NationStates Jolt Archive


Which area of the US is the "Worst"?

Whatwhatia
30-11-2007, 06:32
Deep South urban areas, I'd bet.

Hell yeah, OP steal.
New Genoa
30-11-2007, 06:32
Compton, bitch.
Cryptic Nightmare
30-11-2007, 06:32
Fair is fair right?
Fassitude
30-11-2007, 06:33
Well, in another thread I already settled with some other people that Alabama, Kansas, Georgia and New Jersey were pretty bad.

I suppose one could add most of the flyover parts of the country to that.
Bann-ed
30-11-2007, 06:35
If by fair you mean faire.

Probably the parts where illegal immigrants are treated like human beings...and where legal immigrants are actually given jobs.
New Birds
30-11-2007, 06:36
The Deep South.

I could just about manage living elsewhere (although I may end up dying of boredom in the midwest), but the deep south would kill me. Absolutely.
Kontor
30-11-2007, 06:36
Haha this is the exact opposite of my thread.
New Genoa
30-11-2007, 06:37
I hate you!!! Give me back my thread!!!:mad:

Remember when posting: use protection lest you want to get timewarped.
Cryptic Nightmare
30-11-2007, 06:37
Deep South urban areas, I'd bet.

Hell yeah, OP steal.



I hate you!!! Give me back my thread!!!:mad:
Cryptic Nightmare
30-11-2007, 06:38
Haha this is the exact opposite of my thread.


Hence the fair is fair post. If we have one talking the best fairness requires one about the worst as well. :D
Whatwhatia
30-11-2007, 06:39
I hate you!!! Give me back my thread!!!:mad:
HAHAHA oh lawd...
Cryptic Nightmare
30-11-2007, 06:42
HAHAHA oh lawd...


No? Drat!


So cal huh? You like it here?
Poliwanacraca
30-11-2007, 06:47
*takes minor comfort from the fact that the Midwest can't be the "worst," either*
Whatwhatia
30-11-2007, 06:48
No? Drat!


So cal huh? You like it here?
It's alright. Too hot in the summers (110+ is normal in July), Santa Ana winds in fall and a disproportionally high ratio of Mexicans to EVERYONE else. And I'm not even near the border.
Delator
30-11-2007, 06:54
I recently drove through central Pennsylvania, and was amazed by how much I hated the place and wanted to leave.

That said, the Southeast is by far the worst...
Sarkhaan
30-11-2007, 07:00
southeast and midwest
South Lizasauria
30-11-2007, 07:32
Anywhere on the coast and the south.
Texan Hotrodders
30-11-2007, 07:44
My least favorite areas were the plains states.

As far as the depth of poverty and injustice goes, I'd have to say East St. Louis was the worst I've been to. Certain parts of Appalachia and other urban areas came close. But the interesting thing about those places is that I met great people in all of them. Sometimes hardship brings out the best in people, I think.
Plotadonia
30-11-2007, 08:37
Deep South urban areas, I'd bet.

Hell yeah, OP steal.

I don't know. I'm liking it here in Midtown Atlanta.
Pepe Dominguez
30-11-2007, 08:43
Meh. I like Kansas, no matter what anyone says. Great place. Ditto for Missouri and Oklahoma.

The only places I really wouldn't want to be are the extremely hot and swampy bits: basically, the gulf coast. Great place to visit, don't want to live there.
Pirated Corsairs
30-11-2007, 08:51
Living in Georgia, I'd say the southeast.
Luporum
30-11-2007, 13:44
I recently drove through central Pennsylvania, and was amazed by how much I hated the place and wanted to leave.

That said, the Southeast is by far the worst...

Aye, central PA has to be the most bleak and uninteresting clump of backwoods settlement in the history of the universe. Aside from Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, etc.
Imperio Mexicano
30-11-2007, 13:47
Iowa.

The whole state smells like pig shit and is nothing but one endless corn field after another.
NERVUN
30-11-2007, 13:53
Well Battle Mountain, Nevada has been designated as the "Armpit of America" and I am inclined to agree.
Luporum
30-11-2007, 13:59
Well Battle Mountain, Nevada has been designated as the "Armpit of America" and I am inclined to agree.

