50 People Tell Us The Best Movies & TV Shows Set in Their States | Culturally Speaking

In this episode of ‘Culturally Speaking,’ we ask 50 people to each tell us the best movie or television show set in their home state. Will a western emerge from The Lone Star State? Has there ever been a popular TV show set in Wyoming? Why do so many sitcoms take place in New York City? The answers may lie within.


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[tatwrianna]

Am I the only person who wished they put the states in alphabetical order.

[kawhileonard]

The dude from Cali could literally pick half the movies ever made lmao

[emmalaurengreaves]

the utah girl who said high school musical did not disappoint

[saltwatermont]

I lost it when she said Lilo and stitch, what a good answer.

[samanthamartinez]

When the texas girl didn’t say sharkboy and lavagirl 😔





Also why’d they take someone so accented lmaooo did they just want the stereotypical Texan voice 😭

[nikoleiflores]

Oregon could've said Gravity Falls. I'm still a kid on the inside.

[jtw.]

The amount of people in these comments who don't know the difference between "set in" and "filmed in" is alarming.

[jacquelinelandaverde]

as a Massachusetts person I’m sadden she didn’t say “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody”

[Zavendea]

I know someone who goes to the High School Musical high school. They raffle off Sharpay’s locker every year

[sarahstruif]

imagine not saying ferris bueller’s day off, mean girls, the breakfast club, shameless, or the halloween franchise for illinois ...

[maddiejockisch]

In my opinion the best movie actually SET in Illinois is mean girls

[tomerk]

Imagine not saying Parks and Rec in Indiana... smh

[rockinrobin]

Imagine not saying that 70s show for wisconsin

[votelesshrimp]

The Indiana girl really didn’t say Stranger things or Parks and Rec tf edit: Guys Ik Stranger things was filmed in Georgia but it’s set in fictional town Hawkins Indiana and the video is movie or shows.

[jamiogonowski]

I swear the Louisiana girl has weird answers on purpose. Like how would she not say Princess and the Frog or Steele Magnolias??

[saeshahom]

0:10 California
0:16 Nevada
0:21 Idaho
0:25 Mississippi
0:29 Oklahoma
0:33 West Virginia
0:37 Georgia
0:39 New Jersey/Florida
0:40 South Dakota
0:41 Utah
0:45 Tennessee
0:55 Montana
0:59 Iowa
1:00 New Mexico
1:02 Oregon
1:06 New York
1:12 Alaska
1:13 Nebraska
1:18 Colorado
1:26 New Hampshire
1:33 Maine
1:43 Indiana
1:53 Louisiana
2:03 Pennsylvania
2:12 Alabama
2:19 Kansas
2:22 Arkansas
2:30 Michigan
2:33 North Carolina
2:41 Texas
2:50 Hawaiʻi
2:54 Wyoming
2:59 Ohio
3:06 Illinois
3:08 Massachusetts
3:12 Missouri
3:17 North Dakota
3:25 Minnesota
3:29 South Carolina
3:37 Delaware
3:48 Vermont
4:02 Virginia
4:09 Maryland
4:13 Washington
4:20 Arizona
4:39 Rhode Island
4:48 Kentucky
4:50 Connecticut
4:53 Wisconsin

[werdnerd]

Pennsylvania: “Always sunny in Philadelphia”

*The Office fans have left the chat*

[wonhosthigh]

When you’re looking in the comments for that one person who lists the time stamps, but can’t find them: 😔

[ovulatinfish]

Disappointed that the Oklahoma woman didn’t say ‘The Outsiders’

[spencerhastings]

low key shocked the oklahoma lady didn’t say The Outsiders.