From: LeonhartFour | #048
But you're basically saying it's better to be known for having nothing than not to be known for anything.
Being known and recognized is one way to define "consequential." I think West Virginia is the most inconsequential state because despite its out-populating like a dozen other states, it still seems to be known and discussed the least. It has no sports teams. It has no large, recognizable cities. It is not immediately connected to anything either remarkable or mundane - not beaches or rolling valleys or politics or big sky or corn. It is not even immediately recognized as part of the four major US geographic regions. Is it a Southern state or a Midwestern state? Who is the most famous West Virginian alive today? In history?
There's nothing going for this poor state. Its biggest claim to fame is literally the "Virginia" after West. That's the only thing that keeps it lingering on like a wisp in America's consciousness. If it had a different name not associated with any other state, it would be even less consequential, a baffling realization.
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