Greatest...name...EVER!
NERVUN
30-11-2007, 14:08
Greatest...name...EVER!
Which one? The Battle Mountain or the Armpit of America?
Kitwench
30-11-2007, 14:17
I think it's pretty obvious which part is the worst -
Washington D.C. !:headbang:
Andaluciae
30-11-2007, 14:17
Atlanta.

A combination of climate, big-citiness and rapid development and urban sprawl create a perfect storm of filth that covers the entire city. Not to mention the people, who are either boring, racist or just plain dumb.
Swilatia
30-11-2007, 14:34
The areas marked in red.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BibleBelt.png
Andaluciae
30-11-2007, 14:42
The areas marked in red.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BibleBelt.png

That reminds me: Terre Haute is also awful.
Law Abiding Criminals
30-11-2007, 16:43
The areas marked in red.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BibleBelt.png

How are Ohio and Indiana not in that?

Also, apparently Utah is the least happy state. That has to count for something.
Poliwanacraca
30-11-2007, 17:12
That reminds me: Terre Haute is also awful.

Seconded. Terre Haute is a miserable place.
Poliwanacraca
30-11-2007, 17:25
That doesn't make sense. Southern Indiana is fine, Northern Indiana is boring as hell. And since when is Southern Indiana in the Bible Belt??

Eh, that map is silly. Missouri doesn't belong in the red, either. :p
Whereyouthinkyougoing
30-11-2007, 17:25
The areas marked in red.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BibleBelt.png

That doesn't make sense. Southern Indiana is fine, Northern Indiana is boring as hell. And since when is Southern Indiana in the Bible Belt??
Intestinal fluids
30-11-2007, 17:41
Its an easy answer, the Gang areas of Miami and L.A........oh and Detroit.
Luporum
30-11-2007, 19:50
That doesn't make sense. Southern Indiana is fine, Northern Indiana is boring as hell. And since when is Southern Indiana in the Bible Belt??

That's the cotton belt. :/

The Bible Belt spans through the Midwest, Utah (Mormons), and stops into Idaho.
Khadgar
30-11-2007, 20:25
That reminds me: Terre Haute is also awful.

Hey! I was born in Terre Haute! You get used to the smell, eventually.
Lunatic Goofballs
30-11-2007, 20:25
I'd have to go with the area known as 'Appalachia'. Specifically, the poorer areas of landlocked southern states riddled with coal mines and not much else. I suspect they have terrible chinese food. *nod*
Greater Trostia
30-11-2007, 20:25
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/washington-dc/images/s/washington-dc-white-house-s.jpg
Whereyouthinkyougoing
30-11-2007, 20:35
That's the cotton belt. :/

The Bible Belt spans through the Midwest, Utah (Mormons), and stops into Idaho.

1) That map is the wiki map for the bible belt (see its url)
2) I'd think that the cotton belt and the bible belt are to about 99% the same area (as you just proved :p)
3) I have never heard of Idaho being included in the bible belt, let alone Utah. Utah is different by mere virtue of being Mormon and seriously, Idaho? Just because its empty stretches happen to have attracted libertarian militia nutcases and probably the odd sect or twelve doesn't mean it's generally more conservatively religious than elsewhere. Otherwise, almost all of the US would fall under "bible belt".
Wilgrove
30-11-2007, 20:42
The areas marked in red.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BibleBelt.png

Oh comon, North Carolina isn't that bad, and I like Tennessee and South Carolina.
Poliwanacraca
30-11-2007, 21:06
1) That map is the wiki map for the bible belt (see its url)
2) I'd think that the cotton belt and the bible belt are to about 99% the same area (as you just proved :p)
3) I have never heard of Idaho being included in the bible belt, let alone Utah. Utah is different by mere virtue of being Mormon and seriously, Idaho? Just because its empty stretches happen to have attracted libertarian militia nutcases and probably the odd sect or twelve doesn't mean it's generally more conservatively religious than elsewhere. Otherwise, almost all of the US would fall under "bible belt".

Wait, Wiki puts Missouri and NOT Kansas in the Bible Belt?

