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Solid state.

EDIT: Oh, I see, American. Mmmh... Mato Grosso do Sul for some reason pisses me off. Perhaps it's the floods.

Either Wyoming or Maryland...

One is boring, the other simply sucks...

I'd pick Kansas if you put it there.

I'd pick Kansas if you put it there.
And Kansas would probably pick Jovian Moons, if he put it on there. Kansas is a saucy bastard.

Out of all on the poll, I say probably Texas. There really is no reason for there to be a Texas in my life, except to house the friends that rightfully belong back home anyway.....

*raises katana*

No one shall question New Jersey.

*raises katana*

No one shall question New Jersey.
you mean the toxic waste dump?;)

you mean the toxic waste dump?;)

Correction:

No one shall question South Jersey.

Correction:

No one shall question South Jersey.
haha...yeah, or the mafia will get ya ;)

sorry, my dad is from Jersey. I had to make fun of him

The Yukon. I don't think I'll like that state. (What? You didn't think we were stopping at 50, did you? :p ) Mainly because there's probably nothing there besides oil and that it's named after an SUV. A retarded SUV, if there's a such thing as a non-retarded SUV.

Kansas should be on that poll.

I dont like Texas, but I dont hate it either... I hate its people. :p

No, really, I despise Kansas and the 'tards that are at the wheel in that state.

Where's New Jersey?

I cant vote in the poll, cant decide on any of the 50 states I dont like.

How about a poll on what American state you like the most,
cant decide on that one either.

I have lived in:
1. Wisconsin.
2. Chicago Illinois.
3. Ohio.
4. Indianapolis Indiana.
5. Los Angeles California.
6. Miami Florida.
7. Orlando Florida.

Utah shot Joe Hill...

Utah Phillips is okay, though

Ohio is actually evil.

Kansas should be on that poll.

I dont like Texas, but I dont hate it either... I hate its people. :p

No, really, I despise Kansas and the 'tards that are at the wheel in that state.

You dont even know who they are or what they stand for.

This thread is an invitation for a massive flamewar.

Where's New Jersey?
You really don't know where NJ is? You heard of the American Revolution right? Well Washington spent more than 50% of his time there, including the crossing of the Delaware. You heard of the lightbulb right? well Edison invented that in NJ - along with movies, the phonograph and every other invention he made. You heard of color tv right? well that was invented in NJ. You heard of Frank Sinatra? Susan Sarandan? Bruce Springsteen? Jack Nicholson? Chistopher Reeve? They are new Jerseyans.

I wonder how many lame old new Jersey jokes people will tell on this thread though. I have begun to seriously laugh at people's ignorance of NJ. It's cheap laughs because no one really knows much about NJ - but the same old jokes are told from the 60's and 70's. Shows a lack of imagination if you ask me. :p

Anyway - if people want to know what New Jersey is REALLY like then just go here - AboutNewJersey.com (http://www.AboutNewJersey.com)

Every state you listed is a fine state. I was born and raised in one (NY) and now live in another (SC). I've been in all the rest except Michigan and Texas so, I really can't speak from experience about them.

I notice a lot of people make fun of states they've never even been to which is fairly ignorant of them.

Arkansas...if you want to know why, watch a little documentary called Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills or Paradise Lost 2: Revelations!!! An entire community of ignoranrt, ugly, & toothless subhumans!

I don't dislike just one.

I dislike:
Alabama
Mississippi
Wyoming
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Montana
Georgia
Tennessee
Dakota, South and North
Carolina, South and North
Texas
Nevada
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennslyvania
New Hampshire
Arizona
Colorado
Ohio

The rest I'm fine with...

North Dakota for its lack of anything entertaining or interesting.

You really don't know where NJ is? You heard of the American Revolution right? Well Washington spent more than 50% of his time there, including the crossing of the Delaware. You heard of the lightbulb right? well Edison invented that in NJ - along with movies, the phonograph and every other invention he made. You heard of color tv right? well that was invented in NJ. You heard of Frank Sinatra? Susan Sarandan? Bruce Springsteen? Jack Nicholson? Chistopher Reeve? They are new Jerseyans.

I wonder how many lame old new Jersey jokes people will tell on this thread though. I have begun to seriously laugh at people's ignorance of NJ. It's cheap laughs because no one really knows much about NJ - but the same old jokes are told from the 60's and 70's. Shows a lack of imagination if you ask me. :p

Anyway - if people want to know what New Jersey is REALLY like then just go here - AboutNewJersey.com (http://www.AboutNewJersey.com)
you realize he's from Canada, right?

I live in California, and while the weather is quite nice, the society here is stupid. In a bad way.

Rednecks are simply not intelligent. Californians are intentionally dumb.

I vote Texas only because the lot of them still think they are the largest state in the union...bahh...we'll divide Alaska in half and make them the third largest:P

you realize he's from Canada, right?
yeah - and I also know that if an American doesn't know where a damn province is - we get shit about it. I've been to Canada many times and I'm aware of many canadians opinions that Americans should know EVERYTHING about canada or else we're stupid. I'm not saying he thinks that way - it's just the general feeling I get of the population when I go and visit my friend who lives there. My attitude comes from many an experience in canada.

You've heard odf Marty right? i can't remember his last name - he had a show where they interviewed Americans on ridiculous questions and then aired, of course ONLY, the most ridiculous answers, to show how ignorant ALL Americans are of canada.

I don't dislike just one.

I dislike:
Alabama
Mississippi
Wyoming
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Montana
Georgia
Tennessee
Dakota, South and North
Carolina, South and North
Texas
Nevada
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennslyvania
New Hampshire
Arizona
Colorado
Ohio

The rest I'm fine with...

Pennsylvania and New Hampshire aren't red states. Why do you hate those two?

It's not only red states I dislike. I'm not too fond of Massachusetts either, but it's ok.

Also, I've been to all of the states listed, so I'm not basing my dislike on some assumption or perception I have of each. Real life experiances.

yeah - and I also know that if an American doesn't know where a damn province is - we get shit about it. I've been to Canada many times and I'm aware of many canadians opinions that Americans should know EVERYTHING about canada or else we're stupid. I'm not saying he thinks that way - it's just the general feeling I get of the population when I go and visit my friend who lives there. My attitude comes from many an experience in canada.
It's also 13 very large provinces vs/ 50 relatively small states, and I've never had an issue with canadians being rude because I don't know the provinces.
Not to mention that New Jersey is fairly inconsequential in modern politics, economics, and social issues.

I don't dislike just one.

I dislike:
Alabama
Mississippi
Wyoming
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Montana
Georgia
Tennessee
Dakota, South and North
Carolina, South and North
Texas
Nevada
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennslyvania
New Hampshire
Arizona
Colorado
Ohio

The rest I'm fine with...

:scans:

Wisconsin isn't on the list. You may live.

Wisconsin is the shiznit. :)

I don't dislike just one.

I dislike:
Alabama
Mississippi
Wyoming
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Montana
Georgia
Tennessee
Dakota, South and North
Carolina, South and North
Texas
Nevada
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennslyvania
New Hampshire
Arizona
Colorado
Ohio

The rest I'm fine with...


In short,,,,,The Bible thumper belt. Alabama and Mississippi are the worst of the Bible belt.

You've heard odf Marty right? i can't remember his last name - he had a show where they interviewed Americans on ridiculous questions and then aired, of course ONLY, the most ridiculous answers, to show how ignorant ALL Americans are of canada.
You are think of Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans"

I believe that an american version called "Talking to Canadians" was attempted, but the projects budget dried up before they had enough footage for an episode.

It's also 13 very large provinces vs/ 50 relatively small states, and I've never had an issue with canadians being rude because I don't know the provinces.
Not to mention that New Jersey is fairly inconsequential in modern politics, economics, and social issues.
Incosequential in modern politics, economics and social issues? How is that? We have the 9th largest population, we have one of the largest economies in the US (mostly technology, not manufacturing like people think). As for social issues - yeah - we are ahead in that area too - not that I agree with a all of it though.

Also, why should it matter that the provinces are large? The whole of canada has less people than California. Canada has 30 million people as of the 2001 census while California has 33.8 million as of the 2000 census. Population wise, canada only has a little over 3 times the population of NJ which has 8.7 million people as of the 2000 census.

It's not only red states I dislike. I'm not too fond of Massachusetts either, but it's ok.

Also, I've been to all of the states listed, so I'm not basing my dislike on some assumption or perception I have of each. Real life experiances.


You must have had a crappy life to hate all those states. You've listed a few of them that I've had great experiences in (ex: Colorado, SC, Georgia, Tenn., NC, Virginia, Arizona, Florida and yes even Ohio).

