Most Ignored State

[Schmitz in 1972]

North Dakota's fairly ignored, but it's almost famous for being so. A lot of the other state's listed have at least one well known thing about them, Nebraska has the Cornhuskers for example. Delaware would seem to be a good choice, but Delaware has DuPont. The most ignored state is Rhode Island. No big sports teams, no big politicians, no major attractions, no natural wonders, no large cities. The only thing remotely interesting is that it is the smallest state. Other than that Rhode Island is a complete nonentity

[Schmitz in 1972]

The Patriots are closer to Providence than they are to Boston.  Providence is a actually a nice city.  I lived there for four years while I was going to school.  It has its crappy run down areas as well but it has really come along.  Read up on ex mayor Buddy Cianci-the guy was a crook but tremendously entertaining.  You also have Pat and Linc Chafee and Claiborne Pell (Pell grants) was from R.I.  The whole Naragansett bay area is very pretty and you also have Newport and the aforementioned Block Island.  I like the Ocean State- it beats Delaware in my opinion.

Yes, the Chafees and Pell are somewhat famous, but of the original 13 states, Rhode Island is still the only one to never have a resident receive an electoral vote of any kind (Delaware's Daniel Rodney received 4 votes for vice-president in 1820)