Wiki is officially on crack.
Transatlas
30-11-2007, 22:17
San Francisco. Bunch of assholes.
Pirated Corsairs
30-11-2007, 22:23
The area in red.
http://www.bostonblueyes.com/blog/dumbfuckistan.jpg
Callisdrun
30-11-2007, 22:28
The area known as "the south." Fucking sucks. Utah is pretty awful too.
Jylkaar
01-12-2007, 01:48
you punks, i'm from indiana and half my family lives in kansas!

wait. yeah, northern indiana isn't terribly interesting...except for michael kelsey and notre dame! :cool: ...but mishawaka has those huge hummer plants. and the idiots made one of bush's cronies governor, so i'm still bitter. kansas is flat but kind of nice if you're not looking for a thrill ride of a place, and there's an amazing truck stop/burger joint in a tiny town you haven't heard of...i like it better than portland, anyway. pdx is just weird.

worst, i'd say, is the gulf area, mostly for its weather. or maybe west virginia.

oh and indiana and ohio, far as i've seen, don't seem to have so many of the evangelical/beat-you-over-the-head jesus freaks. hence not so much bible belt, though they've still got their share of churchgoers. it's still the u.s. and not east or west coast, after all.
OceanDrive2
01-12-2007, 02:01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwYH0LE07yY&feature=related

:D
Mystic Skeptic
01-12-2007, 02:22
Hmmm - I see a pattern here. The states with the highest proportion of black citizens seems to be more likely to be considered part of the 'worst' area.

Who knew there were so many racists here.

http://www.ipoaa.com/us_black_population.htm



I frankly voted for the northeast - rude, oblivious and arrogant - who could ask for anything more?
Whereyouthinkyougoing
01-12-2007, 02:33
Wait, d'oh, I totally forgot: I was in Wyoming once and hated it. Haaaated it. So, clearly, Wyoming. Because I say so. *nod*
Potarius
01-12-2007, 02:56
Wait, d'oh, I totally forgot: I was in Wyoming once and hated it. Haaaated it. So, clearly, Wyoming. Because I say so. *nod*

What the hell is this thing you refer to as "Wyoming"?
Sarkhaan
01-12-2007, 03:09
I frankly voted for the northeast - rude, oblivious and arrogant - who could ask for anything more?

Ya know, I've always heard this...and I'll take the arrogant one, but rude and oblivious, I just don't get...

I mean, a study showed that NYC was actually one of the nations most friendly cities, despite its reputation
No, we don't say "thanks" when you hold a door, because that is just a common courtesy. We're always in a rush, so stay out of the way, and don't do things that are...well...obnoxious. We'll get along fine then :)
UNITIHU
01-12-2007, 03:16
Hmmm - I see a pattern here. The states with the highest proportion of black citizens seems to be more likely to be considered part of the 'worst' area.

Who knew there were so many racists here.

http://www.ipoaa.com/us_black_population.htm



I frankly voted for the northeast - rude, oblivious and arrogant - who could ask for anything more?

No, the worst area's are the poorest areas, from what the poll shows. Who lives in those areas has nothing to do with it.

I've found the worst areas are those places farthest away from the ocean.
Cryptic Nightmare
01-12-2007, 03:18
I frankly voted for the northeast - rude, oblivious and arrogant - who could ask for anything more?

Thats everywhere dude...
Mystic Skeptic
01-12-2007, 03:59
Thats everywhere dude...

Not really. In the south north eastern -ers stick out like sore thumbs. (mostly the city folks) if someone says to you "You must be from New York" in the south, do not respond "How'd you know?" The apropriate response would be to say "Oops, I'm sorry - what rude thing did I just do?"

The funny thing is how often people say "How'd ya know?!" totlly ignorant of the fact you are not really just being friendly...

Many in the south say it is because northerners get confused by the local dialect - using words like ya'll, please and thank-you. Really confuses them.

"Northern Hospitality" has no meaning. "Southern Hospitality" on the other hand is quite a common term...
Mystic Skeptic
01-12-2007, 04:02
Ya know, I've always heard this...and I'll take the arrogant one, but rude and oblivious, I just don't get...

