Hoo boy, there’s a lot to unpack here. First, you put the fact you are a city. I guess there were way too many fans of the former British pop band White Plains flocking to this city to see the monuments devoted to White Plains (of which there are none, supposedly). Then, not only did you put random spacing in the name of the state … Continue reading Bad Flag: White Plains, New York
Yes, you can call me patriotic of my home state by doing two posts about Iowan cities back-to-back, but this one is a doozy! Sure, Cedar Rapids ranks only 2nd in population of Iowan cities and has 100,000 less people, sure, according to https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ia/cedar-rapids/crime, it’s safer than 8% of US cities, and sure it has strange smells caused by the Quaker Oats and Penford factories, … Continue reading Good Flag: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
As you can see from this flag, the City of Iowa City is a city in Iowa, which is why it’s called Iowa City, and also because it is a city, so it is the City of Iowa City, a city in Iowa named the City of Iowa City, and the city because the Iowa City city City the the Iowa next to Iowa city … Continue reading Bad Flag: Iowa City, Iowa
OH DANG! THAT FLAG IS JUST…IT’S SO…IT…uh…it’s actually pretty hardcore! This is actually Goliad’s unofficial flag. It is known as the “Bloody Arm Flag”. It means that Texans would rather lose an arm than live under tyranny and was promptly hoisted in Goliad after Texas’s Declaration of Independence. To me, it kind of looks like the cover of an album from some heavy metal-grindcore band, … Continue reading Good Flag: Goliad County, Texas
While this is labeled a bad flag, I kind of like the way it looks! You’ll have to see why later… Fredrick county. Bordering Pennsylvania and Virginia, near DC, home of Fort Detrick, the county seat is Fredrick, the birthplace of Joel Soffer, arguably the best president of the United States that you’ve never heard of because I made him up, and proud owner of … Continue reading Bad Flag: Fredrick County, Maryland (probably 1998-2023)
I should mention that there is one unwritten rule when it comes to putting maps on flags… If the place you’re representing is [mostly] a polygon, do not put it on the map. The flag of the county seat, also named Bandera, is equally bad: Continue reading Bad Flag: Bandera County, Texas
This is a cool city flag! They chose a phoenix to put on their flag because the city is, well, named Phoenix, but it actually kinda looks like the flag a comic book evil empire would fly: Nya-ha-ha-ha! Fellow Phoenicians, our first stage of world domination is complete! Now it’s time for our second phase: moving the earth closer to the sun so that the … Continue reading Good Flag: Phoenix, Arizona
This is a bad flag, what with the city and state name, the numbers, and the seal, though the only part I like is the cool motto across the bottom. It sounds like a motto for a brand of cars: Buy the new 2026 Oil City Truck, proudly manufactured exclusively in Pennsylvania, where tradition meets innovation. Our dedicated workforce, comprised of skilled artisans and enthusiastic … Continue reading Bad Flag: Oil City, Pennsylvania
For this bad flag, I will let you guess what Laval is. Is it a local grocery store? A nostalgic band logo? A computer logo from way back when? I’ll give you 20 periods to figure it out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Give up yet? Laval is… …not a … Continue reading Bad Flag: Laval, [REDACTED]
Seriously? You are definitely not supposed to use actual images in flags, because a flag is a flag, not a billboard. And Westhampton has failed. The placement and opacity of the seal make it look like a frame from the end of the end credits of some random late 2000s PBS KIDS show where they list off their sponsor(s). “Funding for Arthur is provided by … Continue reading Bad Flag: Westhampton, Massachusetts
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