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Cake day: June 8th, 2023

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  • Yeah most of the ones in the second list at least had a couple of notable things about them that kept them off the first list. I was hoping people with local experience would chime in if they had reason to dispute my rankings; I’m sure there’s some cool aspects of these cities that I might not be aware of.

    Carson City is nearby Lake Tahoe which is pretty awesome. Lansing is actually a decent sized city and has Michigan State University. Topeka is reasonably close to KC, and presumably has some other notable features 😅

    Montgomery and Jackson are pretty dire but there’s not really any better cities/options in Alabama or Mississippi, so I gave them an A for effort.


  • There’s honestly a lot of lame state capitals in the US, Europeans might be surprised. In Europe the national capital of each country is typically the biggest and most cosmopolitan city. This is not the case when it comes to state capitals in the US. Several of the most boring ones (Montpelier, Augusta, Pierre) have already been mentioned, so I’ll just add a few others.

    Indubitably Boring

    • Frankfort, Kentucky
    • Jefferson City, Missouri
    • Helena, Montana
    • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    Slightly Less Boring (honorable mentions)

    • Carson City, Nevada
    • Jackson, Mississippi
    • Topeka, Kansas
    • Olympia, Washington
    • Lansing, Michigan
    • Salem, Oregon
    • Trenton, New Jersey
    • Montgomery, Alabama
    • Springfield, Illinois
    • Tallahassee, Florida
    • Concord, New Hampshire