I mean, a study showed that NYC was actually one of the nations most friendly cities, despite its reputation
No, we don't say "thanks" when you hold a door, because that is just a common courtesy. We're always in a rush, so stay out of the way, and don't do things that are...well...obnoxious. We'll get along fine then :)

Saying thanks is not also a common courtesy in New York? Oh - I get it - you're making a joke. Ha!
Callisdrun
01-12-2007, 04:09
Not really. In the south north eastern -ers stick out like sore thumbs. (mostly the city folks) if someone says to you "You must be from New York" in the south, do not respond "How'd you know?" The apropriate response would be to say "Oops, I'm sorry - what rude thing did I just do?"

The funny thing is how often people say "How'd ya know?!" totlly ignorant of the fact you are not really just being friendly...

Many in the south say it is because northerners get confused by the local dialect - using words like ya'll, please and thank-you. Really confuses them.

"Northern Hospitality" has no meaning. "Southern Hospitality" on the other hand is quite a common term...

Because you're being just so polite...
UNITIHU
01-12-2007, 04:15
Not really. In the south north eastern -ers stick out like sore thumbs. (mostly the city folks) if someone says to you "You must be from New York" in the south, do not respond "How'd you know?" The apropriate response would be to say "Oops, I'm sorry - what rude thing did I just do?"

The funny thing is how often people say "How'd ya know?!" totlly ignorant of the fact you are not really just being friendly...

Many in the south say it is because northerners get confused by the local dialect - using words like ya'll, please and thank-you. Really confuses them.

"Northern Hospitality" has no meaning. "Southern Hospitality" on the other hand is quite a common term...

And in the north, southerners stick out like a sore thumb as well. I'll take unfriendly over stupidity any day.

Not to mention bigotry. Seriously, I went to go visit family in North Carolina, and sure, everyone I met was really kind, but they were just seeping with racism. They tried to hide it around us of course, but they couldn't hide all of it.

My relatives were the exception of course. They were all really great people, which just goes to show the futility of all of these generalizations.

I would like to note that I do not hate the south because of the people, I hate it because it is hopelessly backwards and trashy. And poor. I feel the same about the Midwest, the suburbs of Springfield Massachusetts, and parts of Rhode Island.
Celtlund II
01-12-2007, 04:21
Deep South urban areas, I'd bet.

Hell yeah, OP steal.

Is the worst for what? Weather? Economics? Friendliness of the people? Attitude of the people? Politics? Food? Dress? Education?

I'm sorry, but you need to be a little, just a tiny bit, more explicit in your question, :eek:
Conrado
01-12-2007, 04:31
Hmmm - I see a pattern here. The states with the highest proportion of black citizens seems to be more likely to be considered part of the 'worst' area.

Who knew there were so many racists here.

http://www.ipoaa.com/us_black_population.htm



I frankly voted for the northeast - rude, oblivious and arrogant - who could ask for anything more?

No, we're just better and more sophisticated than all the rest of you. Yes, I'm from Connecticut.
UNITIHU
01-12-2007, 04:40
No, we're just better and more sophisticated than all the rest of you. Yes, I'm from Connecticut.

Connecticut arrogance for the win! Aren't we so much better than everywhere else?
Krissland
01-12-2007, 04:43
I frankly voted for the northeast - rude, oblivious and arrogant - who could ask for anything more?


While I always appreciate ignorant generalizations about an entire area I think I'll have to disagree with you. We in the northeast, have our own way about us. Just like southerns have their own way, west coast people have their own way and so on. I don't think there is any one part of the US that is "worse" then any other area. Each section has it's flaws. For instance, have you been behind a Maine driver? I would seriously have to call them the worst drivers in the US. I could list a few places when it comes to crime or any of the other million issues people have. So the word "worst" needs to become something more specific.
New Limacon
01-12-2007, 05:03
Deep South urban areas, I'd bet.

Hell yeah, OP steal.
Southern California. Worst. Place. Ever.

The urban areas of the Deep South are actually better than the rural parts. They tend to be more cosmopolitan and, well, urbane.
New Limacon
01-12-2007, 05:08
And in the north, southerners stick out like a sore thumb as well. I'll take unfriendly over stupidity any day.

