• vala@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    I used to work at a call center for a nation wide company.

    The answer is absolutely Kentucky. There is really no comparison.

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    State of Emergency. Because its either Zeus/Poseidon being mad at us (aka: Hurricanes), or it’s martial law… and that means they’re rolling in the tanks, it would be 100x worse than even the darkest day of the current US admin so far.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Ohio, it’s a statistical fact.

    More people from Ohio have become astronauts than any other state/territory in the world

    Because when youre an Astronaut you can get as far away from Ohio as humanely possible. No one else has that kind of motivation to complete the rigorous training.

    Even before astronauts were a thing. Ohio inspired two men to invent airplanes, because they had already traveled to the East Coast by then, and couldn’t run across the ocean to get further from Ohio. They had to adapt and learn to fly

    • mercano@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      Most astronauts only go about 250 miles up, the distance from Cleveland to Cincinnati. That said, Neil Armstrong got a lot further away from Ohio.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        23 days ago

        You’re seeing the glass as half empty, I see it as half full…

        At one point in the orbit you are only 250 miles away from Cleveland.

        But at the other end of the orbit that’s 250 miles and the entire planet earth between you and Cleveland. You get a chance to be the farthest human from Ohio, every rotation.

    • agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      You don’t understand. It’s not too escape Ohio. It’s because the void calls. It reminds one of home. The dark, unfeeling, lethal, soul crushing expanse of space reminds one of the home void. We want to bridge between the two. Bring together the V̵̮̈́ ̴̜͑ȍ̷̜ ̴͜͝i̶̲̿ ̴͉̊d̵̺͆

  • poccalyps@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    Oklafuckinghoma. Heat, tornadoes, ice storms, earthquakes, hail and some of the dumbest, most entitled Jesus-humping maga fucks in the country.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        23 days ago

        Born and raised! Tulsa is the exception to Oklahoma. Still the most beautiful city I’ve ever lived in, and nicer ever time I go back. But OP has a solid point about the weather. OK gets the worst of all the things.

        • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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          24 days ago

          I disagree. The east coast is quite plainly the Atlantic coast, including part of the South. If you mean Northeast, just say that.

          • njm1314@lemmy.world
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            24 days ago

            You can disagree all you want but you’re just wrong. If people say the East Coast they don’t mean the South. Ever. Every single human being. Even you when you’re not being contrarian cuz you’re bored on the internet like this.

            • Hobo@lemmy.world
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              23 days ago

              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States

              Well huh… I guess you mgiht be a bit wrong.

              Edit: To further clarify, everyone in the actual region calls the coastal states the east coast. That includes New England and the Southern states that touch the Atlantic Ocean. I say this as someone who has lived in every coastal state except for Maine and Florida. So if you try to use “the east coast” to refer to New England, at least in the region you’re talking about, people are going to think you mean the states on the coast…

  • hactar42@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    IMO - Texas, while places like Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma always rank below, I believe Texas is actively trying to kill itself. Those other states are poorer and more rural. Texas has the resources and money to be one of the most prosperous states. Yet, they keep voting for Greg Abbott (aka piss baby), Ken Paxton, and Ted Cruz. People there are so brainwashed that they anyone who is not an uber republican will come and make all the frog gay, let kids poop in liter-boxes, and give all their money to drug addicts. It’s just sad. I finally just gave up on trying to make any difference there and left for the sake of my kids.

    A perfect example is my mother-in-law who HATES Greg Abbott. She blames him for leaving the state for dead during snowmageddon. So she just refuses to vote in Governor elections.

    • steeznson@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      I’m not from the states so not really qualified to comment but I would have thought low taxes and large population (including diverse cities like Housten and true blue areas like Austin) would work in its favour.

      Other places in the South seem to have all the downsides you mention but none of the positives.

      • hactar42@lemmy.ml
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        23 days ago

        Yes, Texas is actually purple, but it is gerrymander so bad there is no way to win. A perfect example is the district I used to live in, Texas 26. Is was basically Denton County with a little tail going into the Tarrant County to keep it red. Then Democrats got close in a couple of elections. So they redrew the map to cut out the city of Denton, which is a city with a huge liberal arts college. Then they extended it north and west into more republican areas.

        Meanwhile the city of Denton was added to the 13th district, which is 40,000 square miles and extends all the way to the panhandle. People in the city would have to drive 325 miles just to visit their representatives office.

        Texas 26 Before 2021

        After 2021

        • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          22 days ago

          Texas is five different states held together with scotch tape. If it ever split up, you’d have three blue states and two red.

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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        22 days ago

        The poverty makes them feel like they’re in a communist society

  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Any of them that make up the southern border. They are almost unilaterally shitholes that would cut off their arm if it meant the “right” people suffer.

  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    There is no universal, objective answer. It depends who you are, your financial situation, your political views, etc.

    That said, the states that suck the most for the most people are conservative places with lots of rural poverty. Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, …

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 days ago

      I’ll defend Alabama. I travel through several times a year on the back highways and there’s only one truly shit town we pass. York is a wasteland. Here’s the main drag, and most of those units are empty.

      All the other rural towns seem pretty nice. Businesses aren’t shuttered, roads are nice everywhere, people take pride. Contrast that with Mississippi. You could teleport me to a gas station and I could tell if it’s in MS or AL according to how much trash is blowing around.

        • CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world
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          23 days ago

          A coworker of mine is from Louisiana. We’re in Washington state, and he told me that all the people here bitching about wind turbines and environmental regulations don’t know how good they have it. He’s from a town on the gulf which is basically one giant oil refinery. The stink and chemical pollution is unbelievable. He showed me the “Welcome to Whatever-ville” sign in his hometown, and it’s literally attached to a gantry that carries several chemical pipes over the road.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    I think all states probably have ok cities in them somewhere, and that it depends on your preferences but I would never live in Alaska.

    And all states have downsides too. Mississippi and Oklahoma have the worst schools. Florida and Texas have crazy politicians. Wyoming doesn’t want you there. Colorado has angry ranchers and pretentious yuppies. California has Bakersfield.

    • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 days ago

      You’re really stretching there with your last few examples.

      Wyoming your biggest issue will just be a lack of any real culture or metropolitan amenities, plus the winters. But it is beautiful and the people are as friendly as anywhere else.

      Colorado’s problem tends to be hcol even outside the cities, and traffic to get to the mountains. But our government is shockingly functional, and our problems derive from tons of people moving here because it is a great place to live.

      Cali’s problem is definitely high prices and traffic. And kinda shocked you pegged CO as the place to find pretentious yuppies.

      But honestly, I could be happy living in any of these places. Mississipi… would take some work.

    • memfree@piefed.socialEnglish
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      24 days ago

      Alaska. Remote, expensive, so cold your car’s tires freeze with the flat spot they had while you were parked so you thump thump thump down the graveled roads until they stretch out, and to paraphrase @poccalyps, ‘ice storms, earthquakes,… and some of the dumbest, most entitled Jesus-humping maga fucks in the country.’

      • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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        23 days ago

        and some of the dumbest, most entitled Jesus-humping maga fucks in the country.’

        HAHAHA!!!

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Urban areas are typically more “blue” as they’re populated by people who can read, more or less.

          • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
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            23 days ago

            ah, the good old days.

            as a young Canadian at the time, that was one of the introductory events to the world of politics, for me

            to think that back then that was the craziest shit coming out of the US, and compare that to today