in your song 'in california' you reference being able to smoke marijuana in west virginia. however, as a west virginian myself, you cannot recreationally smoke marijuana (legally.) were you aware of this?
it was written in 2011, at which time it was not recreationally legal in any state. at that time, california was one of the only states (maybe the only state) where it was legal medically. so that is generally where the idea comes from. All the state-swaps in the other verses are just songwriting