Not to mention bigotry. Seriously, I went to go visit family in North Carolina, and sure, everyone I met was really kind, but they were just seeping with racism. They tried to hide it around us of course, but they couldn't hide all of it.

My relatives were the exception of course. They were all really great people, which just goes to show the futility of all of these generalizations.

I would like to note that I do not hate the south because of the people, I hate it because it is hopelessly backwards and trashy. And poor. I feel the same about the Midwest, the suburbs of Springfield Massachusetts, and parts of Rhode Island.

Hmm, I am skeptical.
Everyone around you was racist, but they didn't show it (they were hiding it, obviously).

The people you actually know, though, were of course the exceptions to the rule you made up.
And how is the South backwards and trashy? There is a picture of it here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/US_map-South_Modern.png). Can you honestly say that one-quarter of the continental United States has somehow not managed to catch up with the rest of it?
UNITIHU
01-12-2007, 05:19
Hmm, I am skeptical.
Everyone around you was racist, but they didn't show it (they were hiding it, obviously).

The people you actually know, though, were of course the exceptions to the rule you made up.
And how is the South backwards and trashy? There is a picture of it here (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/US_map-South_Modern.png). Can you honestly say that one-quarter of the continental United States has somehow not managed to catch up with the rest of it?

They tried to not show it, but it sort of just, leaked out I suppose. I'm not sure how to explain it, they were always making comments about there mexican workers and stuff in this sort of awkward, elitist manner. My relatives were saintly on the other hand.

And yes, I can honestly say that. I've traveled around the south a lot, I've been to a lot of places and met a lot of people. It's just so, I don't know, unclean? Ignorant?
Trashy and backwards sounds about right.
New Limacon
01-12-2007, 05:35
They tried to not show it, but it sort of just, leaked out I suppose. I'm not sure how to explain it, they were always making comments about there mexican workers and stuff in this sort of awkward, elitist manner. My relatives were saintly on the other hand.
It is awkward when people know they shouldn't be racist, but have been raised to be. Uncomfortable for everyone involved.

And yes, I can honestly say that. I've traveled around the south a lot, I've been to a lot of places and met a lot of people. It's just so, I don't know, unclean? Ignorant?
Trashy and backwards sounds about right.
I ask because I live in the South, and don't find it to be either. However, I live in a city, and urban areas are generally less backward than rural ones. The South is more rural than the North, which may give you that impression, but it's probably a city-country thing. Snopes discusses something similar to this here (http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/civilwar.asp).
Mystic Skeptic
01-12-2007, 05:39
Because you're being just so polite...

Yes, saying "are you from New York?" is a very polite response to someone who has just comitted a faux paux.
Mystic Skeptic
01-12-2007, 05:42
And in the north, southerners stick out like a sore thumb as well. I'll take unfriendly over stupidity any day.

Not to mention bigotry. Seriously, I went to go visit family in North Carolina, and sure, everyone I met was really kind, but they were just seeping with racism. They tried to hide it around us of course, but they couldn't hide all of it.

My relatives were the exception of course. They were all really great people, which just goes to show the futility of all of these generalizations.

I would like to note that I do not hate the south because of the people, I hate it because it is hopelessly backwards and trashy. And poor. I feel the same about the Midwest, the suburbs of Springfield Massachusetts, and parts of Rhode Island.

LOL. Everyone is racist there - but not your relatives. Then you go on about generalizations?

You hate the poor ? thanks for being honest. You hate people who have different cultural values than you (backwards) Nice.

Good thing you don't have any racists....
Mystic Skeptic
01-12-2007, 05:50
While I always appreciate ignorant generalizations about an entire area I think I'll have to disagree with you. We in the northeast, have our own way about us. Just like southerns have their own way, west coast people have their own way and so on. I don't think there is any one part of the US that is "worse" then any other area. Each section has it's flaws. For instance, have you been behind a Maine driver? I would seriously have to call them the worst drivers in the US. I could list a few places when it comes to crime or any of the other million issues people have. So the word "worst" needs to become something more specific.


