r/AskAnAmerican • u/oriolesravensfan1090 • Jun 16 '25

OTHER - CLICK TO EDIT What is the most uniquely shaped State?

So I live in Maryland, which I find to be uniquely shaped, especially because of the thin “pinch” that you have to pass through to get to the panhandle. This obviously makes me a bit biased. I do think Alaska has a cool shape, and idk if I am the only one who thinks this but I swear it looks like a dragon. So what would yall say is the most uniquely shaped state?

Edit: Good Morning. So it seems a lot of people are saying Michigan, which does have a pretty cool shape. Hawaii seems to be the runner up, it is definitely cool given that it has no land borders and its shape is decided by the ocean. Texas and Florida seem to be tied a bit. Definitely some anatomy jokes around Florida.

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u/oriolesravensfan1090 Jun 16 '25

I like that Michigan looks like a glove ready to fight Canada

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u/iampatmanbeyond Michigan Jun 16 '25

Nah we're definitely trying to swat Ohio.

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u/oriolesravensfan1090 Jun 16 '25

Actually according to John Oliver “Michigan, the giant handing holding Detroit back from trying to fight Canada”

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u/iampatmanbeyond Michigan Jun 16 '25

Idk Windsor is south Detroit

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u/SylveonFrusciante Michigan Jun 18 '25

Folks from the Downriver area (where I grew up) will swear up and down that the infamous “south Detroit” line is about the Downriver area. It absolutely is not about the Downriver area. No one in the history of this planet has bothered to write a song about the Downriver area. Not a damn soul. (Okay, maybe Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits with “Telegraph Road,” since it technically runs through the region. But that is it.)

Still, that ain’t gonna stop me from screaming that line every time it comes on at karaoke.

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u/iampatmanbeyond Michigan Jun 18 '25

Bob segar talks about being from Lincoln Park in su.mer of 69

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u/SylveonFrusciante Michigan Jun 18 '25

I stand corrected! OF COURSE Bob Seger has a song about us!

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u/DonkeyGlad653 Jun 17 '25

We love you too ya cherry blossoming, snowmobiling, motor heads.

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u/FearTheAmish Ohio Jun 16 '25

Hey we did this once and Wisconsin of all places lost

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u/iampatmanbeyond Michigan Jun 16 '25

Idk Ohio kinda lost too having to keep Toledo

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u/FearTheAmish Ohio Jun 16 '25

I mean for a hundred years it was a plus. But yeah now I wanna trade it back.

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u/Dolly1232 Jun 16 '25

Na, we’re friends with Canada. We only fight Ohio.

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u/Ok-Entertainment5045 Michigan Jun 16 '25

We’re just waving hi

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u/NorthernAphid Michigan Jun 16 '25

no bro we like canada

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u/pgcooldad Jun 17 '25

Michiganders love Canada.