BEST US STATE FLAG

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http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_southcarolina.gif 11
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_arizona.gif 8
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_mississippi.gif 8
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_california.gif 7
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_maryland.gif 6
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_newmexico.gif 6
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_alaska.gif 3
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_ohio.gif 3
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_massachusetts.gif 2
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_texas.gif 2
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_rhodeisland.gif 2
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_hawaii.gif 2
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_tennessee.gif 2
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_newjersey.gif 2
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_colorado.gif 2
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_oklahoma.gif 1
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_alabama.gif 1
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_montana.gif 1
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_washington.gif 1
http://www.internationalcircuit.com/gfx/washington-dc-flag.gif 1
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_florida.gif 1
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_utah.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_wyoming.gif0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_northdakota.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_wisconsin.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_oregon.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_pennsylvania.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_westvirginia.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_virginia.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_vermont.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_southdakota.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_northcarolina.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_newyork.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_delaware.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_georgia.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_idaho.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_illinois.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_indiana.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_iowa.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_kansas.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_kentucky.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_louisiana.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_maine.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_michigan.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_minnesota.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_missouri.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_connecticut.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_nebraska.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_nevada.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_newhampshire.gif 0
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_arkansas.gif 0


g®▲đұ, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

THEM DOTS WHAT HAPPEN DERE?

John Justen, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

wtf Maryland

Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

New Mexico's is my favorite FLAG of any country or state.

Alaska's was designed by a 12-year -old boy. Idaho's was the only flag designed by a woman. ESTO PERPETUA!

Abbott, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

Colorado's flag looks like a Cubs pennant.

It's either Alaska or New Mexico for the win.

Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:27 (eighteen years ago)

i love maryland's flag but AZ will always be my favorite.

g®▲đұ, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

ugliest = hawaii.

g®▲đұ, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

i always had a thing for the maryland flag but i voted for NJ, old allegiances die hard

xpost grady otm

max, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

The US's largest association of vexillologists (umm, people who study flags) has already tackled this, and their top two were in line with my opinions, picking out the two states of my childhood: New Mexico and Colorado. This isn't just southwestern pride on my part -- look at those flags! They're very clearly the best designs up there. They don't even have much competition, what with most US state flags not entirely getting the distinction between "flags" and "seals."

nabisco, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

a new jersey flag was the only decoration in my dorm room for most of my first year at college

max, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

Hawaii's is so long because it's trying to overcompensate.

Maryland's imperial NASCAR flag/Abba-Zabba wrapper aesthetic is pretty rad, actually.

Abbott, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

i'm leaning towards nm but i think i may be overrating it cuz of how its zesty southwestern flava stands out in the crowd

A B C, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

NM vs WA

gabbneb, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

i don't like the colors/design on colorado's flag unless they're on a throwback jersey

A B C, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

sorry abt the DC flag not having an outline.

g®▲đұ, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

colorado's looks like the logo of a high school hockey team

ghost rider, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

once again i think i'm going with alaska

ghost rider, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

RI and SC should get more love.

g®▲đұ, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

Those Free Tibet stickers totally ripped off Arizona's flag.

Abbott, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

If there's ever any kind of ridiculous "every state for itself" civil war and people have to make flags to identify themselves, people who aren't on the side of Colorado or New Mexico are gonna feel a little dumb. (I would include Alabama, but in the wrong light/wind they might look a bit like they're surrendering.)

PS Now that Colorado has disappointed me by using neither the sun-C nor the license-plate mountain-outline on its quarter, I'm wondering if New Mexico is out, and whether or not they've had the guts to just put a big-ass zia on the back of theirs. All states should have icons like that! We should be able to address mail that way!

nabisco, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

whatever, nabisco, i'm going with the dudes with a big fucking bear on their flag

ghost rider, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

in civil war hypothetical obv. though maryland's does have a certain "very easy to shoot" charm

ghost rider, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

it came down to california (& the bear) v. new hampshire (on some "live free or die" shit).

i chose california.

