town "Mayberry" type living, camping, historical places (Dodge City, president Eisenhower museum, barbeque, jazz, site of first civil war battle),rural farming, cattle ranching or just plain wide open spaces, Kansas has it all in one 400X200 mile rectangle. :)

Answer 3

Texas because there is so much difference all over the state from the piney woods of the east to the beaches of the gulf to the desert areas of southwest Del Rio to the rocky mountains of west El Paso and flatlands of the panhandle. Yet the people here are the friendliest I have ever met anywhere. I also like Arizona tremendously. Desert south and mountainous north! Wow.

Answer 4

California is definitely my favorite state in the U.S. simply because you have everything you could possibly want to do and enjoy in one state. We have a beautiful ocean. Beautiful mountains. Lakes and campgrounds that cant be beat. And you don't have to drive far to find them. There are plenty amusement parks. It snows in the winter in the northern parts and can still be in the 70's a couple of hours away. And if you want to go out on the dunes, we have the desert as well. A lot of job opportunity's as well. We produce wonderful fruits and fantastic grapes for wine. What more could you ask for.

Answer 5

I grew up on Long Island, New York just a train ride away from NYC and summers in the hamptons were great!!! My heart will always be with NY where else can you go to a real Broadway show and after it is over around 10 pm go to a five star restaurant and have great service. There is a reason they call it the "City that Never Sleeps!!!!" My second is Florida, around November to April while others are freezing their collunes off I am enjoying the sun, beach and pool!!!!

Answer 6

Well I have lived in Indiana West Virginia, and now Arkansas. I have been to New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas and Ohio and Illinois. You know I think they are all beautiful and great in their own way. So I couldn't pick a favorite. Let me see the rest of the world first and then we will talk.

Answer 7

Florida is completely my favorite state. It is so beautiful there, the people are amazing and no matter what time of the year it is, you will have incredible sunshine.

I'm totally a Floridian at heart and as soon as I can get out of Washington state, I'm going back FOREVER!

Answer 8

My favorite state is New York - beautiful rolling meadows and farmland, yet spectacular Adirondack Mountains and lakes, big city life, abundance of professional sports teams, the experience of four seasons (May flowers, lazy summers, beautiful fall foliage, and snow adventures), lack of serious flooding, no earthquakes, only mild and very rare tornadoes or hurricanes, historical past, great educational facilities. New York has it all and lacks in what is not wanted.

Answer 9

I do have a favorite state but to decide which one is best for you read all that you can find about that state. Talk to people that have lived there if you can. Get information from websites pertaining to that state.

Answer 10

Texas. It is the 2nd biggest state, has the prettiest ladies, hottest guys, and the only other state to have flown 6 flags over it. It used to be it's own country. No other state can say that.

Answer 11

Hawaii's got big breaks, Michigan Great Lakes,
Colorado snow flakes, Georgia peaches,
Louisiana hot food, New York attitude, Florida beaches,
Tennessee whiskey, Texas chili, and Virginia pine, it's hard to beat that California sunshine

Despite all that I still love Michigan.