I've had a good life thus far. I just didn't enjoy my time in those said states. I guess I'm hard to please? (And I guess a little hatred for red states, lol.)

Incosequential in modern politics, economics and social issues? How is that? We have the 9th largest population, we have one of the largest economies in the US (mostly technology, not manufacturing like people think). As for social issues - yeah - we are ahead in that area too - not that I agree with a all of it though.

Also, why should it matter that the provinces are large? The whole of canada has less people than California. Canada has 30 million people as of the 2001 census while California has 33.8 million as of the 2000 census. Population wise, canada only has a little over 3 times the population of NJ which has 8.7 million people as of the 2000 census.
You aren't a deciding state...you aren't a state "needed" to win an election...in other words, you aren't New York, Florida, California, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.
Economics, yeah, I'm not saying you have nothing...I know Jersey well. But again, you aren't a state like California, Texas, or New York. You don't have a major city like LA, Boston, New York, New Orleans, etc.
Social issues, yeah, you're ahead...but you aren't one of the states that is in a battle over them...not like Kansas, Massachusets...the states that make headlines. I'm not saying Jersey is bad (okay, I make the dumb jokes. But that is exactly what they are. I'm from Connecticut and live in Boston. I know you know jokes about both of those. I hear them all the time too).

And population doesn't mean anything. When you look at a map, which do you notice first...Alaska, or Deleware? Yeah, thats a huge overstatement...but still. The sheer size of the Canadian provinces and the low number makes it very easy to remember atleast general locations. The high number and (particularly regarding east coast states) small size make the states harder to remember

You are think of Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans"

I believe that an american version called "Talking to Canadians" was attempted, but the projects budget dried up before they had enough footage for an episode.
Yeah that's the show. As for "talking to Canadians" I don't think it would have succeeded. Americans generally don't make fun of other countries much. Anyway - I suppose back to the "state you dislike the most". I've been to 40 states and lived in 6 of them. I have my dislikes and my likes. My favorite is NJ - that's why after living in Indiana, West Virginia, (San Diego) California, (Chicago) Illinois & (Portland) Oregon, I'm back in NJ.

Yeah that's the show. As for "talking to Canadians" I don't think it would have succeeded. Americans generally don't make fun of other countries much.
You forgot Poland! :eek:

Oh, and France :p

I've had a good life thus far. I just didn't enjoy my time in those said states. I guess I'm hard to please? (And I guess a little hatred for red states, lol.)

Even though I usually vote 2/3rds republican not even I could bring myself to vote for Bush in '04. I'm seriously thinking of changing my status to independant. I hate the way this country got ripped down the middle with this blue/red bullshit. I hate politics as usual in Washington.

New Mexico. Poverty stricken, barren wasteland. Great state, as long as you like rusted out cars, plywood shanties and a merciless landscape of browns and reds. *shudders* With the possible exception of Alberquerque. Best thing about the state is that they will let you drive 75 mph on the Interstate. Still takes a long long freaking time to traverse, even so.

There's another one I forgot; New Mexico.

Texas.

Why?

- The Weather
- George Bush
- The Weather
- Being stranded in Waco for an hour to refuel in an airplane
- The Weather
- The Cowboys
- The Weather
- The South in general
- The Weather
- An Overabundance of Hicks
- Did I mention The Weather?

You aren't a deciding state...you aren't a state "needed" to win an election...in other words, you aren't New York, Florida, California, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.

All states are needed to win an election - it just depends on how the electorial college is going for a particular election. New Jersey is not a blue or red state and can flip back and forth. It's only in recent elections that it has seemed to be more blue - therefore you think it's not needed to win an election. We hold 13 electorial votes (which is the 9th largest amount).

Economics, yeah, I'm not saying you have nothing...I know Jersey well. But again, you aren't a state like California, Texas, or New York. You don't have a major city like LA, Boston, New York, New Orleans, etc.

The reason why we don't have a "major" single city is because most of our cities are small in land size - some of our "major" cities only cover about 15 square miles. If we combined our northeastern section into a major city like NY did when it consolated it's cities (brooklyn, bronx, staten island, queens and NY), then we would have the second largest city population wise in the US. LA is only massive because it's one major suburb - with a relatively small central city part.

Social issues, yeah, you're ahead...but you aren't one of the states that is in a battle over them...not like Kansas, Massachusets...the states that make headlines. I'm not saying Jersey is bad (okay, I make the dumb jokes. But that is exactly what they are. I'm from Connecticut and live in Boston. I know you know jokes about both of those. I hear them all the time too).

The only reason why is because the media is controlled by NY and they don' report much on NJ. Just because it's not in the news nationwide, doesn't mean that NJ isn't ahead of most states - including massachusetts.

And population doesn't mean anything. When you look at a map, which do you notice first...Alaska, or Deleware? Yeah, thats a huge overstatement...but still. The sheer size of the Canadian provinces and the low number makes it very easy to remember atleast general locations. The high number and (particularly regarding east coast states) small size make the states harder to remember
Not if you know your geography though and especially if you know history. For one thing, the east coast states should be the EASIEST to know because they played such a pivotal role in the Revolution. Even my friend in Israel studies a little bit of the Revolution in history class.

Louisiana:
1. Runs off the old French Napoleanic Code, not British common law;
2. Accepts graft, incompetence and corruption as normal in politicians;
3. Has mosquitoes as big as a house :D
4. Thinks New Orleans should be a "chocolate" city (OK, maybe the whole state doesn't think this, sue me! ;) )
5. Refuses to acknowledge their own screw ups in Katrina and places all blame on Bush like he personally ordered their destruction in a flood.

You forgot Poland! :eek:

Oh, and France :p
And I said "generally" I didn't want to point fingers. :) I have to disagree with poland though - that's more polish jokes and not directed at the country as a whole.

All states are needed to win an election - it just depends on how the electorial college is going for a particular election. New Jersey is not a blue or red state and can flip back and forth. It's only in recent elections that it has seemed to be more blue - therefore you think it's not needed to win an election. We hold 13 electorial votes (which is the 9th largest amount).
yeah, all states are needed. But again, New Jersey isn't one of the "big three", nor is it particularly indecisive. Like you said, it does flip back and forth, but in most election years, it is atleast fairly solidly in one column or the other. Nothing like Florida or Ohio in past years where it comes down to single votes and such.

The reason why we don't have a "major" single city is because most of our cities are small in land size - some of our "major" cities only cover about 15 square miles. If we combined our northeastern section into a major city like NY did when it consolated it's cities (brooklyn, bronx, staten island, queens and NY), then we would have the second largest city population wise in the US. LA is only massive because it's one major suburb - with a relatively small central city part. True, and yes, all of north jersey is basically one city, but it isn't in the formal sense. It is kind of like New England...We identify ourselves as New Englanders, but we are all seperate states. If the states became one, we would be recognized as being a unit, but as we are today (despite having one base culture and being very similar) we go by the wayside.

The only reason why is because the media is controlled by NY and they don' report much on NJ. Just because it's not in the news nationwide, doesn't mean that NJ isn't ahead of most states - including massachusetts.Like I said, yes, Jersey is ahead of the game in many areas...but it just doesn't get the press and doesn't have the wars that some other places have. I mean, Connecticut legalized civil unions, and there was almost no coverage. When, iirc, Vermont legalized them, it was a pretty big deal. when Mass. legalized gay marriage, it was a big deal. Now, as more places do it, it will become less of a news event.

Not if you know your geography though and especially if you know history. For one thing, the east coast states should be the EASIEST to know because they played such a pivotal role in the Revolution. Even my friend in Israel studies a little bit of the Revolution in history class.
I personally have the most trouble with the midwest, but thats just me. Yeah, they get a basic concept of the revolution, but from what I've been told, they don't really learn it the way we do...They don't learn the colonization on the level we do, and don't learn the major battles so much (well, the extreme battles yes...but beyond those, not so much). But again, they are (particularly in the Northeast) small and numerous. It isn't easy to keep them all straight.

Again, I'm not beating on Jersey here...I'm just saying, cut the guy some slack.

Rhode Island. Because it tries to counter its total insignificance with having the longest official name of any US state. Screw you guys! You just want attention!

Louisiana:
1. Runs off the old French Napoleanic Code, not British common law;
2. Accepts graft, incompetence and corruption as normal in politicians;
3. Has mosquitoes as big as a house :D
4. Thinks New Orleans should be a "chocolate" city (OK, maybe the whole state doesn't think this, sue me! ;) )
5. Refuses to acknowledge their own screw ups in Katrina and places all blame on Bush like he personally ordered their destruction in a flood.


