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QuoProQuid posted:The best U.S. flag is Ohio: Not according to the official arbiter of such things: the North American Vexillological Association gives that title to New Mexico, followed by Texas and then Quebec. They have also ranked city flags, giving DC the top title, followed by Chicago and then Denver, though Phoenix's #4 is also swank:  And then there's Pocatello: 
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The flag of Provo, Utah beats all this basic poo poo 
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Phoenix's flag looks like the logo of a cyberpunk corporate syndicate from a lovely videogame.
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 From my city of Coventry which is sort of England's Detroit.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Yeah, it was the coat of arms of Aarhus in 1672. Kinda strange actually, since the original coat of arms from around 1250 had church towers plus saints and poo poo. Looks like there was also a coat of arms which just had the head of 3 oars on it in between those two. I guess at some point someone figured the original made a bit more sense for a town with a cathedral though, since that is what they're using now. Makes sense, to display a major landmark in your seal, a cathedral no less. Btw, here's the version of the flatfish the aforementioned kommun uses as their seal in an official capacity:  Looks even more ridiculous. Continuing on the same theme, here are some of my nations municipal coat of arms i either like aesthethically or are just hilarious.  Nykvarn municipality. This one is pretty straightforward, the mayfly is a literal depiction of a mayfly species found in the area.  Alvesta coat of arms: bees and a winged train wheel. The winged wheel symbolizes the towns former importance as a railway junction, and it resembles the logo of Sweden's state rail company. The bees symbolize the diligence of industry, as it was an industrial town. Nothing to do with honey.  Härnösand, a beaver eating a pike.  Högsjö, which has one of my favorite animals on it, and probably my favorite CoA of any town/province/country. Sadly not in official use anymore since the municipality underwent a merger with several other municipalities. And the newly formed municipality didn't choose the raven as their seal, opting instead for the CoA of the largest town in the merger.  And here's a municipal CoA feautering ants. Same story as the raven above, merged in the 70's and no longer in use. Falukorv fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Jun 11, 2014 |
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So I can't see a discussion about terrible flags and not nominate my home town, Calgary, Alberta. First off, the flag of Alberta. Nothing special, but it looks good and describes the province pretty well:  Then you have this crime against heraldry / celebration of terrible local true stereotype:  
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Jun 11, 2014 02:19
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PittTheElder posted:So I can't see a discussion about terrible flags and not nominate my home town, Calgary, Alberta. As long as we're talking about Alberta, as an American, the only reason I know Lethbridge exists is because of... Whatever the hell this is: 
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Jun 11, 2014 02:24
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ComradeCosmobot posted:As long as we're talking about Alberta, as an American, the only reason I know Lethbridge exists is because of... Whatever the hell this is: Oh my god what is that. 
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Jun 11, 2014 02:26
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Lawman 0 posted:Oh my god what is that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Lethbridge
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Lawman 0 posted:Oh my god what is that. It is seriously the ugliest loving flag I have ever seen. It is the only circumstance where the loving seal/coat of arms on a blank field is actually preferable. I lived there two and a half years and I don't think I ever saw it flying anywhere but outside city hall. Not once. It's like all 80,000 people just try to pretend it doesn't exist.
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DrSunshine posted:House Tully, of the River Lands! It's kind of sad that George RR Martin can consistently produce fake arms that are more aesthetic and more appropriate than real-life ones.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:As long as we're talking about Alberta, as an American, the only reason I know Lethbridge exists is because of... Whatever the hell this is: Well poo poo, that is much worse.
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Soviet Commubot posted:Every time I see that I can't help but think of this. Man I love when I guess youtube links.
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This is the flag of Maryland. This is the uniform of the University of Maryland Terrapins football team 
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ComradeCosmobot posted:As long as we're talking about Alberta, as an American, the only reason I know Lethbridge exists is because of... Whatever the hell this is: Stared at this flag for 2 minutes thinking the file wasn't loading right. That seriously looks like something a 4th grader made in MS Paint.
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Peanut President posted:I'm not a christian but man I love the Catholic church because they have great heraldry: How about the Gaylord* coat of arms.  *(diocese) (Full disclaimer: I am a silly child.)
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I went to UC Santa Barbara and worked in a historic site there for 3 years. I was introduced to their flag which is simple but I'm a fan: Saint Barbara's colors are red and white, and she was kept in a tower (per the story); the yellow & red bands are associated with Spanish royalty (obviously by the name, Santa Barbara was founded as a Spanish effort).
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QuoProQuid posted:Provinces and diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. Each colour represents an ecclesiastic province, each shape is a diocese. I would love to know the history behind some of these. Like why, for example, Iowa gets four and Nebraska gets three, but South Carolina - with a population twice theirs combined - gets one. Can there really be that many more Catholics in the empty plains? Or were these established back in the 19th century when the plains were booming and the south was still relatively small? Also interesting that by far the smallest province by area is the DC area. Not even New York City has its own province? Is it because of the presence of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in DC?
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Soviet Commubot posted:Yup, in 1805 Are there a bunch of properties in the Detroit River?
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Golbez posted:I would love to know the history behind some of these. Like why, for example, Iowa gets four and Nebraska gets three, but South Carolina - with a population twice theirs combined - gets one. Can there really be that many more Catholics in the empty plains? Or were these established back in the 19th century when the plains were booming and the south was still relatively small? The South is overwhelmingly Protestant in comparison to the rest of the country. 
