Htaccess Url Question

[scm22ri]

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm trying to figure out how to have a dash or hyphen in between two words in my URL. I did this correctly in my longer URLS but for some reason I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong when it comes to my shorter URLS. To better explain, I've listed my examples below. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

URL words but no data is showing.

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/new-york

 

Working

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/massachusetts

// notice the - in between "cape code". I can't get that same -(dask aka hyphen) for new-york or rhode-island

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/massachusetts/cape-cod

 

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/vehicle-display.php

 

What am I doing wrong here?

 

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z-]+)$ state.php?state=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z-]+)/([-a-zA-Z-]+)$ city-breakdown.php?state=$1&city=$2 [L]