In Florida I can say yes, I have driven behind someone from Maine. Kentucky. Ohio. Canada. Even Hawaii once. The first sign of winter in Florida is out-of-state plates. I don't think any state has a corner on the bad driver market. Sometimes I think the roads would be a safer place if everyone had to drive motorcycles... at least for part of the year.
Sirmomo1
01-12-2007, 05:50
You hate the poor ? thanks for being honest.

Haha, that's basically the weakest response ever.
Mirkai
01-12-2007, 05:51
The south, without a doubt. I wish they had won the Civil War; if they were their own country it would be much easier to bomb them.
UNITIHU
01-12-2007, 06:01
LOL. Everyone is racist there - but not your relatives. Then you go on about generalizations?

You hate the poor ? thanks for being honest. You hate people who have different cultural values than you (backwards) Nice.

Good thing you don't have any racists....

I said everyone I met. I was making a point about perception how I perceived it to be, from an outsiders viewpoint.

I do not hate the poor, I hate poverty. It's not poor people that make it the way it is, it's the conditions that put them in that situation.

And backwards is backwards. There are places in the south were corporal punishment is still legal in schools. Is that an ok cultural value?
UNITIHU
01-12-2007, 06:02
It is awkward when people know they shouldn't be racist, but have been raised to be. Uncomfortable for everyone involved.


I ask because I live in the South, and don't find it to be either. However, I live in a city, and urban areas are generally less backward than rural ones. The South is more rural than the North, which may give you that impression, but it's probably a city-country thing. Snopes discusses something similar to this here (http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/civilwar.asp).

I live in a rural area actually, but it IS a college town, so it doesn't really count. That might be the case with the racism, but then again, these people were pretty old.
Sarkhaan
01-12-2007, 07:16
Saying thanks is not also a common courtesy in New York? Oh - I get it - you're making a joke. Ha!
No. Holding a door is common courtesy. There is no need to say "Thank-you" for something which should be done regardless...it isn't something "polite" the other person did...they just did what a civil person should.
Unless you think I should thank every person who throws out their garbage or doesn't kick a dog.

Connecticut arrogance for the win! Aren't we so much better than everywhere else?
Clearly the best kind of arrogance. And it seems to be state-wide, which is even better :)
Soviet Houston
01-12-2007, 23:38
There are places in the south were corporal punishment is still legal in schools. Is that an ok cultural value?

Yes, it is still an OK cultural value. In fact, the abolishment of it is a major cause that public schools have become unsafe, because if you don't discipline the kids when they're young, then when they get older they'll be too big to discipline and they'll create all sorts of trouble. (Does "Columbine" ring a bell?)

So yes, corporal punishment is an absolute necessity, both at school and at home.
Callisdrun
02-12-2007, 14:07
Yes, saying "are you from New York?" is a very polite response to someone who has just comitted a faux paux.

I'm talking about your behavior on this forum. For someone who criticizes the manners of northerners so much, yours certainly leave something to be desired.
Callisdrun
02-12-2007, 14:10
Southern California. Worst. Place. Ever.

The urban areas of the Deep South are actually better than the rural parts. They tend to be more cosmopolitan and, well, urbane.

So-Cal is pretty bad, but I still dislike the south more, even given my obligatory Nor-Cal hatred for So-Cal.
Nouvelle Wallonochie
03-12-2007, 03:33
Yes, saying "are you from New York?" is a very polite response to someone who has just comitted a faux paux.

Faux paux? Don't you mean faux pas? The funny thing is that if you were to say "faux paux" out loud it sounds like you're saying poorly translating "fake skin" by saying "faux peau" (when, of course, it should be "fausse peau).

oh and indiana and ohio, far as i've seen, don't seem to have so many of the evangelical/beat-you-over-the-head jesus freaks. hence not so much bible belt, though they've still got their share of churchgoers. it's still the u.s. and not east or west coast, after all.

