A minor feat, but mine own :-)

[polaris93]

On one of those Web articles about voting blocs there was a map of the USA that showed all 50 states in outline. Looking at it, I was stunned to find that I could identify all but a very few of the states shown on the map. The exceptions included Rhode Island, mostly because it's so small and the resolution of the map was so low-quality that it

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[polaris93]

It's odd -- lately I've been worried about developing Alzheimer's -- I'm 67 -- and yet I was able to do thst. I know what you mean about people not being able to identify their own state on a map. I was born and grew up in Southern California, and there has been news that schoolchildren there can't identify that state on a map -- or, for that matter, the USA on a world map. The schools have truly gone to hell.

[nighthawkal]

I used to have trouble with Arizona and New Mexico because both of them are mirror images of each other. I think a lot of people also confuse Colorado and Wyoming. Wisconsin is always the last state I remember when I have to name all 50 for some reason. Which states do you think are easiest to identify? Florida, Texas, California?

[polaris93]

Those three certainly make the top of the list. Then there's New York, Oklahoma, and Montana -- distinct shapes that are easy to pick out.