Eisbaer, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:37 (eighteen years ago)

fuck you ghost rider, you'll never be allwed into the black cat again.

http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/8/6/4/f_flagm_3c3e8e1.jpg

I DIED, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

South Carolina is lucky because they can stamp their flag all over everything, and they do.

Kerm, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 01:52 (eighteen years ago)

ok no alabama's flag is not actually picturenotfound.gif. it can't possibly be. can it?

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

man i know nothing about flags.

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:09 (eighteen years ago)

this is as good a place as any to point out that the minnesota flag depicts a white dude kicking out an indian, right?

ghost rider, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

i voted for cali, i like their bear's style.

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

Washington's is so dumb.

jergïns, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:19 (eighteen years ago)

uh, they're all really dumb except for virginia's.

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:20 (eighteen years ago)

SC is kinda great.

I had to turn off the music and hum the 50 States song to figure that out.

jergïns, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:20 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, the cali bear be stylin'

Eisbaer, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

dc's is pretty cool

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

and in our cool, calm, collected, unprecented opinion...Alaska is the best

of the

50 nifty united states, from the 13 original colonies
shout 'em, scout 'em tell all about 'em
one by one til we've given a day
to every state that's in the u.s.a.

jergïns, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:21 (eighteen years ago)

and you know i kinda like alabama's utter failure to actually make themselves a flag. i like that, i mean i'd probably do that too. either that or i'd just use a picture of adam schefter.

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:22 (eighteen years ago)

i mean seriously, most of these are really awful, including VA's. DC's is okay, so is CA's and NM's but they mostly suck.

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:22 (eighteen years ago)

jersey all the way!

funny farm, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:22 (eighteen years ago)

these gifs do not account for states with FRINGE around thier flag, so lease take that in to account when voting.

g®▲đұ, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:23 (eighteen years ago)

DID SOMEONE MODERATE MY RACISIM??? ;_;

Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:23 (eighteen years ago)

'unprecented' in that song makes no sense i thought so in 5th grade. unless i heard/sang wrong.

jergïns, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

jersey all the way!

i dunno ... except for new hampshire (again, because of "live free or die") i'm just not feeling any northeastern state flag. ;__;

Eisbaer, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:25 (eighteen years ago)

South Carolina is lucky because they can stamp their flag all over everything, and they do.

Even at that, the palmetto moon is still only the second-most popular flag in that state.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

Alabama must have a long history of broken image links.

Abbott, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

<i>colorado's looks like the logo of a high school hockey team</i>

http://www.distantreplays.com/distant/assets/product_images/PAAAIAHOOIJMKFAF.jpg

I'm voting Colorado, but the Rhode Island one with the anchor is underrated.

Brent, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:28 (eighteen years ago)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1090/527152195_9c7a2bc133.jpg
^^ this should be somebody's flag

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:33 (eighteen years ago)

ok, i was wrong -- NH's flag does NOT have "live free or die" on it. that's just the state's logo, and it's on their license plates.

that said, it still looks much more cool than any other NE state's flag.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg

Eisbaer, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:34 (eighteen years ago)

I voted Texas, for sentimental reasons.

::sniff::

kenan, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg

Eisbaer, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

i dont th ink my post took before.

i have to rep for ohio just because they eschew the typical boring flag shape.

artdamages, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 02:37 (eighteen years ago)

I have no idea of what states have what flags. I need to see pics of the flags.
i see a flag with the stars and bars tying for second. wtf people

What flag is that?

Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:33 (eighteen years ago)

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Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:36 (eighteen years ago)

8080?

ghost rider, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:37 (eighteen years ago)

so some people arent seeing any images?

i'm seeing tiny, 15x10 pixel versions.

gr8080, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:41 (eighteen years ago)

I see nothing.

Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:50 (eighteen years ago)

I've tried it on IE and The top 3 seem to be

http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_southcarolina.gif 11
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_arizona.gif 8
http://www.netstate.com/states/images/flag_mississippi.gif 8

Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)

I'm seeing normal 60 x 40 pixel versions. (Opera 9 for OS X)

Alba, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)

lol flags r unhueg.

John Justen, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:56 (eighteen years ago)

according to view-src:
11 - Arizona
8 - Mississippi, California
7 - Maryland
6 - New Mexico, Alaska
3 - Ohio, Massachusetts
2 - Teas, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Tennessee, New Jersey, Colorado, Oklahoma
1 - Alabama, Montana, Washington, DC, Florida, Utah

rest have zilch

Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:57 (eighteen years ago)

Teas = Texas obv

Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:58 (eighteen years ago)

yr gonna want to edit that one, curtis

gabbneb, Thursday, 7 June 2007 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

View source for me shows SC at 11, AZ at 8, etc down Curtis' list

Jaq, Friday, 8 June 2007 00:07 (eighteen years ago)

i.e., move the last state on each line down one level

gabbneb, Friday, 8 June 2007 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/8/6/4/f_flagm_3c3e8e1.jpg

I thought for a second that this was Chicago's, seen below.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:0VcIRf_02Z78eM:www.amun.org/images/chicago_flag.gif

(Each of the stars have significance of course, but the Chicago thread recently taught me that each of the 6 points on each star has its own significance (eg, the first star's points symbolize "transportation, labor, commerce, finance, populousness, and salubrity")).

Jesse, Friday, 8 June 2007 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

oh shit you're right, gabb

11 - South Carolina
8 - Arizona, Mississippi
7 - California
6 - Maryland, New Mexico
3 - Alaska, Ohio
2 - Massachusetts, Texas, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Tennessee, New Jersey, Colorado
1 - Oklahoma, Alabama, Montana, Washington, DC, Florida

is that right?

Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 8 June 2007 00:18 (eighteen years ago)

quite surprised by the results of this - when I saw the poll title I thought Cali was so going to walk it -- didn't see the poll before it closed, unfotunately.

I mean, it's got a bear! and a red star! and the word REPUBLIC on it! what's not to love?

Grandpont Genie, Friday, 8 June 2007 09:07 (eighteen years ago)

why the hell do all you people like the arizona flag so much? shit is ugly.

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 8 June 2007 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

it looks like their mom designed it

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 8 June 2007 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

I like the AZ flag approach, but prefer NM because it's both subtler and less single-faceted. I voted WA because it combines both the trad/political - a seal - and the non-trad/physical - green - in coherent fashion.

gabbneb, Friday, 8 June 2007 15:04 (eighteen years ago)

I guess the AZ flag has the star, but it's a little much.

gabbneb, Friday, 8 June 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

I kind of love AZ because it reminds me of this, which I have a nice print of:

http://www.jesserinyu.net/images/painting/DontrunIloveU.jpg

Laurel, Friday, 8 June 2007 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

The AZ flag is bright and recognizable and fun and a bit timeless! I mean it's clearly nothing they would have come up with in the 19th C. but it's also not, like, weirdly outdated looking like the CO flag or even the AK flag which I like despite its awkwardness.

Casuistry, Friday, 8 June 2007 17:12 (eighteen years ago)

Who are the shadowy figures voting for the most hick flags in the entire group? Not saying your hick, but your flags are.

humansuit, Saturday, 9 June 2007 04:45 (eighteen years ago)

TODAY IS FLAG DAY BIOTCHES

nickalicious, Friday, 15 June 2007 21:00 (eighteen years ago)

Not otm, yesterday was Flag Day.

brownie, Friday, 15 June 2007 21:03 (eighteen years ago)

also, my birthday.

gr8080, Friday, 15 June 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

betsy ross = my sprirt guide

gr8080, Friday, 15 June 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

four years pass...

