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European here, these are what different states or areas of the USA remind me of (like what's the first think I think of when I hear it's name):
There's also Washington Island. It's nowhere near Washington state or DC. It's in Lake Michigan, and is part of Wisconsin, not Michigan.
Aside from the island, Wisconsin has 7 different towns named Washington, though most of them have a population in the hundreds.
Of course they have nothing on Indiana, which has 46 towns named Washington, or Iowa, which has 49.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Township
A disambiguation page of disambiguation pages. Damn.
And both University of Washington, in the state, and wash U, in St. Louis. Both are major medical centers.
Washington's name is everywhere because there was this guy named Washington and he did some cool things a couple hundred years ago.
I heard that guy had like 30 god damn dicks
Hey, if you ever do anything memorable, something might get named after you.
I think you know more about our history than we do
I just read a ton of Don Rosa when I was 8-11.
You're mostly on the nail with these but it's worth mentioning that political leanings are split a lot closer to "rural vs urban" differences than they are regional. For example, the city of Austin, Texas, is a lot closer politically to somewhere like Seattle, Washington, than it is to Odessa, Texas. Similarly, somewhere like Redding, California, is closer politically to Decatur, Alabama than it is to Los Angeles. This is a pretty recent development.
I grew up in Odessa. I left and I never want to go back. Ever. Last time I was there was to take the dog, my father's ashes, and any remaining belongings back to a saner part of the country. I have seen and heard it has only gotten worse since and nobody should live there. Ever. Just leave. Run away. Scorched earth. Fuck Texas. Fuck Wasps. Fuck all of the hateful, bigoted, racist, sexist pieces of shit that live there and anywhere else.
Sorry. I may have been a little triggered...I am going to smoke a bowl and chill out now.
But it's all colonialism.
California: That other goldrush
Hawaii: Funny you pick that state out of 50 for "colonialism."
Ohio: Home of the buckeye, a useless nut.
Washington: The federal capitol city, Washington D.C. is on a small bit of land along the Potomac river sandwiched between Virginia and Maryland. It was founded in the late 1700s early in the nation's history before we laid any claim to the West coast. The state of Washington--the top-left most of the lower 48--was one of the last settled and named. There were several plans drawn up to create several states in the region, and name them Washington, Jefferson, and possibly one or two other founding fathers. Washington was the only one that went through with it.
Texas used to be a huge fudd state until very recently, at least I assume that things changed.
They required a permit for carrying hand guns but not long guns.