best state capital

madison, no contest

may have passed through harrisburg once or twice

a friend from high school is getting married there, what?

I remember as a kid being baffled that a state's 'best' city was often not its capital

like new york state's capital is... albany! ???

I think they did it purposely to make them all harder for 4th graders to memorize

true fact my proudest academic accomplishment was getting a perfect score on the state capitals quiz in.. can't even remember what grade

Qualmsley otm!!

yeah jefferson city, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-http://i53.tinypic.com/e7ccba.jpg

so really what are the top contenders here?

austin
boston
st. paul
santa fe
denver?
nashville?

austin, santa fe, providence, madison, st paul

if i'm just gonna pick a place from those and ignore its capitalness i'm gonna go santa fe

I haven't been to any of these places or know anything about them except Sacramento which is where I live so...hey at least Sacramento will get 1 vote lol

I sorta like sacramento

also I think if sf or la were the capital of california they would probably be worse places

voted olywa

my aunt just completed her quest to visit all 50. i'd ask her what her pick is, but i'd get a 4 hour monologue augmented by 400 photos.

only 400? that's less than 10 per state!

richmond is really nice, particularly in the spring. might vote for it simply cuz i have fond memories & i doubt anyone else will

Helena Montana and Cheyenne Wyoming sound promising to me. I picture cowboys and mountain skylines. Also in my mind Wyoming and Montana are pretty much one giant conglomerate state "Wytana" because I don't know enough about either to know the true difference. Cowboys, horses and mountains is all I know.

I think I knew/would have guessed about half of those

Bismarck or Montgomery maybe

Please don't tell me they aren't actually rly amazing places

Cheyenne is one of the grodiest parts of Wyoming (iirc). I mean it is still rich in natural beauty compared to...somewhere that isn't...but so much of Wyoming is so much prettier. Not that I've been there since age six but I remember my reaction to the place was 'why are we in this ugly hellhole where the wind is half dirt.'

I voted Santa Fe! Was tempted to vote Boise, tho, bcz it really is the best city in Idaho. Also one of those state capitols that's small towny enough where hypothetically you can just run into the governor on the street & rant at him if you want.

After my NM trip last year, I'm thinking I'll give Santa Fe another vote.

In fifth grade I spent a lot of time making this comic book called Topeka because I though it was an awesome word. It was about this alien species of Topekas that lived on a planet called Topeka. The Topekas just looked like Yoshi (who I was v into drawing at the time). Most of the dialogue was the word "Topeka."

atlanta or honolulu

Cheyenne is one of the grodiest parts of Wyoming (iirc). I mean it is still rich in natural beauty compared to...somewhere that isn't...but so much of Wyoming is so much prettier. Not that I've been there since age six but I remember my reaction to the place was 'why are we in this ugly hellhole where the wind is half dirt.'

Yeah, the one time I was there it was incredibly windy, and all this dust/dirt was flying around. I had never experienced anything like that previously.

Y'all can probably assume which one I'm voting for:

http://www.flagusa2007.com/diana/littlerock1.jpg

But if this poll was about capitols, I'd be tempted to go for Baton Rouge.

Definitely not Trenton.

(xpost) I like that the Baton Rouge capital building is not a typical rotunda.

http://images.allansgraphics.com/picture/2/b/baton_rouge_louisiana_capital_building-4364.jpg

San Juan was robbed

I feel like Helena Montana should be Hannah's little sister or something...

I hear good things about Austin

The best thing anyone ever says about Austin is that it's not like the rest of Texas.

Honolulu by a rather immense margin. You guys are lol.

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Voted atlanta

I have no memory of ever knowing that Jefferson City was capital of Missouri.

has anyone here ever lived there?

The nearest Dunkin Donuts to Columbia, Mo., in the 90s was in Jeff City.

But come to think of it, that waitress may have driven in from Fulton.

The printing company I work with alleges to be from there, but I've never visited the place to make sure.

JCMO - One of five state capitals not served by a U.S. Interstate.

are we basing this on the city limits proper, or on the larger metro area. b/c boston is ehh, but boston area is yah!

Is Everett the capital of Massachusetts?

hahahahaha oh man

you could say in some ways that Everett is the ESSENCE of Massachusetts

been to 5, voted Austin

Only five state essences are not serviced by railroads.

JCMO - One of five state capitals not served by a U.S. Interstate.