I used to live in Louisiana (St. Tammany Parrish, Covington).
1) The French code of law is known as civil law. It is prevalent in continental Europe, Central and South America, Quebec and Louisiana. It's not a bad system just different from the rest of the United States.

2) You are correct. It is one of the, if not the most, corrupt state as far politicians go.

3) There are a lot of mosquitos, but I wouldn't say they were any bigger than what I've seen in most other states, just more of them. Alaska has a major mosquito problem, but you don't hear about because hardly anybody lives there. I did live there during the West Nile Virus outbreak. My house was bombed from a low flying airplane at least once a week with mosquito killer(?) and trucks sprayed something along the roadway ditches at least twice a week.

4) Mayor Ray Nagin is the most to blame for what happened before and after Katrina. He was an idiot 4 years ago and he hasn't changed. This is not to say that the US government didn't fuck up because they did with the help of Louisiana. I don't know if anybody heard the latest news but Michael Brown has been exonerated for his role of head of FEMA during Katrina. Seems he actually tried to tell the President of the crisis before the hurricane even hit. All on video tape! Scapegoat anyone?

5) You are correct in that nobody can blame any person for a natural disaster, but you can blame them for the shit-poor performance afterwards. FEMA had a pretty good record for hurricane disaster relief and clean up up until Katrina. Due to the constant budget cuts over the years it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Mississippi wasn't on the list. So I voted Alabama. Plus, that one even has a crappy song named after it.

Like every right thinking Englishman, I hate Wyoming with every fibre of my being.

EVERY FIBRE! Do you hear me Wyoming!!

We hate you and will descend upon you like a pack of rabid dogs!!

DO YOU HEAR ME!

Like RABID DOGS :upyours:

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Any state in "Jesus Land"

Any state in "Jesus Land"

Palestine?

You're not from Wyoming, are you?

Palestine?

You're not from Wyoming, are you?

http://freedomrider.blogspot.com/jesus%20land.JPG

That'll explain things.

http://freedomrider.blogspot.com/jesus%20land.JPG

That'll explain things.

I see.

Sort of.

I am Catholic, I assume I would not be welcome there.

:eek: Dear me, I do hope I am not Canadian!


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(Checks Passport)


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Phew, British. Ace.

i find myself holding great dislike for as i now term it "the state so moronic it couldnt figure out how to fucking cast a vote"

We've done american states, all we need now is your least favorate British county!:)

But in this case, Wyoming.

We've done american states, all we need now is your least favorate British county!:)

But in this case, Wyoming.

Hooray!

Burn Wyoming!

They have been getting away with it for too long.

I say we attack them with ceremonial butter knives that are causing such fear on the Canadian Sikh thread.

That'll leaarn 'em.

To your arms, Sir!

whichever one g.bush is in at this moment

If Texas were wiped off the map, I wouldnt bat an eye.
However, as I live in Michigan, where its currently fucking cold....i hate it too.
But only six months out of the year.
The rest of the time its nice.

I liked the Mad Magazine parady that featured the post 9-11 T-shirts worn by Americans that said “I don’t hate New York quite as much as I did yesterday!” They compared it with the pre-9-11 T-shirts demonizing New York as the modern Sodom.

Hooray!

Burn Wyoming!

They have been getting away with it for too long.

I say we attack them with ceremonial butter knives that are causing such fear on the Canadian Sikh thread.

That'll leaarn 'em.

To your arms, Sir!

But how do you burn NOTHING...

I must reflect on my earlier post... Wyoming is the second crappiest- they don't try

Maryland tries, and is crappier

Wyoming just because it is so vast, and lacking in entertainment.

Poll:) :fluffle: :confused: :eek: :mad: :rolleyes: :cool: :upyours: :p :headbang:

Best OP ever.

Texas, natch.

Though Alabama & Mississippi are both dumps so I guess we could include those.

Wyoming is a women's rights & environment friendly state. Let me give you a breakdown:

First to let women vote in 1869.

First all woman jury in 1870.

First woman statewide elected official in 1894.

First town in America to be governed entirely by women (City of Jackson from 1920 -1921).

First woman governor in the US in 1925 (Nellie Tayloe Ross).

First national park in 1872 (Yellowstone).

First national forest in 1891 (Shoshone).

First ranger station in 1891 (Shoshone).

First national monument in 1906 (Devils Tower as seen in the movie Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind).

First artificially lit evening football game in 1925.

And finally the first state to have a county public library system in 1886 (Laramie County).

What, no "all of the above" option!? :rolleyes:

Ok, guess I'm going then for "Bush country" (aka Texas) as worst state :sniper:

-snip-
I have never been to the US, but Wyoming seems quite ok.
On a related topic, even if the flag is atrocious, the seal displays working-class ethos. It's like that of a socialist country in the British Commonwealth or something.

And what exactly is there to hate about Michigan? We're a frickin' mitten, you can't hate on that :D

Kansas.
No, seriously, screw Kansas. Most boring place in existance.

I live in Indiana, just far enough into the Bible Belt that ignorance is common, but not so far in that we get a lot of true loonies.

Oh yea, and we're most famous for our rock...

Our 51st state, Myrth

Ohio is actually evil.

hey hey hey! ohio is for lovers:)

but kansas is for haters;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/deku_heretic/kansas.jpg

Kansas.
No, seriously, screw Kansas. Most boring place in existance.

I live in Indiana, just far enough into the Bible Belt that ignorance is common, but not so far in that we get a lot of true loonies.

Oh yea, and we're most famous for our rock...
I gotta tell you, as a Kansan who had the mostly-misfortune to grow up here instead of being shipped in later in life, I almost nearly agree with you. Kansas is the most boring place in the world, unless you're between 18 and 28, you know the places to go in ANY city, no matter how small (or know how to find them), you like getting stoned in the fields of central Kansas and watching the stars without the annoying city lights, you've ever been to a concert in a small club in Lawrence (especially if it's a major band), or if you're from KC and spend all your time in hookah bars/thrift stores/coffee shops. If you fit those criteria.....Kansas actually isn't all that bad. But for the average visitor, especially one to whom we're not willing to show the highlights....it can be worse than fucking Montana.

And to briefly stick up for Wyoming.....where else in the nation can you run through towns that are on a national road map, but have a population of less than 20? But no, seriously.....Wyoming has both Yellowstone and Grand Teton, two of my favourite National Parks in the world.

And here, I have a suggestion, from here on.....maybe even for those who feel they'd like to participate and edit their posts. Let's only count states we can say from firsthand experience, because much as I dislike my home state on a day-to-day basis (especially Tuesdays, there's never a party on Tuesdays), there's almost nothing more annoying than somebody bashing it who never even bothered experiencing it.

Iowa, hands down, is the worst state.
In the words of an ex-Iowan friend: "It's like Hell, with corn."

Iowa, hands down, is the worst state.
In the words of an ex-Iowan friend: "It's like Hell, with corn."
But Hell already had corn.....

Arkansas is no jewel

you mean the toxic waste dump?;)
The toxic waste has made us mutate into a superior race.

Where's New Jersey?
It's in the most perfect spot on earth. It borders the Atlantic ocean, for seaside resort towns, contains lovely wilderness areas like the Pine Barrens and Delaware Water Gap, has some lovely little mountains, good farm land, experiences all four seasons, and is conveniently located near both New York City and Philadelphia.

Arkansas is no jewel
Ever been there on vacation? Even coming from a state where I can drive two hours and get away from everybody, Arkansas is a welcome respite from life. Especially the area along the Buffalo River.....sure, it's a purely white society where our property is, and one of our neighbor believes that AARP is actually the tool that the gay agenda uses to convert our seniors.....but those people are hilarious. The only downsides to Arkansas in my book are the drunken boaters on the weekends (tourists anyway) and the wild animals that you wonder to yourself if your .357 Magnum will even scare away, in the silent dark of the night.....

It's also 13 very large provinces vs/ 50 relatively small states, and I've never had an issue with canadians being rude because I don't know the provinces.
Not to mention that New Jersey is fairly inconsequential in modern politics, economics, and social issues.
Not so. New Jersey is home to many major pharmaceutical firms, financial companies, and handles alot of shipping. It's a net tax donor to the federal government, which means the red states owe part of their budget to subsidies taken from NJ. It was one of the states that tried to legalize gay marriage, two supreme court justices come from here (unfortunately they're conservatives), and our governor may be running for president (unconfirmed, but there are rumors).

