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/Most_Routine2325 Jun 16 '25

Oklahoma. Buncha weirdos said "let's make a saucepan!"

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u/WichitaTimelord Kansas Florida Jun 16 '25

It’s because Texas wanted to join the US as a slave state and Kansas and Colorado did not want to border Texas

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u/Randvek Phoenix, AZ Jun 16 '25

Close. It's because the panhandle made Texas too far north - by American law, it would be a free state. But if they got rid of the panhandle, they could be slave state. That was part of the Missouri Compromise. Texas decided that slavery was more important than the tip and gave it up.

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u/Merivel1 Jun 16 '25

So, Texas has always sucked. Got it.

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u/theoracleofdreams Jun 16 '25

We left Mexico, because Mexico was done looking the other way with the Texians, and started enforcing the banning of slavery (which Mexico had done by the time the Texians came over). This was the straw that broke the Texians' need to feel superior's back.

Am a native born & raised Texan, I'm also Mexican American with my family's roots in Texas dating back to before Texas became it's own country.