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Often times instead of the list of US Sates, you actually want to list of US States and Territories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territori

Often times instead of the list of US Sates, you actually want to list of US States and Territories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories... For example when the intent is "list of place where the USPS ships" or "list of state-level political jurisdictions where US residents live"

sbr464 8y ago
Let’s move this tidbit to a structered api of common knowledge! Dewey decimal for data, not just a generic search engine for datasets in different formats (like the recent google datasets site), but a familiar, goto resource.
- Piskvorrr 8y ago
  Um...why not https://www.wikidata.org/ https://www.wikidata.org/ ?
  - bpchaps 8y ago
    Have you ever used wikidata? It's kind of a shitshow.
eli 8y ago
Yes! Surprisingly often I am unable to complete a form because there is no option in the State field for Washington, DC.