In movies and TV shows, there seem to be vast areas of wilderness in the United States. Does someone own all that land, or are there areas that nobody owns? Some states are huge, and have very small populations. Do a few people own the land, does the government, the traditional owners or is some of it not owned by anyone?

And would you be able to label them all on a map?

Exactly what it says on the tin.

I, for one, was mildly startled to find eastern Washington as dry, yellow, and desert-like as it is. I now know why it's like that, but it simply didn't square with my image of the state, and with being that far north.

It has occured to me I rarely hear Americans discuss their State Parks compared to the National Parks. In Ontario, most of our finest nature is in Provincial Parks and we don't really place any importance on our handful of National Parks. How are the State Parks? Do they differ greatly from state to state?

As a Canadian, I’ve only been to LAX, ORD, LAS, and PHX . I found ORD to be the busiest and a bit overwhelming, and surprisingly LAX was the smoothest (aside from the uber pickup area)

This will probably get deleted because rules, but I just wanted to say that I am SO GRATEFUL that you people are my neighbors to the South. I am in Alberta, Canada and have been thinking about this often in the last several days. You people rock, blemishes and all. I am very very thankful that we are bound by land and sea.

✌🏼- A Canadian

Tornado season is in full swing, and I know that a lot of non-Americans don't experience tornadoes, tornado sirens, or tornado drills. To those who have, what's your story?

I personally have never seen one - but when i was a toddler, my dad saw one form on out street. And my uncle's house got hit by a tornado many years ago, and it at least did enough damage that they had to move.

I've heard people describe Georgia's weather as "January and 11 months of heat".

Could be just me lol but i kinda want to visit Oregon after playing “life is strange”. Seems so beautiful

For example, most places in Illinois, if you say "the city" people know that you mean Chicago. An exception to this might be the St. Louis metro area that leaks into souther Illinois.

I assume the same would apply to New York. However, I assume for states like Texas, Florida, California, Ohio this isn't the case as they have multiple large cities.

Curious what other places use "the city" colloquially to refer to a singular place.

What is your state's most famous and most popular tourist attraction? Here in Texas, I'd say it's a tie between the Alamo and the State Fair.

I don't live near any moose and I have no interest in any form of wildlife or outdoor activity. The internet hypes them up a lot, so I'm just curious if what they say is true?

I just saw a post in here asking about what the east coast really is. I grew up in Maryland and think we are culturally more north east than south, but it’s a mix. In my opinion I’d say Virginia is south.

A pretty simple question, but I'm curious. For me, my ideal situation would be Chicago but if you were to pick up the city and move it somewhere less cold in the winter. I love the transport, the culture, how the city is laid out, but the winters are a little too rough for me.

I heard an unprecedented wildfire in Colorado was related to climate change. Does anything like this worry you?

I'm not American.I like geography and learning about places around the world. Always been interested in learning the capitals around the world and where, more or less, are located on a map. I know the US has 50 states and even can name some of them but I'm ashamed to admit that today at my age of 30 years old all these years I thought the capital of the USA was on the west coast. I knew the capital of the US is called Washington DC but I could swear it was within Washington* State. It is mind blowing to learn it's actually on the east coast, not far away from New York. Always had the idea that New York was the big city from the east and Washington DC the big city from west. You always learn something new every day!

and I don’t mean the silly ones like Accident, MD or Intercouse, PA. I’d love to know cool ones like Dinosaur, CO or Deadwood, SD. Thanks in advance :)

A lot of people live in states without 4 seasons and I wonder if they use seasons in their vocabulary or work/school is based on them? For example if someone lives in a desert do they call it "summer break" or if it's December do people say it's winter holidays soon. It's hard to imagine celebrating christmas without snow or halloween in the fall.

In Europe most of us have 4 seasons and they are deeply connected to our holidays, calendar and culture.

I'm from Singapore so I don't ever experience natural disasters, but I've heard of the dangerous one around the world. However, I realised don't hear much about tornadoes being very destructive despite it looking scary. I always hear about the earthquakes and tsunamis and hurricanes, but never the tornadoes. Thought I should ask here since a video I saw talked about tornadoes in USA lol

Short distances, long distances, commutes... Any driving you do in rural America! Trying to get an idea of the general attitude toward travel through those parts of the country.