― Pleasant Plains, Monday, May 23, 2011 10:49 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

What are the others

voted 4 boston obv

Carson City
Pierre
Dover
Juneau

never been to Honolulu, Santa Fe, Boston or Madison. so I guess Austin and then Nashville would edge out ATL. most of the others I've been to are either so-so or just outright terrible iirc

Hartford is clearly the worst city in the history of mankind.

nb just because i don't hate Atlanta doesn't mean i would want to live there

city I've had the most fun in = Olympia. Atlanta seems pretty cool. most of these places (the ones I've been to anyway) kinda suck

of the ones I've been to Madison and St. Paul are light years ahead

I've spent very little time in Madison but St Paul is awesome fuiud

PHOENIX - Yellow street lights made me think I was in a KFC kitchen.
LITTLE ROCK - Ted Danson has a condo here.
DENVER - Hip, young, vibrant city where everyone drinks COORS.
ATLANTA - Went there in 2002 and I'm still stuck in traffic.
SPRINGFIELD - Not sure if I've ever been there or not. That's the capital of Chicago, right?
DES MOINES - Beautiful skyline, clean place to live, easy to get around. Too bad I never stopped the car.
BATON ROUGE - I think that waitress at the Red Star was kinda into me.
BOSTON - See Atlanta
ST. PAUL - Never did find all the Snoopies.
JACKSON - The public restrooms at the state capitol are exquisite (the ones for white people anyway.)
JEFFERSON CITY - Not to sound like a puss, but this bridge was kinda scary.
CONCORD - It's state capitol looked like a county courthouse… now that's Moxie!
RALEIGH - Just had to check a map to see if I have been there. (Yes.)
COLUMBUS - Turn right to go to New York.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Saw a big sister hock and spit a loogie toward her little brother at a Texaco.
PROVIDENCE - Used the bathroom at a McDonalds just to say I had set foot in R.I.
COLUMBIA - See Raleigh.
NASHVILLE - I still have the Boceaphus playing cards.
AUSTIN - If you like hippies, then you'll love them when they're sweaty and armed.
CHARLESTON - All I remember is using a payphone (in front of a McDonalds).
MADISON - Slept through it.

PHOENIX - Yellow street lights made me think I was in a KFC kitchen.

lol

Was gonna say surely Honolulu can't be served by an INTERstate highway, but apparently we're not supposed to take the name too literally:

http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzhawaiiinterstates.htm

pleasant plains' post sounds it should be a one-off 90s pop song

I had no idea Austin is the capital of Texas!

pleasant plains' post sounds it should be a one-off 90s pop song

"22 lines about 50 capitals"

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so why is olympia so great

seems like the biggest surprise in the 'got more than one vote's? that or atlanta

it's the water
xp

http://archive.perfectduluthday.com/21-calvinjohnson.jpg

trenton is ass, but still it has this:

http://chinalawandpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/trenton.jpg

totally forgot that south dakota's capital has a FRANCH name

TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES

SACRAMENTO GROWS
THE WORLD BLOWS

ST PAUL DRINKS
THE WORLD WONDERS WHERE THE HECK IS ST PAUL

I was in Sac this weekend. Downtown is still pleasant, if anything.

Midtown is the best it's been in years, downtown still feels a bit zombie ghost-town but it's improving, some new bars & food joints is bringing some nightlife

totally forgot that south dakota's capital has a FRANCH name

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They try to get out of it by pronouncing it "peer".

anyone who's a real american calls it 'stone'

i call it Peter

I call it "Bismarck".

i went to Sacramento a few years ago. i was pleasantly surprised with how pleasant it was ... though it also seemed a tad dull. and i only spent the day.

according to Homer Simpson, the capital of North Dakota is Hitler.

I wish I'd voted for Lansing

i've been to seven states, but i guess i have never been to a state capital /canadian

I have no problem with these results, even though Ive never been to Olympia (or the state of Washington)

I met somebody from omaha the other day, I asked him if it was the only city in nebraska and he said "oh there's also lincoln" I don't think it counts

Hm, guess I was the only one who voted for Albany. Sigh.

I met somebody from omaha the other day, I asked him if it was the only city in nebraska and he said "oh there's also lincoln" I don't think it counts

― and the suggest banned tweeted on (dayo), Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:30 AM Bookmark

Tell that to a Husker football fan. On Game Day, the stadium becomes the third-largest city in Nebraska.

so why is olympia so great

― iatee, Monday, May 23, 2011 5:22 PM Bookmark

v hippie - bc of lol evergreen
v punk - prob bc of lol evergreen but less sure about that one
v quint - maybe cause of lol evergreen mb not
v beautiful - nothing to do with lol evergreen

also has a smalltown feel but enough ppl there to have cool stuff

actually, now i'm curious if oly had its hippie rep before evergreen opened

quint = quaint

huh, i guess that's the only cap i've been to. been through denver & st. paul, but that doesn't count.

http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/oregon/oregon-salem.jpg

didn't know there was a soviet designed US capitol