The distribution of religious people in the US isn't really a "coast vs. interior" thing. This map shows the percentage of Americans who identify as having a religion by state.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Religious_Belief_in_USA-states.png/800px-Religious_Belief_in_USA-states.png
Darknovae
03-12-2007, 04:29
The areas marked in red.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BibleBelt.png

Ugh, I live in those areas too. :( I'm inclined to agree.
Sarkhaan
03-12-2007, 04:56
The distribution of religious people in the US isn't really a "coast vs. interior" thing. This map shows the percentage of Americans who identify as having a religion by state.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Religious_Belief_in_USA-states.png/800px-Religious_Belief_in_USA-states.png

While that map is likely accurate, the difference lies in the definition of what "religious" is. Yes, many people throughout the country identify as religious (80% believe in a higher power), there is a strong difference between the coastal "religious" who attend church weekly, but don't necessarily apply faith to everything, and the Bible Belt "religious" who apply a strict Christian worldview to everything
Nouvelle Wallonochie
03-12-2007, 05:04
While that map is likely accurate, the difference lies in the definition of what "religious" is. Yes, many people throughout the country identify as religious (80% believe in a higher power), there is a strong difference between the coastal "religious" who attend church weekly, but don't necessarily apply faith to everything, and the Bible Belt "religious" who apply a strict Christian worldview to everything

The definition of religious in this is believing in a higher power.

Quite so, someone who is a religiously moderate Catholic is quite unlike the Westboro Baptist Church. However, I still contend that it's not a stark "coastal vs. interior" thing, but more (not entirely, but largely) a rural/urban thing.
Bann-ed
03-12-2007, 06:15
The areas marked in red.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/BibleBelt.png

Whoa.. I didn't know if crept so far north.
That is more like a Bible Splatter than a Bible Belt..
KneelBeforeZod
04-12-2007, 05:44
Which areas of the "US" are worst, you ask me?

The parts that do not kneel before Zod!
Conrado
04-12-2007, 20:49
Connecticut arrogance for the win! Aren't we so much better than everywhere else?

Haha, I guess we are. I'm from Southington, by the way.
Satura
04-12-2007, 21:21
54th and Crenshaw.

Either that, or the Southeast. I can't tell you how difficult it is to discern the word "back" from "bike". Or how annoying it is to be held up in traffic because of all the older people/rowdy college kids that decide to drive down here.
New Czardas
04-12-2007, 21:55
All of them I've seen so far; namely, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nebraska, California, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Especially Florida.
Pirated Corsairs
04-12-2007, 23:12
Which areas of the "US" are worst, you ask me?

The parts that do not kneel before Zod!

Is it just me, or does it seem like this guy has more than the 33 posts in his postcount?

I guess it's just cause they stand out...
The Fanboyists
04-12-2007, 23:37
Duh! New Jersey of course!
Julianus II
04-12-2007, 23:39
Duh! New Jersey of course!

New Jersey bows before the might of Mississippi. Nothing blows like Mississippi.
Sel Appa
05-12-2007, 03:25
Southeast for sure...and california.
Fudk
05-12-2007, 03:37
Connecticut arrogance for the win! Aren't we so much better than everywhere else?

Nah, we Massholes seem to be able to outdo you in that.

Like everything else
Conrado
05-12-2007, 04:50
Nah, we Massholes seem to be able to outdo you in that.

Like everything else

Yeah, your new attempt at socialized health care sure does beat our free market health care.....and your Big Dig in Boston went so well. And how's Ted Kennedy doing? Picked up for DUI again?
Charlen
05-12-2007, 05:15
I couldn't take the southeast because the weather will probably be the death of me. I think the heat and humidity get nasty enough up here in Ohio.
And California I consider to be both one of the best and one of the worst parts of the country at the same time. It's so beautiful and there's so much to do out there yet the insanity out there is just unreasonable.
The South Islands
05-12-2007, 05:33
Anywhere that's not Michigan, Wisconsin, or Minnesota.
Kontor
05-12-2007, 06:11
Haha the Northwest is the best! Only one person voted against it!
Bann-ed
05-12-2007, 06:17
Haha the Northwest is the best! Only one person voted against it!

Two now.
Just because you posted that.

How does that make you feel?
Kontor
05-12-2007, 06:19
Two now.
Just because you posted that.

How does that make you feel?