Simonist']Ever been there on vacation? Even coming from a state where I can drive two hours and get away from everybody, Arkansas is a welcome respite from life. Especially the area along the Buffalo River.....sure, it's a purely white society where our property is, and one of our neighbor believes that AARP is actually the tool that the gay agenda uses to convert our seniors.....but those people are hilarious. The only downsides to Arkansas in my book are the drunken boaters on the weekends and the wild animals that you wonder to yourself if your .357 Magnum will even scare away, in the silent dark of the night.....
My God, you read like a tourist's brochure.

Simonist']Ever been there on vacation? Even coming from a state where I can drive two hours and get away from everybody, Arkansas is a welcome respite from life. Especially the area along the Buffalo River.....sure, it's a purely white society where our property is, and one of our neighbor believes that AARP is actually the tool that the gay agenda uses to convert our seniors.....but those people are hilarious. The only downsides to Arkansas in my book are the drunken boaters on the weekends (tourists anyway) and the wild animals that you wonder to yourself if your .357 Magnum will even scare away, in the silent dark of the night.....

I guess its like every state, has some great places, has some shit holes.

My God, you read like a tourist's brochure.
Yeah, well, when you've been to every state but three by the tender age of 17, and can REMEMBER them all...... :p

It's in the most perfect spot on earth. It borders the Atlantic ocean, for seaside resort towns, contains lovely wilderness areas like the Pine Barrens and Delaware Water Gap, has some lovely little mountains, good farm land, experiences all four seasons, and is conveniently located near both New York City and Philadelphia.

I think you mean, it's one of the most hideous states in the Union. It's basically a giant powerplant, where nothing has been cleaned. Even rest stops in New Jersey are filthy. The workers are lazy as hell there and it's one of the poorest states, as I recall. In fact, the only good things to come out of New Jersey are the Misfits and the Toxic Avenger.

Simonist']Yeah, well, when you've been to every state but three by the tender age of 17, and can REMEMBER them all...... :p
That doesn't mean you have to be nice. New York, for instance, may be my current home but I can admit that it is divided into two sections. On the one, side, you can find hill dwelling clans that are just one inch away from going Seany Bean on your ass, and in the other half you can enjoy all the fruits of urbanization, like crippling poverty and rampant crime. However, in case you think there is nothing to bind this varied state together, the entire transit system (from roads to rail to airports) was designed by the same drunken, Swedish retard.

Nevada. One part of the state is a place where with enough money you can buy anything except for authenticity; call it the City Without a Soul, if you will. It's as miserable as Jersey, and made worse by the fact that rich bastards are buying up all the land that used to be where poor people could actually live and making $500k-a-pop-luxury-condos.

The other part of the state is pretty much desolate wasteland, interspersed randomly with small villages full of Pod People. Sure, they're friendly and neighborly, but in a way that suggests that they just aren't quite real.

North Dakota for its lack of anything entertaining or interesting.

Nothing interesting!?! The SPAM Museum, man! The SPAM Museum!!!

That doesn't mean you have to be nice. New York, for instance, may be my current home but I can admit that it is divided into two sections. On the one, side, you can find hill dwelling clans that are just one inch away from going Seany Bean on your ass, and in the other half you can enjoy all the fruits of urbanization, like crippling poverty and rampant crime. However, in case you think there is nothing to bind this varied state together, the entire transit system (from roads to rail to airports) was designed by the same drunken, Swedish retard.
Actually, had you mentioned New York, I wouldn't have been nice. I'm only nice about the states I liked. South Dakota? Not fucking nice. The only cool thing about South Dakota was mini golf and the ice cream parlour we went to. But then somewhere like Missouri, even though it's my neighboring state and I'm supposed to hate it, has some beautiful lakes and rivers, and the very start of the more rolling terrain that I like about Arkansas anyway.

My opinions of states are directly influenced by not only how much time I spend in the state, proportionally, but also whether or not my experience with the real people thereof was any good. Those fucking KY wankers ripped me off so of course I like KY less than Georgia, for instance.

Nothing interesting!?! The SPAM Museum, man! The SPAM Museum!!!
I thought NS General's search function was the SPAM museum.

Let's see...I suppose I should go through all the states I have actually BEEN to, and by that, I generally mean that i have spent at least one night in. The ones I haven't been to...well, I guess I can't talk too much about them.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas - never been there. Sure would like to go to Alaska. My fiancee and her mom are going to Arizona in about a week...and I am stuck here. Meh.
California - pretty nice. Awfully big...takes an entire day to go from San Francisco to LA. Never really got to experience it much, since I was always pretty young, and all we did was visit family.
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware - can't say I have ever been here. Actually, I changed planes in Denver when I was young, and my brother wanged his head on the airplane door.
District of Columbia* - got to meet my Congresswoman, who was really nice and gave us passes to see the House and Senate. The old fogeys from the GOP started chanting "WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK!" for reasons I don't understand. Really not too bad.
Florida - other than being a red state run by Jeb Bush, it's pretty nice. I went on vacation there in December and didn't want to come home. It also seems that it gets warmer right around the Florida border. Never fails.
Georgia - people there just seem to be so nice. I had the best service ever at a Cracker Barrel in Macon...people are so much more friendly than here in Ohio.
Hawaii - haven't been but am going for my honeymoon in December. Might start looking for jobs there.
Idaho - nope. Never been. Sure do like potatoes, though.
Illinois - Chicago's a cool city, but it's expensive and crowded. U. of Illinois is also OK. Not as nice as where I went to school, though.
Indiana - my brother goes to Purdue, and he talks about how conservative the campus is. Usually I expect college campuses to be liberal. Apparently the state is still a bastion of conservatism. That and it's not as spectacular as Illinois.
Iowa, Kansas - never been. Probably not missing much.
Kentucky - not as many nice people as Georgia, but I could get used to it. Also, the Horse Park is awesome. Too bad it was 100 degrees when I visited.
Louisiana, Maine - never been. If I become rich, I might buy a vacation home in rural Maine.
Maryland - all I remember was seeing a baseball game there. The stadium was nice. The rest of the city wasn't.
Massachusetts - probably very historical. Sadly, I have never been. As a lefty, though, I might fit in very well.
Michigan - almost went to college in Michigan. Very charming, and less assholes per capita than Ohio. The town of Frankenmuth has two hotel-restaurants that serve perhaps the best chicken dinners in existence.
Minnesota, Mississippi - two very different states I haven't been to. I would live in Minnesota. Mississippi's probably too hot.
Missouri - I have family in southeastern Missouri, but they seem to be distant relatives. That and St. Louis is in pretty good shape.
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire - nope, never been. I would go to Vegas, I suppose...but I would lose my shirt.
New Jersey - not much to see. All I remember about it is the part near NYC, and that was crowded and run-down. The rest of it seems to be garden and roads.
New Mexico - nope. Never been. My fiancee and her mom are going there in a week. When they also visit Arizona. While I sit here and type funny on my PC because my cat's asleep in my lap. And he's the boss.
New York - NYC's actually pretty cool now. Might just be the easiest city to navigate. Not like Miami, which was pretty confusing. (I refer to Manhattan only; the rest of it I can't really speak for.) Also, I recall getting lost in Buffalo on the way to Niagara Falls. Not too easy a city to navigate, at least at night.
North Carolina, North Dakota - I wanted to go to UNC, but I couldn't get in. Apparently they only take NC residents and fucking geniuses.
Ohio - my home state. It's miserable, it's nothing to speak of, and I want to get the hell out of here. And I probably never will.
Oklahoma, Oregon - nope. Nothing to see here. Never been. Crater Lake might be cool.
Pennsylvania - they got good Amish food. Damn the Amish can cook. Also, is it jut me or is Philadelphia the asshole capital of the world?
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota - probably not missing moch in any of these states.
Tennessee - lots of scenery here...too bad the only time I have seen it was in December, when everything's dead. People sure are nice, though.
Texas, Utah, Vermont - nope. Never been. Changed planes in Houston once. Also, supposedly went to visit my aunt in Texas when I was a baby, but I don't remember it.
Virginia - only visited northern Virginia. Good history there.
Washington - nope. Never been. Does it really rain as much there as everyone says?
West Virginia - easy state to get lost in. And i don't mean that as a compliment; it's really a pain in the ass.
Wisconsin, Wyoming - never been. Applied to school at U. of Wisconsin just because my folks went there. Didn't help me get in.

as a liberal kansan... i'd like to mention that all kansans don't beat people with bibles.

as a christian... i'd like to mention that all christians don't beat people with bibles.

in fact, very few christians, kansans, or christian kansans beat people with bibles.

