State Shapes -- Good or Bad?

For years, scholars have been trying to determine which American state has the best shape. At last the mystery has been solved. Behold the answers.

Good:

Ohio: Ohio is probably the best-shaped state. I like how the curve of Lake Erie to the north mirrors the curve of the Ohio River to the south, while the east and west borders are parallel, and it does this while remaining almost square.

South Carolina: South Carolina is an all-around good shape. I think it comes closest of all US states to having no straight borders.

Kentucky: Kentucky is a nice shape by itself -- its huge northern border is just one long river, but the beautiful part is Kentucky Island. It's the best place to live since the Northwest Angle.

Minnesota: Northwest Angle rules.

Vermont
New Hampshire: Vermont and New Hampshire complement each other well. It's hard to say which is better; New Hampshire has that nice northern part that gets so narrow, but Vermont has parallel northern and southern borders. I think maybe Vermont is better because New Hampshire's eastern border jogs to the east which is ugly.

North Dakota
Nebraska: These are pretty good states because they are almost square, but have rivers as their eastern borders. I like the way the Missouri river curves along Nebraska's border. It makes it look like a bread box.

Montana: Continental Divide for a border? Yes indeed. Idaho has the same border but come on. That state is a ridiculous shape.

Georgia
Tennessee

Iowa
North Carolina: I call these the Nose States. They look like they have funny noses!

Wisconsin

Bad:

Missouri
Arkansas: These states have that little toothy part on their border on the Mississippi river. Maybe it's so they'll interlock. I say it looks dumb.

Louisiana: Would have looked better if it followed the Mississippi River all the way down. Of course, so would...

Mississippi
Alabama: These are some bad looking states. I keep thinking they're going to topple over. They can't stand up on legs that narrow!

New Mexico: Stairstep border not appreciated.

Utah: It was clearly what was left over after they carved out every other state. That's why it looks so retarded.

Alaska
Hawaii: I feel bad ragging on these states. For the most part, they couldn't help it. But at the same time archipelagos are ugly.

Arizona

Rhode Island

South Dakota
Kansas: These are the bad plains states. They have eastern borders that are half river and half line. That just looks bad.

New York: There is no way Long Island and New York City should be in the same state that Buffalo and Rochester are in. How did New York manage to curve it's way around Pennsylvania and New Jersey like that?

Delaware: I am almost tempted to call this good because it's northern border is an arc. But still, it takes up most of the Delmarva peninsula, but not all. That's not good.

Nevada
Arizona

Maryland
West Virginia: These two states illustrate what happens when you assign state borders without having explored the area first. The MD-WV border runs so close to the Mason-Dixon line that it almost makes you think they planned it that way. And I realize that West Virginia's shape was determined by some kind of secessionist referendum, but it is undeniably an ugly state. It has two panhandles, for God's sake. It wins the prize of ugliest state.