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10-28-2006, 09:53 PM
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CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
1. Alabama
2. Mississippi 3. Arkansas 4. Tennessee 5. South Dakota 6. Kentucky 7. Kansas 8. South Carolina 9. North Dakota 10. Nebraska 11. Virginia 12. Missouri 13. Wyoming 14. West Virginia 15. Iowa 16. Wisconsin 17. North Carolina 18. Georgia 19. Louisiana 20. Indiana 21. Maryland 22. Idaho 23. Oklahoma 24. Rhode Island 25. Minnesota 26. Arizona 27. Delaware 28. Montana 29. Ohio 30. Michigan 31. New Jersey 32. Oregon 33. New Hampshire 34. Vermont 35. New Mexico 36. Utah 37. Maine 38. Pennsylvania 39. Illinois 40. Florida 41. Nevada 42. Alaska 43. Washington 44. Texas 45. Connecticut 46. Colorado 47. Hawaii 48. New York 49. Massachusetts 50. California 
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10-28-2006, 09:56 PM
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Re: CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
How does Massachusetts beat out Hawaii?
Aslo, North Dakota is better than South Dakota? That's crazy talk!
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10-28-2006, 09:57 PM
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Re: CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
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How does Massachusetts beat out Hawaii? [/ QUOTE ] Hawaii loses moderate points for hurricane threats and just general out-in-the-middle-of-nowhereness... still better than most states
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10-28-2006, 10:21 PM
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Re: CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
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[ QUOTE ] How does Massachusetts beat out Hawaii? [/ QUOTE ] Hawaii loses moderate points for hurricane threats and just general out-in-the-middle-of-nowhereness... still better than most states [/ QUOTE ] Don't forget backwash exploding toilets.
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#5
10-28-2006, 10:40 PM
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Re: CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
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[ QUOTE ] How does Massachusetts beat out Hawaii? [/ QUOTE ] Hawaii loses moderate points for hurricane threats and just general out-in-the-middle-of-nowhereness... still better than most states [/ QUOTE ] Are you kidding? Hurricanes hit Hawaii every 20-30 years. I've lived in Hawaii in NY, NY should be like #1 or 2 worst states, no way in hell it ranks better than Hawaii. NY sucks for so many reasons its not funny: Taxes are horrible, weather sucks, road system sucks, jobs suck unless you live in NYC. You need to revise this list bad.
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10-29-2006, 05:26 AM
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Re: CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
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[ QUOTE ] How does Massachusetts beat out Hawaii? [/ QUOTE ] Hawaii loses moderate points for hurricane threats and just general out-in-the-middle-of-nowhereness... still better than most states [/ QUOTE ] From someone who grew up in Hawaii(but has never been to Mass.), one dig at Hawaii seems quite fair. Hawaii is small and isolated, and it's very common for people from "The Mainland" to get cabin-fever there. They get antsy and long for the ability to change the scene by driving somewhere; but in Hawaii, wherever you go, you're still there. There's not a whole continent spread before you. You'd have to experience it to know, but that takes a surprising amount of wind out of your lungs. The fact of racial prejudice and violence against white people being widely accepted takes some more wind out of the sails of most of its visitors and residents too. The hurricane threat is over-wrought. Lots of places have natural disasters/storms regularly. Tornados are scarier than typhoons(the tropical word for hurricanes) to me, after a lifetime to adulthood of growing up with typhoons. So are earthquakes, after 25 years of adulthood living with their threat in California. In fact, I miss typhoons, I honestly do! It's probably impossible to describe, or believe, how much. Nature seems alive and vibrant when it changes. If you're the religious type, God seems to clearly manifest himself. I'm not, so I don't know how to describe it.
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10-30-2006, 01:58 PM
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Re: CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
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Hawaii loses moderate points for hurricane threats and just general out-in-the-middle-of-nowhereness... still better than most states [/ QUOTE ] And California may fall into the Pacific....
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#10
10-30-2006, 02:04 PM
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Re: CallMeIshmael\'s \"The 50 Worst States in America\"
Daryn - I've got nothing against Connecticut really (lived there for 4 years), so I guess saying it "sucks" is not fair. But putting it so high seems off to me. Some reasons off the top of my head:
-no major city (proximity to NYC doesn't really count for me, still a pain to get there, easier from No. Jersey) -2nd highest property tax burden in the nation -some of the poorest cities in the country -crappy weather -Al
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