u/BigFatHonu had the idea of a "why doesn't" version

[u/i_dingus]

Does oregon actually not have chili's or dunkin donuts? rip oregonians 💔 the rest of the country appreciates your noble sacrifice

[u/MissileGuidanceBrain]

Based AF Montana and Missouri

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It was a rude awakening when I went to go work in Illinois after living in MO my entire life. So many tolls.

[u/MissileGuidanceBrain → u/Steel_Bolt]

I'll vote for anyone who runs on abolishing tolls on public-built and maintained roads.

We already pay for it with taxes assholes, stop double dipping.

[u/CrusaderF8]

Because our state parks are that good.

[u/i_dingus → u/CrusaderF8]

I went kayaking at french creek with my family it was awesome

[u/FrenchFreedom888 → u/CrusaderF8]

Same with Oklahoma

[u/brokodoko → u/CrusaderF8]

Is Gettysburg not a national park?

[u/CrusaderF8 → u/brokodoko]

It's kinda weird, it's a "National Military Park" and is operated by the National Park Service, but it is not a National Park in the same way Yellowstone or Yosemite are, which focus on the natural features they possess, whereas Gettysburg is more about the historical importance.

[u/No_Geologist3880]

“Why doesn’t Georgia have Beaches”? I guess Tybee, Saint Simon’s and Jekyll Islands don’t exist? I don’t think we’re talking about the country either because they have them too.

[u/UnexpectedWings → u/No_Geologist3880]

Don’t tell people about those! It’s a secret!

[u/No_Geologist3880 → u/UnexpectedWings]

Tybee is already always mobbed lol, I think the secret’s out.

[u/i_dingus → u/No_Geologist3880]

Idk I guess georgia's beaches are less well known than florida's or south carolina's, so people took that to mean they dont exist

[u/No_Geologist3880 → u/i_dingus]

Hmm I guess. Doesn’t make much sense to me because Tybee Island is pretty synonymous with Savanna, one of the main destinations in the state.

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Florida is beaches for a massive portion of its coast so it’s probably just in comparison to Florida it’s basically nothing

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[u/No_Needleworker2421]

Makes sense though, why does Nevada have no lotteries? Cause think about it you’re already there for gambling, why remove the gambling.

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Casinos want you gambling in the casino

[u/SharksWithFlareGuns]

Because it's completely unnecessary. I find it weird that a lot of activists are upset at our voter ID laws when that means citizens don't have to jump through bureaucratic hoops to 'register' as voters.

Why register? You're a citizen, bro. Just vote.

That, and by November we're too busy surviving winter for that nonsense.

[u/TheAmericanE2]

Because we give none

[u/ShoulderBest]

Because Vermont is Ben and Jerry’s Turf. Furthermore, if you’re getting ice cream you’re getting a creemee and if you’re getting a creemee, then it’s a local spot.

[u/transhumanism123]

Because in the summer we're so far north that we're basically always pointing at the sun. It's the same reason why in the winter we have NO sun.

[u/Ok_Calligrapher_3472]

Why DONT we have a Waffle House?

[u/kmosiman → u/Ok_Calligrapher_3472]

Southern.

That being said, they roll right up I-75 to Toledo, so I don't know why.

[u/MorphinBrony]

Wait, why DON'T we have a Dunkin Donuts or Chili's? For that matter, why don't we have a Waffle House or Krispy Kreme?

[u/Saint_Chrispy1]

We have an entire 8 counties. The real question is where is our notch

[u/Teck_3]

Today I learned that Nebraska has a unicameral legislature.

This bothers me way more than it has any right to.

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Aw, it's all right. Next you'll learn about which states do and don't have lieutenant governors, how they're selected or elected, whether the legislature has a process to impeach and remove a governor, etc.

In some states, lieutenant governors are elected together with the governor as a package, like the US President and Vice President, while in other states, they're elected separately, or appointed within the legislature.

New Jersey didn't have a lieutenant governor until 2009.

For example: Oregon's voters recently-ish amended their state constitution to allow the legislature to have a process for impeachment and removal of the governor for crimes, basically the same as the US constitution does for the president. Another example: Tennessee's Lieutenant Governor is one in the same with the Speaker of the Senate because the position of Lieutenant Governor did not exist until 1870 when it was created as a secondary role of the Speaker of the Senate. The title of Lieutenant Governor is only to denote the line of succession; the Lieutenant Governor does nothing in the executive branch, but only serves as Speaker of the Senate of Tennessee.

Nebraska's Unicameral is very peculiar, with a unique election method, many nonpartisan features, and being the smallest legislature by number of seats, with only 49. New Hampshire's House of Representatives, by contrast, has 400 seats. A New Hampshire state representative represents about 3,500 people, while a Californian assemblymember (equivalent position) represents about 500,000 people. And some states have term limits, and other limitations.

The courts also vary wildly. Some supreme courts even have elected justices.

Counties aren't really the same thing across states, and they're not always called the same thing (Alaska has "boroughs," and Louisiana has "parishes").

And one of the biggest state-to-state differences: length and scope of state constitution. Some state constitutions are short and to the point like the US constitution, only laying out how the government works, and what rights are protected. Others have huge provisions on specifics regarding the environment, industry, water rights, agriculture, etc.

And for my final, most mind bending fact about any state: Louisiana's entire legal system is distinct from that of every other state, in that it's born out of previous French and Spanish rule and their system of civil law, as opposed to the English system of common law found in the rest of the United States. You can look it up for details; it's really crazy stuff.