:headbang:

Georgia - people there just seem to be so nice. I had the best service ever at a Cracker Barrel in Macon...people are so much more friendly than here in Ohio.


hooray! score one for Georgia!

as a liberal kansan... i'd like to mention that all kansans don't beat people with bibles.

as a christian... i'd like to mention that all christians don't beat people with bibles.

in fact, very few christians, kansans, or christian kansans beat people with bibles.

:headbang:
Honey, all us liberal Christian Kansans have been trying to tell them that for years. They just don't want to see past Fred Phelps. It's an uphill battle.

Frakkin' California! Jeeze! Talk about the Land of Fruits and Nuts! Not to mention being the home of Hollyweird! I suspect the entire State is going to simply implode one of these days from the sheer weight of institutionalized weirdness!

Frakkin' California! Jeeze! Talk about the Land of Fruits and Nuts! Not to mention being the home of Hollyweird! I suspect the entire State is going to simply implode one of these days from the sheer weight of institutionalized weirdness!
Plus they have the craziest hobos.

Frakkin' California! Jeeze! Talk about the Land of Fruits and Nuts! Not to mention being the home of Hollyweird! I suspect the entire State is going to simply implode one of these days from the sheer weight of institutionalized weirdness!
Golly.

I think you mean, it's one of the most hideous states in the Union. It's basically a giant powerplant, where nothing has been cleaned. Even rest stops in New Jersey are filthy. The workers are lazy as hell there and it's one of the poorest states, as I recall. In fact, the only good things to come out of New Jersey are the Misfits and the Toxic Avenger.
1) We have 9 Million people. Yeah, we generate power for them. We also house them, refine oil, and still keep some of the biggest and nicest protected wildlife areas East of the Mississippi.

2) Nope, it's one of the richest states. We've got a better employment rate, higher average salaries, and more high tech firms than most other states.

3) New Jersey gave the world all of Edison's inventions (invented in Menlo Park NJ), Sarah Vaughn, Debbie Harry from Blondie, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Count Basie, Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde, The De Leo brothers from Stone Temple Pilots, Dizzy Gilespie lived here. That's a few famous people from NJ.

The battle of Trenton was the turning point of the Revolutionary war.

Princeton is one of the nation's most prestigious universities, and is pioneering work in nuclear fusion at it's plasma physics facility.

New Jersey is home to three nuclear power plants, which lowers our air pollution emmision.

We've got miles of beautiful shoreline, and some great fishing. You can hunt black bear and whitetail deer in NJ.

Our hockey team, The Devils, has a strong winning history, even if it isn't one of the oldest NHL teams. Plus we've got Martin Brodeur, arguably the best goalie in the NHL, though the Ranger's Lundqvist is good too.

Where do you come from? How does your state stack up?

3) New Jersey gave the world all of Edison's inventions (invented in Menlo Park NJ), Sarah Vaughn, Debbie Harry from Blondie, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Count Basie, Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde, The De Leo brothers from Stone Temple Pilots, Dizzy Gilespie lived here. That's a few famous people from NJ.
And I am still expecting a written apology from the governer for releasing the quarantine on them and allowing my poor ears to be as abused as they are.

Iowa, hands down, is the worst state.
In the words of an ex-Iowan friend: "It's like Hell, with corn."

Hey, but Iowa has the Amana colonies, and they make some pretty good furniture. Plus the food is good.

For me, I'd have to say that Wisconsin is the worst for dumb government. I've lived here all my life, and I hate nearly everything about the government. The nature scene is nice, though, and it's better in the North.

The only thing that surpasses Wisconsin is this little camp in Ohio. I would classify that place as Hell on Earth, but since the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is in Ohio, the state is spared.

Golly.
Uh ... yes? You rang? :)

Hey, but Iowa has the Amana colonies, and they make some pretty good furniture. Plus the food is good.
Let's not forget all the kick-ass ghost sightings in the Amana area :rolleyes:

Massachusettes: Give us back the Southwick Jog! http://www.cslib.org/jog.htm

Georgia: Jimmy Carter. New Coke. REM. And state troopers with no sense of humor.

Israel: Since 1971, you've averaged about 2 Billion dollars a year from the Federal Government, and you don't even pay taxes!

Nevada, for being so damned decadent.

California, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and Florida.

Massachusettes:Give us back the Southwick Jog!

I could make a similar demand of Ohio regarding the Toledo Strip, but why would we want it back? In fact, had we known at the time how Toledo would turn out we'd have probably fought to not have it.

Rhode Fucking Island.

Solid state.

EDIT: Oh, I see, American. Mmmh... Mato Grosso do Sul for some reason pisses me off. Perhaps it's the floods.
WTF? But that's not an American state. I would know. :headbang: If it was, it would be on the map. Unless it's a state in another language. That kinda confuses me.:eek:

:sniper: I would have to say I only hate Texas. It deserves to be shot.:mp5: except evacuate the people first.

The Yukon. I don't think I'll like that state. (What? You didn't think we were stopping at 50, did you? :p ) Mainly because there's probably nothing there besides oil and that it's named after an SUV. A retarded SUV, if there's a such thing as a non-retarded SUV.The Yukon is NOT a US state. Although I'll name them all, for you.
next post I'll list all the states since people are saying random places are STATES!!!:mad:

:sniper: I would have to say I only hate Texas. It deserves to be shot.:mp5: except evacuate the people first.
LOL. So we should just shoot the ground?

Every state you listed is a fine state. I was born and raised in one (NY) and now live in another (SC). I've been in all the rest except Michigan and Texas so, I really can't speak from experience about them.

I notice a lot of people make fun of states they've never even been to which is fairly ignorant of them.
I understand what you mean. Sometimes I feel like bashing thier heads into walls.:headbang:

:sniper: I would have to say I only hate Texas. It deserves to be shot.:mp5: except evacuate the people first.
Bromby, I don't know if you've ever stopped to put thought into this, but in the case of Texas, which actually has some great landscape going for it, it is the people who make it worth the dislike. What good would it be to shoot it? It won't solve the people problem, and you can't shoot the people....

LOL. So we should just shoot the ground?
Well you do have a good point there. I guess we could just shoot the ground!! YAAY! *shooting the ground -> (ground):mp5: :sniper:

Simonist']Bromby, I don't know if you've ever stopped to put thought into this, but in the case of Texas, which actually has some great landscape going for it, it is the people who make it worth the dislike. What good would it be to shoot it? It won't solve the people problem, and you can't shoot the people....
So I guess leave Texas and I have no idea what 2 do with the people. And sorry I am very imature.

California. I live in California, I hate California. There are too many people and more coming every day. Taxes are too high, there are too many laws, everything costs too much (I bought my house for $90,000 six years ago, it's valued at $290,000 now - I couldn't afford my own house now) and our politics is the laughingstock of the country.

and our politics is the laughingstock of the country.
Nay, the world.

California. I live in California, I hate California. There are too many people and more coming every day. Taxes are too high, there are too many laws, everything costs too much (I bought my house for $90,000 six years ago, it's valued at $290,000 now - I couldn't afford my own house now) and our politics is the laughingstock of the country.
But the Teen Titans live in California. (I know, they're fictional) But I can't judge California because I have never been there, I have been to many other places though.:D

But the Teen Titans live in California. (I know, they're fictional) But I can't judge California because I have never been there, I have been to many other places though.:D
.....How OLD are you?!

But the Teen Titans live in California. (I know, they're fictional) But I can't judge California because I have never been there, I have been to many other places though.:D

Another reason to hate California. (because the Teen Titans live here and because you've never been here - if you value your sanity, your health and your finances, stay away).

Simonist'].....How OLD are you?!Well I find that is none of your buisness.

Another reason to hate California. (because the Teen Titans live here and because you've never been here - if you value your sanity, your health and your finances, stay away).First of all, I think the Teen Titans are very interesting and... I have no finances. However, I think you get finances off working. AAH! Cofused!:confused:

Well I find that is none of your buisness.
First of all, I think the Teen Titans are very interesting and... I have no finances. However, I think you get finances off working. AAH! Cofused!
Further reason to suppose on 12. Eugh....I hate 12 year olds.....

Simonist']Further reason to suppose on 12. Eugh....I hate 12 year olds.....
Whats wrong with twelve year olds!! What and you think your so great because you are an adult who lives at home on the computer!!!!!!!!!

Whats wrong with twelve year olds!! What and you think your so great because you are an adult who lives at home on the computer!!!!!!!!!
So, you are twelve?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/HomeAlone.png

Ill just leave this thread, you ppl can talk about adult things.

So, you are twelve?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/HomeAlone.png
I never said that, now did I?