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QuoProQuid posted:Here's a 1984 proposed redesign of Washington D.C. by Leon Krier. The plan would have involved flooding the National Mall as well as several Washington's major roads to turn it into an American Venice. DC is built on a swamp, so it would kind of make sense to have canals. Looks really cool. I find this flag utterly amazing. It's like a piece of modern art. It's ugly as hell, but I can't help but appreciate it. Wikipedia claims that the design is based on an old photo of the flag that used to fly over Fort Whoop-Up, but it looks pretty different. 
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Golbez posted:I would love to know the history behind some of these. Like why, for example, Iowa gets four and Nebraska gets three, but South Carolina - with a population twice theirs combined - gets one. Can there really be that many more Catholics in the empty plains? Or were these established back in the 19th century when the plains were booming and the south was still relatively small? I have a feeling it has to do with immigration. There were a shitload of tiny ethnic enclaves scattered throughout the Midwest and Great Plains, and then large communities in major cities, but the South had neither.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:I'm guessing this was never used? What does Detroit look like, apart from a post-apocalyptic landscape? Kinda, you can see it a bit in the middle of downtown. Detroit, once called the "Paris of the Midwest" for its architecture, used to be the 3rd largest city in the US and was a very prosperous place in living memory. Even now much of hte city isn't really the "lol Fallout" meme that most of the Internet thinks it is in.  and again for reference 
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Evolution of coat of arms of my city:  
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ComradeCosmobot posted:As long as we're talking about Alberta, as an American, the only reason I know Lethbridge exists is because of... Whatever the hell this is: This is just glorious. It's like a 1970s attempt to make the American flag computer-readable.
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Falukorv posted:Makes sense, to display a major landmark in your seal, a cathedral no less. Falukorv posted:Btw, here's the version of the flatfish the aforementioned kommun uses as their seal in an official capacity: Soviet Commubot posted:Kinda, you can see it a bit in the middle of downtown. Detroit, once called the "Paris of the Midwest" for its architecture, used to be the 3rd largest city in the US and was a very prosperous place in living memory. Even now much of hte city isn't really the "lol Fallout" meme that most of the Internet thinks it is in. As for the whole post-apocalyptic landscape, I just want to clarify that I did not mean in it in the "lol Fallout" sense, so much as just a steady collapse of civilization. Which looking at downtown, and the area surrounding it, seems a pretty fitting description.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:They have also ranked city flags, giving DC the top title, followed by Chicago and then Denver, though Phoenix's #4 is also swank: I unironically love this flag. Purple is my favorite color and phoenixes are awesome, and I'm a sucker for simplicity.  The flag of Flemish Brabant. I like it so much I have it as the background of my phone.  Flag of Flanders as a whole. It's basically a palette swap of Brabant, 'cause that's just how the Middle Ages rolled. People keep mistaking the wallpaper on my phone for this flag, since it's better known, and by proxy I've had people ask me "Are you a Flemish nationalist?" on the bus. Like, even people who themselves live in Brabant. No, dude, I just think the black and yellow looks cool, and there's a Walloon Brabant as well, that has the exact same drat black background and yellow lion in it. (That is the politically loaded part.) Bonus extra lions:  Never too many lions.
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Deltasquid posted:I unironically love this flag. Purple is my favorite color and phoenixes are awesome, and I'm a sucker for simplicity. I like how each and every lion had his
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Mu Cow posted:I find this flag utterly amazing. It's like a piece of modern art. It's ugly as hell, but I can't help but appreciate it. Wikipedia claims that the design is based on an old photo of the flag that used to fly over Fort Whoop-Up, but it looks pretty different. Hah, I was going to say that it looks like someone untalented was trying to recreate a flag based on extremely poor source material and turns out that's exactly what it was.
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The municipality which I used to live in paid 300,000 $ to change the symbol. From this  to this. 
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Mikl posted:What the hell is that even supposed to be?
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Lord Tywin posted:The municipality which I used to live in paid 300,000 $ to change the symbol. Reminds me of the time the city of Ostrava paid a similar amount for this inventive logo:  Visual design is the homeopathy of arts.
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Deltasquid posted:I unironically love this flag. Purple is my favorite color and phoenixes are awesome, and I'm a sucker for simplicity. Have this:  This is the flag of Ghent, the largest city in the province of East-Flanders (adjacent to Flemish Brabant). I don't actually know the history behind the flag (city home page says it was only adopted in 1990), but it appears to be yet another kinda-palette swap of the Flemish and Brabantian flags. I like that it's rocking gold jewelry and daintily painted nails though.
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the jizz taxi posted:Have this: Dunno man, the white and black scheme just doesn't do it for me. I do like the bling, though.
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The flag of Ontario has a pretty boring history. A very similar flag used to be the flag for all of Canada, but it was changed in the 60s. This made a lot of Ontarians mad, so the Premier made a flag for Ontario that was this and made up some justification about it saving the history of the people who fought and died under this flag in the World Wars, and it stuck. My city, Toronto, has this hideous thing:  It kinda looks like the two buildings of our city hall, and features the wonderful colour combination of blue and red right next to each other. I hate it.
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