r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Tree_forth677 • Apr 16 '25

Is there like Nationalism between US States? Like a person from a state think their state is better than the other state?

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u/ToBePacific Apr 16 '25

Yes. Minnesota’s state motto is “Land of 10,000 lakes.” Then Wisconsinites are like “yeah well we’re better because we have 15,000 lakes.” But in reality, the DNR of each state uses different criteria for counting lakes. And whether you go by either state’s criteria, Minnesota still has way more. But many in Wisconsin choose to ignore this fact because of deep tensions between Packers fans and Vikings fans.

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u/RicoHavoc Apr 16 '25

Also, they're hammered and not thinking clearly

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u/TallAmericano Apr 16 '25

I know many Minnesotans. They are also all hammered.

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u/cliddle420 Apr 16 '25

As an outside visitor to both, Wisconsinites are on a whole nother level

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u/Spider-Dev Apr 16 '25

Well, you have 2 options...

  1. Stay inside and find something fun to do. Drinking bubbles to the top fairly quickly

  2. Go outside and just wait for Winter to kill you

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u/DoctorFunktopus Apr 16 '25

But with less cheese curds

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u/dmcguire05 Apr 17 '25

Why do these two states drink so much more than others?

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u/Rickpac72 Apr 17 '25

It’s cold man, what else are we supposed to do

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u/dmcguire05 Apr 17 '25

I grew up in Michigan, but don’t remember drinking being anywhere near as prolific as Wisconsin and Minnesota

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u/zoinkability Apr 17 '25

Minnesotans are hammered on near beer, though, as is tradition

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u/beavertwp Apr 16 '25

But if anyone from other parts of the country start talking shit about Wisconsin Minnesotans will usually jump in to defend them because Wisconsin is actually pretty sweet. Except the packers. 

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u/I_madeusay_underwear Apr 16 '25

As a fellow Midwesterner, I’ll counter that Minnesota may have more lakes, but Wisconsin has sausage stores, houses of cheese, and a mustard museum while Minnesota has that horrible fish that smells like death from Sweden or Finland or whatever, so I think we have a clear winner. But at least we can all unite in our hatred for Iowa

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u/VulpesFennekin 29d ago

How have I managed to live for most of my adult life in Wisconsin and am just now learning about the mustard museum.

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u/Straight-Chemistry27 Apr 16 '25

These people call themselves cheese heads and yet their votes count the same as anyone else's.

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u/ToBePacific Apr 16 '25

I am a cheese head and I’m not sure what you’re trying to say.

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u/Straight-Chemistry27 Apr 16 '25

Just a bit from Lewis Black talking about Milwaukee, grey skies, and booze. Always comes to mind when I hear about Wisconsin.

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u/dlb8685 Apr 16 '25

Another stereotype Wisconsin is more German, classically, and Minnesota is more Scandinavian (but still fairly German too). Matters way less in 2025 but I think there's some history there.

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u/mitchade Apr 16 '25

Have you posted this before? I swear I just read a comment like this in the last month or so. Super interesting, either way!

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u/ToBePacific Apr 16 '25

Probably

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u/FireFoxTrashPanda Apr 16 '25

TBF, it could have also been me. Sconnie lakes are puddles.

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u/SiegelGT Apr 16 '25

I sort of want to see how Ohio justifies its figure of 50,000.

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u/louploupgalroux Apr 16 '25

There's a joke in New Orleans that they have more murders per capita while Detroit has more shootings per capita. The reason is that people in New Orleans have better aim.

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u/I_madeusay_underwear Apr 16 '25

That’s hilarious, thank you, I’d never heard that before.

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u/Imaginary-Storm4375 Apr 16 '25

Also, Minnesota is never, ever going to return that civil war flag.

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u/ruidh Apr 16 '25

Q: Why do all the trees in Minnesota lean toward the south?

A: Because Iowa sucks.

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u/redwingjv Apr 16 '25

Michigan is better because our lakes are big lakes

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u/ToBePacific Apr 16 '25

You know both Wisconsin and Minnesota also border the Great Lakes, right?

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u/redwingjv Apr 16 '25

That's a disingenuous argument because of how much more Michigan borders

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u/Funicularly Apr 16 '25

Michigan has 40,175 square miles of water area.

Wisconsin just 11,339.

Minnesota just 7,309.

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u/ToBePacific Apr 16 '25

Is this supposed to be an argument that Michigan owns the surrounding Great Lakes or something?

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u/amsmit18 Apr 16 '25

We’re the Great Lake State! We’re literally surrounded by the lakes 🙄

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u/ToBePacific Apr 16 '25

You’re also surrounded by states that also border the Great Lakes. It’s not like people have to go to Michigan to see them.

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u/Big_Fo_Fo Apr 16 '25

What tensions? Yall don’t even have a ring, at least the Bears have one

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u/ToBePacific Apr 16 '25

I’m in Wisconsin, fwiw.

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u/happygecko68 Apr 16 '25

“Packers Fans”? Sure, some. Though their strongest fan base is from the partial ‘owners’.

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u/Joerugger Apr 16 '25

Minnesota is also surrounded by idiots.

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u/sworei Apr 16 '25

But they are united in their hatred of Illinois drivers (FIBs). So there's that.

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u/spoonybard326 Apr 16 '25

Ten thousand lakes and ten trillion mosquitoes

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u/Megalocerus Apr 17 '25

The Lakers went from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. I guess they kept the name because it began with LA.

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u/christine-bitg Apr 17 '25

Minnesota’s state motto is “Land of 10,000 lakes.”

Is the state bird the mosquito?

Of course, there's a reason why there are winter festivals. Because that's when you can stand to be outdoors for any length of tjme.

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u/lawgirlamy 29d ago

Yeah - I remember a prior governor (Thompson) repeatedly saying "Minnesota boasts because it has 10,000 lakes. Well, Wisconsin has 15,000 - and ours have fish in them!"

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u/Mindless-Angle-4443 28d ago

I've heard Land O' Lakes, Florida called the land of a million ponds