Alabama. At least Texas has leftists. Alabama is almost completely free of them.

Whats wrong with twelve year olds!! What and you think your so great because you are an adult who lives at home on the computer!!!!!!!!!
What's "wrong with 12 year olds" is that they're oftentimes annoying little prats who oftentimes think themselves much more intelligent than they actually are, and are unwilling to be able to learn from what others try to tell them. Not all the time, but that's pretty much the category of the age range. And I'm not "so great" for being an "adult who lives at home on the computer".....I'm a 20 year old who's on the computer today because it's raining too hard for me to work on my car, my boyfriend is at work, I'm feeling too sick to go to work, I've been awake since 9 in the morning for an audition downtown, and it's a fucking Saturday so we can't even go out to anywhere interesting until at least 10 in the evening. Nothing "so great" about that whatsoever, but at least I'm willing to listen to what people tell me when I realize I'm in a losing battle, unlike most of the children that get themselves involved around here.

Simonist']What's "wrong with 12 year olds" is that they're oftentimes annoying little prats who oftentimes think themselves much more intelligent than they actually are, and are unwilling to be able to learn from what others try to tell them. Not all the time, but that's pretty much the category of the age range. And I'm not "so great" for being an "adult who lives at home on the computer".....I'm a 20 year old who's on the computer today because it's raining too hard for me to work on my car, my boyfriend is at work, I'm feeling too sick to go to work, I've been awake since 9 in the morning for an audition downtown, and it's a fucking Saturday so we can't even go out to anywhere interesting until at least 10 in the evening. Nothing "so great" about that whatsoever, but at least I'm willing to listen to what people tell me when I realize I'm in a losing battle, unlike most of the children that get themselves involved around here.

*claps frantically and hands you a bucket of weed*

The state of willful ignorance, aka stupidity...wherever it is.

Simonist']What's "wrong with 12 year olds" is that they're oftentimes annoying little prats who oftentimes think themselves much more intelligent than they actually are, and are unwilling to be able to learn from what others try to tell them. Not all the time, but that's pretty much the category of the age range. And I'm not "so great" for being an "adult who lives at home on the computer".....I'm a 20 year old who's on the computer today because it's raining too hard for me to work on my car, my boyfriend is at work, I'm feeling too sick to go to work, I've been awake since 9 in the morning for an audition downtown, and it's a fucking Saturday so we can't even go out to anywhere interesting until at least 10 in the evening. Nothing "so great" about that whatsoever, but at least I'm willing to listen to what people tell me when I realize I'm in a losing battle, unlike most of the children that get themselves involved around here.
Hallelujah. Preach it.

Alabama. At least Texas has leftists. Alabama is almost completely free of them.
Texas has its leftists, that's true. They keep them in Austin.

KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD!

Another reason to hate California. (because the Teen Titans live here and because you've never been here - if you value your sanity, your health and your finances, stay away).
LOL! [ stands and looks toward The Bench ] The prosecution rests, Your Honor! :D

Simonist']What's "wrong with 12 year olds" is that they're oftentimes annoying little prats who oftentimes think themselves much more intelligent than they actually are, and are unwilling to be able to learn from what others try to tell them. Not all the time, but that's pretty much the category of the age range. And I'm not "so great" for being an "adult who lives at home on the computer".....I'm a 20 year old who's on the computer today because it's raining too hard for me to work on my car, my boyfriend is at work, I'm feeling too sick to go to work, I've been awake since 9 in the morning for an audition downtown, and it's a fucking Saturday so we can't even go out to anywhere interesting until at least 10 in the evening. Nothing "so great" about that whatsoever, but at least I'm willing to listen to what people tell me when I realize I'm in a losing battle, unlike most of the children that get themselves involved around here.U do know a twleve year old just heard all that and says you are a frikin @$$holic adult who needs 2 get a life. Those words did not emerge from my mouth because I am not twelve.

Hallelujah. Preach it.
You r both RUDE!

U do know a twleve year old just heard all that and says you are a frikin @$$holic adult who needs 2 get a life. Those words did not emerge from my mouth because I am not twelve.
Then quit speaking like one. And what, pray tell is an assholic?

Furthermore, I don't care what the anonymous preteen said. Unless that preteen happens to be my nephew, which I can personally assure myself that it's not, because he hates the less-intelligent (like your "friend", apparently) as much as I do, so I'm sure he would be completely behind me on those sentiments.

You r both RUDE!
Um, internet forum. It's par for the course. If you can't hack it, find something else to do with your free time.

Rhode Island. I HATE rhode islanders.

Rhode Island. I HATE rhode islanders.

You're a failure.

Iowa, hands down, is the worst state.
In the words of an ex-Iowan friend: "It's like Hell, with corn."

Field of Dreams doesn't improve the state much does it? ;)

You r both RUDE!
Look, sonny, LIFE is rude. Get a helmet.

Field of Dreams doesn't improve the state much does it? ;)
Even if the movie itself might have helped, the state's prolonged exposure to Kevin Costner took it down an additional few notches.....

Either Wyoming or Maryland...

One is boring, the other simply sucks...

What's wrong with Maryland?

What's wrong with Maryland?

Your flag is weird looking.

Where's New Jersey?

*jumps on the New Jersey bandwagon*
*waves flag wildly*

Stinkin' New Jersey drivers. Turn signals are there for a reason. Don't switch lanes three at a time and cross the median to get into your merge lane. And 25 miles an hour over the speed limit is a bit excessive.

Iowa blows. Take the boringness of the dakotas and Wyoming and the biblethumpers from down south and mix all that with corn and you have fucking Iowa. It's such a horrible state.

1) We have 9 Million people. Yeah, we generate power for them. We also house them, refine oil, and still keep some of the biggest and nicest protected wildlife areas East of the Mississippi.

2) Nope, it's one of the richest states. We've got a better employment rate, higher average salaries, and more high tech firms than most other states.

3) New Jersey gave the world all of Edison's inventions (invented in Menlo Park NJ), Sarah Vaughn, Debbie Harry from Blondie, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Count Basie, Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde, The De Leo brothers from Stone Temple Pilots, Dizzy Gilespie lived here. That's a few famous people from NJ.

The battle of Trenton was the turning point of the Revolutionary war.

Princeton is one of the nation's most prestigious universities, and is pioneering work in nuclear fusion at it's plasma physics facility.

New Jersey is home to three nuclear power plants, which lowers our air pollution emmision.

We've got miles of beautiful shoreline, and some great fishing. You can hunt black bear and whitetail deer in NJ.

Our hockey team, The Devils, has a strong winning history, even if it isn't one of the oldest NHL teams. Plus we've got Martin Brodeur, arguably the best goalie in the NHL, though the Ranger's Lundqvist is good too.

Where do you come from? How does your state stack up?
CT finally took back over as richest state...you had us beat for a few years I think.

Oh, and the devils are enough of a reason for me to hate all of you. You guys have Brodeur, and I'm stuck with friggin Raycroft who couldn't tend a goal if his life depended on it.

and with you as leader of the toxic mutants, I'm scared for all non-jerseyans

I could make a similar demand of Ohio regarding the Toledo Strip, but why would we want it back? In fact, had we known at the time how Toledo would turn out we'd have probably fought to not have it.

I'd help you with that, but you'll have to help Connecticut get back the Western Reserve! :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Western_Reserve

Your flag is weird looking.

Puh, Maryland has an awsome flag and there is a history behind it too.

Puh, Maryland has an awsome flag and there is a history behind it too.

http://www.gettysburgflag.com/images/Maryland.jpg

Maryland has a flag based on European heraldic tradition and comprised of elements of the arms of the Crosslands and Calverts. The first state seal which on the obverse (front) showed a mounted knight in medieval Calvert-Crossland full armour was how the flag was derived. On the reverse side was the quartered shield of Calvert and Crossland, together with supporters, crown, a helmet, and mottos on a scroll and around the rim. This seal was used until 1776 and then it was revived in 1876. The arms of the Crosslands are red and white quarters with a central counterchanged cross with buttons at the end of the arm. The arms of the Calvert are six vertical bands of yellow and black with a counterchanged diagonal running from the top left to the bottom right. The state flag was officially adopted in 1904.

Texans and Californians may be haughty and arrogant in the extreme, but no one manages to irk me more than the idiots down in Wyoming.

If Texas were wiped off the map, I wouldnt bat an eye.
However, as I live in Michigan, where its currently fucking cold....i hate it too.
But only six months out of the year.
The rest of the time its nice.Must not live in the UP, where the only nice time is and the ocassional period which isn't annual between mud and blackfly and early deer season. Mind you, I like Michigan (well the UP and west of Ann Arbor), mostly for the little things, like Yoopers talk without an strong accent and eat normal foods and know how to drive, and not only know what a skidder is but have an uncle who can loan you one for a weekend.


