Submitted by Kingdavid100 t3_10zwvep in Connecticut
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strippersandcocaine t1_j868w65 wrote
60% forest coverage is one of the reasons I love the state so much
AmishCableGuy t1_j86f2ot wrote
60% forest plus high population density means you are in a city or the sticks.
32_4_you t1_j86ig50 wrote
This was highly disappointing
tat-tvam-asiii t1_j86kep7 wrote
First with speed limits, still best drivers in the nation. Data backed.
TheSpacePopeIX t1_j86rbvg wrote
Being the first state to phone books and speed limits is so on brand for Connecticut.
ElAyYouAreAy t1_j86td2f wrote
Highly disappointing and wildly boring!
Whaddaulookinat t1_j86znjb wrote
Which honestly is better than wholesale tract development. Makes us even more unique
graffiti81 t1_j875m2m wrote
The praying mantis thing had always vaguely annoyed me.
Big_Ad_7964 t1_j87h6iv wrote
Like a trip to Connecticut!
ElAyYouAreAy t1_j87y0e3 wrote
alisa62 t1_j88j2qt wrote
Regarding #1, there is an annual “Burning of the Ships” commemoration and parade in Essex, this year it’s on May 14th at 2pm!
TituspulloXIII t1_j88pco6 wrote
We're only the 5th most densely populated state if you include D.C.
So actually we're fourth....and that blurb is stupid the fact that we're small makes it easier to become densely populated.
QueenOfQuok t1_j8b2f8p wrote
Or you're in West Hartford.
Which is kind of a city. But don't tell them that.
QueenOfQuok t1_j8b2k7r wrote
Please do not associate us with George W. Bush.
SpoonLord23 t1_j8dobgk wrote
What's up Pickle Bouncer.
Synapse82 t1_j8g4zyv wrote
Why? A Praying mantis is pretty badass.
graffiti81 t1_j8g8wa5 wrote
Nothing wrong with praying mantis, it's just weird to have an introduced species as our state insect.
AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_j85y56t wrote
Surprised to learn New Haven and Hartford were co capitals in 1701. Never heard that one.
The pickle law is bogus though, basic attribution error. It's like saying that, because a drunk driver was once convicted on evidence that he fell down after getting out of the car, "Connecticut law requires drivers to be able to stand up." The actual law says a driver can't be impaired, falling down was the proof.
The actual pickle law was an agricultural standard for produce requiring fitness for human consumption, mushy pickles that splatted onto the floor was the proof.