Uhhhhh, ok, I feel ok. Thanks for your concern.:)
Bann-ed
05-12-2007, 06:21
Uhhhhh, ok, I feel ok. Thanks for your concern.:)

*curses*
Kontor
05-12-2007, 06:23
*curses*

I love you too. *pats you on back*
Kontor
05-12-2007, 06:31
I see a lot of people bashing on the south here. While I could'nt say yea or nae for most of the south I have been to texas and it is a great place.
Bann-ed
05-12-2007, 06:32
I see a lot of people bashing on the south here. While I could'nt say yea or nae for most of the south I have been to texas and it is a great place.

I've always meant to go there.
Kontor
05-12-2007, 06:41
I've always meant to go there.

I feel I should warn you. Unless you like and are used to hot weather (which im not) its going to be a little uncomfortable untill you get used to it (especially during a heat wave).
Bann-ed
05-12-2007, 06:46
I feel I should warn you. Unless you like and are used to hot weather (which im not) its going to be a little uncomfortable untill you get used to it (especially during a heat wave).

I'm not, but having been to Phoenix, Arizona, I am sure I could at least manage it uncomfortably.
IL Ruffino
05-12-2007, 06:49
The south. Why? Because they're like, yeah..
Coorsota
05-12-2007, 07:05
I don't understand how the NE isn't the worst in the poll, guess we know where a bunch of you are from ;).
Kontor
05-12-2007, 07:17
I'm not, but having been to Phoenix, Arizona, I am sure I could at least manage it uncomfortably.

Im sure you could. The biggest problem for me was the glare from the sun. I probably looked the fool squinting all the time while I was down there. I can barly handle glare in the northwest (when it's sunny and im facing it in the car).
Cryptic Nightmare
05-12-2007, 07:37
WOW, I thought this thread be dead by now. :eek:
Coorsota
05-12-2007, 07:39
Nevar!
Higher Austria
05-12-2007, 17:06
Deep South urban areas, I'd bet.

Hell yeah, OP steal.

They're actually far better than the rural areas. Atlanta, for instance, is a pretty chill place. Now New Orleans, on the other hand...
Fudk
05-12-2007, 17:58
They're actually far better than the rural areas. Atlanta, for instance, is a pretty chill place. Now New Orleans, on the other hand...

yeah....its a shithole
The Fanboyists
06-12-2007, 02:36
Screw all the people slamming on the South! My family is from Alabama. Absolutely nothing wrong with them. None of them are rabid fundamentalists, and they are sure as hell not racist!
Tuscaloosa Alabama FTW!!!

While we're at it, FUCK AUBURN! Go University of Alabama!

In other news, there's nothing that's really wrong with DC that isn't wrong with any other urban area.

And Maryland is cool. Except Montgomery county, which is full of communist buggers. Even if the schools there are good, I'm consistently outnumbered by fuckers who don't know that abortion is babykilling.
Fnarr-fnarr
06-12-2007, 02:46
Deep South urban areas, I'd bet.

Hell yeah, OP steal.

Wherever you find the holy babble.:mp5:
Callisdrun
06-12-2007, 03:09
Screw all the people slamming on the South! My family is from Alabama. Absolutely nothing wrong with them. None of them are rabid fundamentalists, and they are sure as hell not racist!
Tuscaloosa Alabama FTW!!!

While we're at it, FUCK AUBURN! Go University of Alabama!

In other news, there's nothing that's really wrong with DC that isn't wrong with any other urban area.

And Maryland is cool. Except Montgomery county, which is full of communist buggers. Even if the schools there are good, I'm consistently outnumbered by fuckers who don't know that abortion is babykilling.

I think you just provided more reason for people to slam on the south.

Only an idiot would think that all those who support a woman's right to her own body as "communists."
Fudk
06-12-2007, 03:12
And Maryland is cool. Except Montgomery county, which is full of communist buggers. Even if the schools there are good, I'm consistently outnumbered by fuckers who don't know that abortion is babykilling.

He trolls me....

He trolls me not.....

He trolls me.....

He trolls me not.....

<picks final petal>

Ah, he trolls me

Whats wrong with commies? And when does Life begin?