If the question were hate instead of dislike I would probably go with ---removed to prevent flaming---, but it is dislike. Tough choice, but it is either Indiana or Texas. There are some good things about both states but both of them generate a sense of unease in me, I just cannot relax in them.

California.
Every year for the last three years I have volunteered to aid in a charitable fund raiser and we call all over the country--now I get cussed out and talked shit to by people all over the country.

But California is buy far the Worst lot of greedy, degenerate, hateful, vapid, shallow, self centered, scum bags I have come in contact with(at least the ones I have come in contact with).

Conversely the people of New Jersey each year seem to get nicer....yes New Jersey.

Now I didnt say polite---I said nice.

Californians(that have come in contact with) are very courteous---they just suck.


The fund raiser is for ---remove name--- fulfilling the last wish of dying children.

I am glad my two weeks are at an end as of yesterday.

Maryland has a flag based on European heraldic tradition and comprised of elements of the arms of the Crosslands and Calverts. The first state seal which on the obverse (front) showed a mounted knight in medieval Calvert-Crossland full armour was how the flag was derived. On the reverse side was the quartered shield of Calvert and Crossland, together with supporters, crown, a helmet, and mottos on a scroll and around the rim. This seal was used until 1776 and then it was revived in 1876. The arms of the Crosslands are red and white quarters with a central counterchanged cross with buttons at the end of the arm. The arms of the Calvert are six vertical bands of yellow and black with a counterchanged diagonal running from the top left to the bottom right. The state flag was officially adopted in 1904.

See? Isn't it cool? There is no reason why some one should diss Maryland just for its flag.

Texas.

Why?

- The Weather
- George Bush
- The Weather
- Being stranded in Waco for an hour to refuel in an airplane
- The Weather
- The Cowboys
- The Weather
- The South in general
- The Weather
- An Overabundance of Hicks
- Did I mention The Weather?
I live in Austin right now..only good place about the state.

There's no cowboys, really, just fucktards who dress up like them and think they're "cool".
You forgot to mention how a fuckton of white guys have large pickups and drive them like wrecking balls. Oh, and how they've got the worst drivers in I've ever seen...and I've been in almost every state in the continental US.

I can't stress enough how much the weather sucks, either. 80 fucking degrees right now, and it's spring. Oh, scuse me. Tomorrow's 88, with Tuesday being 89. *rolls eyes*

It's got one of the worst education systems in the US, one of the worst poverty levels, IIRC, one of the lowest voter turnouts (I believe Texas was 49th and Louisiana 50th)...

Bush wasn't from here..He really just tried to use the Texas thing as a political advantage, imo. He fucked up a lot of things as governor..which happens to be the weakest governor position of all 50 states.

It's great how Texans tend to be oblivious to how much their state really sucks, and love it so dearly..and in these sorta polls, it's almost always the most hated. I laugh every time.

See? Isn't it cool? There is no reason why some one should diss Maryland just for its flag.

Exactly! I've always been partial to South Carolina, too. In my opinion, MD and SC are two of the best state flags in the US. (Tennessee and Connecticut are good too.)
http://www.gettysburgflag.com/images/scarolina.jpg

South Carolina was named after King Charles I of England. In 1629 he gave it to Robert Heath. During the Revolutionary War the cap badge of South Carolinian troops was a white crescent. This was placed on a blue background as the military flag. In 1776 during the British attack on log fort in Charleston Harbor the palmetto wood used in the fort’s construction proved resilient that the tree was added to the flag as a tribute. The state flag of South Carolina .

The worst? Most of them are ugly, but these are bad:

Massachusettes
http://www.gettysburgflag.com/images/Massachusetts.jpg
...looks like they started off surrendering, then made it official with a seal.

Montana
http://www.gettysburgflag.com/images/Montana.jpg
...Ugh.

I'd help you with that, but you'll have to help Connecticut get back the Western Reserve! :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Western_Reserve

Ohio will be like an American Poland, invaded and partitioned.

In short,,,,,The Bible thumper belt. Alabama and Mississippi are the worst of the Bible belt.

I'd hardly call Nevada a bible thumping state. Las Vegas...

I'd go with Ohio, because of Cleveland. Jeeze, I HATE Cleveland :p j/k

Ohio is actually evil.

Damn right! And if anyone questions our evilness we'll throw ya in Lake Erie! Many go into Lake Erie, few come out...

I'd go with Ohio, because of Cleveland. Jeeze, I HATE Cleveland :p j/k

lol, well, as a Clevelander, I personally despise Cincinnatti and Columbus. Cleveland doesn't have race riots, as Cincinnatti does. Nor do we have to live with our idiot governor, like Columbus has to do. I feel if any Ohio city were to break away from the state, it'd be Cleveland. We'd take all of northeastern Ohio with us, seeing as we refer to it all as Cleveland. Or Greater Cleveland.

Massachusettes (sp?).

Why? Ted Kennedy AND homosexual marriage.

Massachusettes (sp?).

Why? Ted Kennedy AND homosexual marriage.

The beauty of the Federal system. If you don't like it, you don't have to live there.

Yeah, I would have voted for one of those boring, rural cold mid-wetsern states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana).

Ohio will be like an American Poland, invaded and partitioned.

Given the number of Poles in Ohio, they'd hardly notice! ;)

Every state that is Texas...Yeah, you heard me...Do NOT question my grammar.

Gonna vote for Alabama on this one.

When the highlight of your state is Helen Keller, you know you suck.

Texas.

Why?

- The Weather
- George Bush
- The Weather
- Being stranded in Waco for an hour to refuel in an airplane
- The Weather
- The Cowboys
- The Weather
- The South in general
- The Weather
- An Overabundance of Hicks
- Did I mention The Weather?

On weather: Go to the Corpus Christi area, along with the Rio Grande Valley. That's some of the best weather in the world. I shit you not.

Gonna vote for Alabama on this one.

When the highlight of your state is Helen Keller, you know you suck.

I shall give you this special cookie ("special" means it's filled with weed) for saying Alabama instead of Texas.

Like I said: At least Texas has good parts.

I shall give you this special cookie ("special" means it's filled with weed) for saying Alabama instead of Texas.

Like I said: At least Texas has good parts.

*devours cookie*

At least Texas has a rich history. Alabama is pretty much an abyss when it comes to culture. Their only impact on history was the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and trying to sabotage Black Rights.

Poll:) :fluffle: :confused: :eek: :mad: :rolleyes: :cool: :upyours: :p :headbang:

i would say new germany.oops..i mean new jersey.

Anyone say Nebraska yet?

If so I wanna see their reasons...

*devours cookie*

At least Texas has a rich history. Alabama is pretty much an abyss when it comes to culture. Their only impact on history was the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and trying to sabotage Black Rights.

Yeah, tell me about it. Alabama's one of those states I don't even wanna drive through just to get somewhere.

Anyone say Nebraska yet?

If so I wanna see their reasons...


Nebraska is just so bland I can't hate it, but by all means I can't like it.

Rather than going to purgatory you're actually reborn in Nebraska.

Nebraska is just so bland I can't hate it, but by all means I can't like it.

Rather than going to purgatory you're actually reborn in Nebraska.Nebraska bland? Obviously you've never been to North Dakota, or ND was so bland you completely forgot about it. Spend a week in North Dakota and then say Nebraska is bland.

Nebraska bland? Obviously you've never been to North Dakota, or ND was so bland you completely forgot about it. Spend a week in North Dakota and then say Nebraska is bland.

At least North Dakota has some mountains.

Nebraska is just about as flat as it comes.

West Virginia.

For me it's a tie between New York and Texas. I put Texas, but there's room for both.

West Virginia.

They have some ridiculously steep hills. So the sledding, skateboarding, and bikeriding must be insane.

god dammit what's wrong with texas

As an Arkansan first, Southerner second, American last, I simply cannot stomach all the "flaming hatred" towards the South (i.e. "Bible Thumpers, "Jesus Land", etc.). It is quite clear y'all have never visited Arkansas with an open mind, or even the South for that matter. There is only one thing bad about the South, and that is all the dang Yankees that move down here to retire and try to change things. I get sick and tired of hearing, "Yah, well up noth we did it..." I don't give a place in Hades for how you did it up north! That's the whole reason for the Civil War, not some niggers. You just couldn't keep your necks out of our business, and we just got sick and tired of it. And some of us still can't take Yankee tyranny!! You say we just can't get over the war...You're dang right we can't, because nobody that was so right has ever been so defeated. Since when does Might Make Right?? [[flaming mad]] :headbang: :mp5:

P.S. I voted for California, but others, mentioned or not, are NJ, WI, NY, MA, MI, IL.

god dammit what's wrong with texas

A lot of the people here don't like Republicans...