It's not the season, but do you know what would be dope as fuck? A Maryland flag bikini!

rustic italian flatbread, Friday, 28 October 2011 13:49 (fourteen years ago)

South Carolina's is fucking awesome.

You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Friday, 28 October 2011 14:09 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Really liking Tennessee these days.

how's life, Monday, 25 March 2013 14:51 (twelve years ago)

two years pass...

The original flag of Maine is way cool:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Maine_%281901-1909%29.svg/640px-Flag_of_Maine_%281901-1909%29.svg.png

welltris (crüt), Sunday, 2 August 2015 20:28 (ten years ago)

yeah that's lovely

county & city flags can be really beautiful too. des moines & roswell:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKwJfPbWcAAtTKR.png
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKwbVFeW8AAr4J1.png

tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 2 August 2015 20:36 (ten years ago)

Also, some of the worst flags:

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/easel/images/galleries/113704_provo.jpg

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Sunday, 2 August 2015 20:43 (ten years ago)

flags with text are really interesting because they can look crazy evocative depending on the default snappy typeface of their era

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKwbVIsW8AAI-YQ.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Rochester%2C_Minnesota.svg/800px-Flag_of_Rochester%2C_Minnesota.svg.png

tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 2 August 2015 20:55 (ten years ago)

These are all awesome inc. Provo

welltris (crüt), Sunday, 2 August 2015 21:05 (ten years ago)

i google image searched the maryland flag last week it's like a beautiful migraine

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKwGwFyWEAAC_ns.jpg

tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 2 August 2015 21:08 (ten years ago)

i kinda wanna grotesquely rep for provo & provo-wave flags in general but when you cruise a bunch of flags & see the kind of confused cgi-era flags that seem to only think of a flag's dimensions as its criteria it gets pretty depressing, cf

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Flag_of_Harker_Heights%2C_Texas.png

strong The London Borough with the worst logo vibes

tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 2 August 2015 21:12 (ten years ago)

OMG @ Provo. The Rochester one is weirdly fitting for their quaint Mayo technocracy.

Every town in Sweden has their own quasi-medieval seal and they are of course glorious.

bentelec, Sunday, 2 August 2015 21:18 (ten years ago)

I'm pleased that the Roswell flag bears more than a passing resemblance to the final scenes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Sunday, 2 August 2015 21:45 (ten years ago)

Pueblo's reminds me of

http://i.imgur.com/to9Z6zG.gif

pplains, Monday, 3 August 2015 00:23 (ten years ago)

And good Lord, Provo.

http://i.imgur.com/hk0uMzc.jpg

pplains, Monday, 3 August 2015 00:24 (ten years ago)

Not sure where Montgomery's going with this.

http://i.imgur.com/eWdQZt7.png

pplains, Monday, 3 August 2015 00:27 (ten years ago)

Well, the bend sinister is usually a mark of distinction, added to another coat to denote bastardy.

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Monday, 3 August 2015 01:09 (ten years ago)

wow

http://i.imgur.com/rN3cNcj.jpg

pplains, Monday, 3 August 2015 01:42 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

oh my, on milwaukee, anyone seen the new proposed flag? absolutely beautiful

nxd, Friday, 17 March 2017 20:04 (eight years ago)

... but the water reflection is clever and beautiful and I do like the Milwaukee one.

attention vampire (MatthewK), Friday, 17 March 2017 20:21 (eight years ago)

hehe yeh not too ab-original then :)

nxd, Friday, 17 March 2017 20:32 (eight years ago)

tbf the setting sun idea has been done quite a bit, but yeh the three rivers adding as the reflection brings milwaukee to another level

nxd, Friday, 17 March 2017 20:34 (eight years ago)

The choice of white for the sun is pretty unexpected and compelling, too.

attention vampire (MatthewK), Friday, 17 March 2017 23:00 (eight years ago)


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