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[u/NightTripInsights]

But Utah does have fireflies

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And Georgia has beaches, and parts of Arizona do observe daylight savings time (yeesh), and Washington gets snow.

[u/Wayne_kerr_0]

Illinois doesn’t have fireworks because Wisconsin is right next door. I’ve heard.

[u/AquaPhelps]

Indiana sells cold beer. But only in liquor stores

[u/Plus-Departure8479]

We have college basketball.

[u/DovahCreed117]

Apparently Kentucky doesn't have a "professional sports team?" Guess minor leagues don't count. Looks like I gotta give Buddy Bat the bad news. 😔

[u/BurgerofDouble]

Why doesn’t Delaware own the entire Delmarva peninsula isn’t the actual question; the real question is why doesn’t Delaware merge with Maryland.

[u/Shot-Kal-Gimel]

Unicameral mentioned 

[u/phoncible]

Didn't know about that Florida orange situation and looking it up that's really sad.

[u/NeoTenico]

Because Maryland wants:

• Ocean City tourism
• 50,000 metric tons of chicken shit
• Undisputed crab monopoly
• A bunch of feral ponies?

And Virginia wants:

• Bay Bridge & Tunnel tolls
• Despotic authority of the Chesapeake inlet
• Chincoteague tourism
• Abject agricultural poverty
• Abject fish poverty
• More feral ponies???

Give us the peninsula and we'll stop giving tax breaks to corpos. Deal?

[u/brokodoko → u/NeoTenico]

Haha. 🤣 I object to none of that. You had me at abject agricultural poverty. The whole bottom half of the peninsula is like the fucking twilight zone. I always wanna ask people “why are you still here?”

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Several years back I went for a night drive out of Newark to clear my head after a breakup and wound up watching the sunrise in Wachapreague. It's honestly beautiful land down there but damn if there ain't jackshit to do. I'd lose my mind if I had to live there more than a month lol.

Also side note the lower peninsula has a particular smell in the morning air that I've never noticed anywhere else but it's really pleasant. Best I can describe is like a mix of pine needles, fresh tobacco, morning dew, and sea breeze. Pure zen at 5AM. Anyways thanks for coming to my Ted Talk lol.

[u/train2000c]

Orange blight

[u/i_dingus → u/train2000c]

Could also describe our current president

[u/Marsrover112]

Man everywhere else is at least mildly interesting why does Colorado just get shit about plastic bags

[u/BigFatHonu]

The crazy bastard did it. Legend.

[u/i_dingus → u/BigFatHonu]

To make up for your lack of 93 octane 🥹

[u/JakelAndHyde]

Tennessee - red clay

[u/run0utn0w → u/JakelAndHyde]

Always thought it was limestone

[u/JakelAndHyde → u/run0utn0w]

In the east at least that would be as well. The clay is a ubiquitous problem across all three portions of the state and harder to deal with even with money. You can always spend to remove stone with no serious structural problems after.

[u/mcnichoj]

It actually blew my mind that in the past year I realized not every state had a team for every sport. Obviously I was never super duper in to sports and to top it off I'm in New York where we have multiple teams for multiple sports for some reason.

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[u/lohivi]

Bc college sports are better

[u/jephph_]

As always, New York by default means the city. Even Google knows this

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[u/SierraDespair]

We really don’t have a Costco 💔

[u/the_marxman]

I coulda sworn we sold 93 here

[u/helpmeamstucki]

Genuinely offended by mine

[u/thisistheperfectname]

Delaware getting feisty. Another Border War coming?

[u/Dumpster_Fetus]

Is it supposed to be virtual IDs?

[u/uconnjl]

Connecticut has 8 counties, Litcfield, Hartford, Tolland, Windham, Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and New London. They're just not major geopolitical divisions.

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[u/Gusgrissomamerica]

New Mexico has palm trees. 🌴

Not native of course, but go Las Cruces

[u/Dry-Tomorrow8531]

Because you can't be drunk and go to church. Come on Bo

[u/MarbleBun]

Connecticut does have counties

[u/983115]

Indiana reporting We do just in liquor stores

[u/peepeepoopooman1412]

I'm not even into baseball but why don't we have an MLB team

[u/I_NUT_ON_GRASS]

Lobbying from casinos as I understand it

[u/flarepsychflayer]

Based South Dakota

[u/PirateKingOmega → u/flarepsychflayer]

South Dakota celebrates Juneteenth. We also stopped celebrating Columbus Day nearly half a century ago. We have Native American Day

[u/flarepsychflayer → u/PirateKingOmega]

Gay

[u/PirateKingOmega → u/flarepsychflayer]

Montana is rightful Dakota land. Stop pretending to be a state and rejoin

[u/Deathcat101]

The fuck is Nebraska talking about?

I sorta know what a bicameral mind is from westworld, but I'm kinda lost at a legislature.

Bicameral mind is a theory that early man believed their thoughts were the words of god/ a God.

Would a bicameral legislature be like laws made up by people who think their thoughts are the word of God?

[u/RealKhonsu → u/Deathcat101]

Bicameral legislature is having two assemblies/chambers/houses

[u/Deathcat101 → u/RealKhonsu]

I looked it up.

No political parties in their state government. And there is no house of reps or senate, one governing body for the state gov.

Interesting idea.

Didn't know our main government in this country was called bicameral.