A lot of the people here don't like Republicans...

oh ok we gave you bush

oh wait he was born in massachussetts

politics aside, what the hell is wrong with texas?

god dammit what's wrong with texas

It's your secessionist tendencies and the straw-chewin', steer-ropin' machismo that reeks with the whole "Don't mess with Texas" cowboy crap.

No offense intended.

It's your secessionist tendencies and the straw-chewin', steer-ropin' machismo that reeks with the whole "Don't mess with Texas" cowboy crap.

No offense intended.

no that's what makes us awesome

plus we don't have state income tax

no that's what makes us awesome

plus we don't have state income tax

1: No, it makes most of the people here look like fucking retards.

2: ...Which is why over 80% of the people in Harris County alone are turned down for Welfare even though they actually need it.

no that's what makes us awesome

plus we don't have state income tax

No state income tax?

Hmm... not bad... I'll reconsider my opinion.

1: No, it makes most of the people here look like fucking retards.

2: ...Which is why over 80% of the people in Harris County alone are turned down for Welfare even though they actually need it.

1. i was joking, that's a stereotype of a person that i've never actually met in my life, despite living here for 18 years

2. good

At least North Dakota has some mountains.

Nebraska is just about as flat as it comes.Mountains in North Dakota? You mean them hills they call mountains I presume. Well Nebraska has hills too, bigger ones even, they just don't call em mountains. Admittedly there are some pretty flat parts of Nebraska, but ND is moreso.

1. i was joking, that's a stereotype of a person that i've never actually met in my life, despite living here for 18 years

2. good

1: When you live in one of the satellite towns of Houston, you see people like that almost every day. It's sickening.

2: Good, eh? I suppose we should just kill people rather than help them. :rolleyes:

them hills

Eh?

1: When you live in one of the satellite towns of Houston, you see people like that almost every day. It's sickening.

2: Good, eh? I suppose we should just kill people rather than help them. :rolleyes:

1. ok

2. no that's not what i said at all

no that's not what i said at all

Yeah, it is. "Good" implied that it's great that people are screwed by the state government when they actually need its help.

I'd have to say I hate CT (even though I was born here). Unconstitutional gun laws (CT still has an assault weapons ban), high taxes, crappy weather (too hot/humid in the summer, too frigid in the winter), and bordered on 3 sides by states whose residents CAN'T DRIVE!!

Alabama.

Everything defines underfunded. It's full of religious hypocrites. We have everything taxes. And education is so far down the crapper a big deal was made about going from 49 in education to like 46.

Yeah, it is. "Good" implied that it's great that people are screwed by the state government when they actually need its help.

no "good" implied that the government isn't taking money i earned and giving it to people who didn't earn it.

and bordered on 3 sides by states whose residents CAN'T DRIVE!!

Go to New Jersey. People from PA are half retarded when they drive, people from Delaware are too nice when they drive, and people from New York are just driving so they can get into a fight. Worst of all no one in our own state can drive!

I'm amazed I'm still alive.

no "good" implied that the government isn't taking money i earned and giving it to people who didn't earn it.

...Thus proving my point. Moving along...

Go to New Jersey. People from PA are half retarded when they drive, people from Delaware are too nice when they drive, and people from New York are just driving so they can get into a fight. Worst of all no one in our own state can drive!

I'm amazed I'm still alive.

I guarantee that people in Houston alone are worse drivers than people in Pennsylvania. The drivers here are fucking psychotic.

no "good" implied that the government isn't taking money i earned and giving it to people who didn't earn it.

So what you're saying is you're greedy and care more about your own money than the welfare of other human beings.

Go to New Jersey. People from PA are half retarded when they drive...

You'd be half retarded when you drove too if your roads sucked as much as ours. Seriously, we have some of the shittiest roads in the country. Our state is TERRIBLE to drive through.

Next state up for arguement: Wyomming

The very definition of void.

Next state up for arguement: Wyomming

The very definition of void.

I wasn't aware that this "Wyoming" even existed. Are you sure we're on the same planet?

I wasn't aware that this "Wyoming" even existed. Are you sure we're on the same planet?

I think it's the state near Montana, but I'm not quite sure.

I think it's the state near Montana, but I'm not quite sure.

Mo...n...ta...na...? I vaguely remember that name. Probably from a shoebox or something.

Im glad to see that Arizona has escaped any attakcs. Mississippi is probably the worst, its the only state we could beat in education and like ten other things.

So what you're saying is you're greedy and care more about your own money than the welfare of other human beings.



You'd be half retarded when you drove too if your roads sucked as much as ours. Seriously, we have some of the shittiest roads in the country. Our state is TERRIBLE to drive through.

At least your roads are paved. Here in MT, like 80% of the roads are dirt.

And the widest the highway gets at any point in the state is two lanes per side.

Next state up for Arguement: Arkansas

I want to add a friggin 'w' so bad.

What the hell is in this state?

Next state up for Arguement: Arkansas

I want to add a friggin 'w' so bad.

What the hell is in this state?

A lot of trees, hills, and rivers. Think of it as Pennsylvania's smaller, dumber brother that doesn't look half as good.

A lot of trees, hills, and rivers. Think of it as Pennsylvania's smaller, dumber brother that doesn't look half as good.

My god that is a dumb and ugly state.

The only state I know that can't spell its own friggin name right.
"Arkansas" = "Ar Kan Saw"?

Next state up for Arguement: Arkansas

I want to add a friggin 'w' so bad.

What the hell is in this state?

Wal Mart. That alone is reason enough for it to be eradicated.

Kansas is the worst to me. Even if you ignore the fact that they are all crazy and only want to teach the Koran...err Bible, if you have ever driven through it you would find out that its the most boring state ever. At least the farmfields of Illinois have patches of trees and hills...Kansas is as flat as an airport runway.

Sex-toys are illegal in Alabama.

This states only saving grace is being the home of Forrest Gump..wait he wasn't real.

Looks like Texas is leading the poll.


I wonder if we could talk Mexico into taking them back.

WAHOO no one has said bum about minnesota (at least bad) sweet :)

For me I dont really like what seems to come out of texas ... I am sure there are plenty of people there I would love but thoes that I have met ...

"Looks like Texas is leading the poll.


I wonder if we could talk Mexico into taking them back."

Awww, don't go making my AS History course harder!

*Is doing American history*

*Wanted to do New Zealand history*

:mad:

Next state up for Arguement: Arkansas

I want to add a friggin 'w' so bad.

What the hell is in this state?

Just about everything except people like you, which is why it is so wonderful!! Add a 'W' for all I care. By the way, Illinoisians can't spell their own name either. I bet you didn't know Congress voted on how to spell Arkansas. They had so many conflicts that they voted to spell it AR-kansas and pronounce it AR-can-saw.

My god that is a dumb and ugly state.

The only state I know that can't spell its own friggin name right.
"Arkansas" = "Ar Kan Saw"?

Meh, It's the sucky part of the Ark-La-Tex

So what you're saying is you're greedy and care more about your own money than the welfare of other human beings.



You'd be half retarded when you drove too if your roads sucked as much as ours. Seriously, we have some of the shittiest roads in the country. Our state is TERRIBLE to drive through.

I don't know, I think CT has some pretty shitty roads. To be honest though, I think it's the fault of our DOT. They put down a nice smooth stretch of pavement, then 3 weeks later tear it all up again to do work they should have done in the first place. Then they do a halfassed job patching it, and call it good. Within 6 months, the road is back to being a nightmare.

ETA: WOOHOO! 100 posts! :D

I live in Texas.

It never ceases to amaze me how a state as ecologically and geographically diverse (and physically beautiful) as Texas can successfully turn itself into a backward, Baptist, backwater HELLHOLE and cram itself full of some of the most willfully, pridefully ignorant people to be found in the United States!

You know something's wrong when Texas has a higher poverty rate, a lower per capita average wage, more people without health insurance, more teenagers getting pregnant, a higher general infant mortality, and more students who don't finish high school than Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana!

So what you're saying is you're greedy and care more about your own money than the welfare of other human beings.


no i'm against government sponsored theft of my money. i have no problem with charity, and i give what i can when i can afford it.

charity is a choice, sponsoring welfare is not.