I would like to talk about the ugly new design for Ohio's license plates because I care about design and because I am from Ohio. (Cleveland, specifically.)

Ohio's old license plate design wasn't amazing, but it was better. That design is known as the "Birthplace of Aviation design". (You may ask why we are called "The Birthplace of Aviation". It is because the Wright Brothers were born in Dayton, OH. [Yes I still identify as an Ohioan... which only gets my poor mother's hopes up that I will move home.])

This new plate is just a monstrosity of shapes and colors. It's a classic case of too much going on. The message is "OMG Ohio is SO AWESOME look we have farms and fields and cities and colors and also the Wright Brothers were born here and also we have this logo!" And I am not a fan of the new Ohio logo... again, I didn't love the old one, but the new one is just TOO MUCH.

I think Washington's plates are nice. Not great, but nice. Certainly better than some of the plates out there. Certainly better than poor Ohio's new plates.

Remember when plates were just a solid color with the state name on them? I like those. Simple. Functional.

Anyone have a vote for the best/worst plates in the union?