Best and worst state/provincial flag designs in the U.S. & Canada. - According to the North American Vexillological Association. 2001 survey.
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The only US flag that's actually pleasing to both heart and mind:
Nuke the state to hell, but Maryland has the best flag. The symbolism is very eye catching, interesting & appealing. Plus, it looks bad ass on a football helmet.
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None of the flags of the northeast US are very good. State seal on a blue background, boring ... I'm quite fond of New Mexico's.
okay first thing's first AZ best state flag. not debatable. NM and Alaska also strong choices. glad they at least all made top 10.
haha maryland funny i choose the funny flag my favorite hehe
rest of top 10 are kinda shit but it's not like there's a lot to work with
haha maryland funny i choose the funny flag my favorite hehe
rest of top 10 are kinda shit but it's not like there's a lot to work with
A lot of the "State crest within a solid background" flags are from the first thirteen and many of those who joined soonish after. Flagmakers were interested in the symbols that showed the glories of the State where they resided. Not how the overall product would look, against some random backround color. Because, when you think about it, the US is 50 different families all coming together like one clan.
With the earliest settlers being Norse, Spanish, Swedes, Fins, Dutch, Germans, English, and Scots, its no wonder that our State flags have crests.
With the earliest settlers being Norse, Spanish, Swedes, Fins, Dutch, Germans, English, and Scots, its no wonder that our State flags have crests.
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Is there something wrong with me if I generally prefer the flags in the "worst" column than the "best" column? The whole "seal-on-a-bedsheet" aesthetic (as they call it) actually looks pretty good to me. I'm not a big fan of flags that tend towards simplistic shapes and symbols, the flags of Colorado and Alaska in particular do nothing for me. If I were more cynical I'd almost suggest that they've rated the flags lowly based on how old-fashioned/colonial they look and that's not okay in the current year.
Flags are designed to be easily distinguishable from each other, in order to convey your allegiance. "Seal on a Bedsheet" is the antithesis of it.
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That's a separate issue from whether the flags are ugly or pretty, they can be good-looking flags while also being impractical. Also that's a problem that applies to many types of flags - look at how similar the flags of Australia and New Zealand are to each other, or how many European flags are just variations of red, white, and blue tricolours.
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You may not like it, but this is what peak American state flag looks like
California, while it may be a shit state now, has an awesome flag with an even more awesome history (which could be kind of summed up as "FUCK YOU, MEXICO. P.S. OUR FLAG HAS A GODDAMN BEAR ON IT.)
Arizona has a pretty good one.
This has been pretty well discussed in the vexillogy thread already
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I like flags. My favorite favorite national flag is the Union Jack. That might be surprising because I fucking hate the English, but there's a reason they put the flag on fucking everything. It has good color cohesion, very memorable, distinct from far away, simple enough a child can draw it...
The Colorado flag looks pretty swell.
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The "C" just makes it look like a corporate logo.
The Georgia flag is just unbelievable. It's five flags, on a banner, on a flag, plus a seal and some stars also. Why not also throw in a map of the U.S. with a big red "X" where Georgia is? I had no idea the Georgia flag looked like that.
Edit: A closer look at what I've now learned is the former Georgia flag reveals even more eccentricities. STATE OF GEORGIA: CONSTITUTION, WIS-DOM, JUSTICE, MODER-ATION, 1776, GEORGIA'S HISTORY, IN GOD WE TRUST. At what point does it cease to be a flag and become a document printed on cloth?
That flag is by far the WOAT. Thankfully we changed that shit two years later.
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