What is your state worst at? See here...

[Triana]

SOURCE: http://americablog.com/2014/01/what-is-your-state-worst-at-neat-map.html

[Cirque du So-What]

1. 'Nerdiest State'?

I'll wear that badge with honor!

[pintobean]

2. That one really stuck out as weird.

It's based on "Library Visits per Capita". Since when is going to the library a bad thing?

http://www.statemaster.com/graph/edu_pub_lib_lib_vis_per_cap-libraries-library-visits-per-capita

[Cirque du So-What]

5. A couple other things

New Hampshire's 'worst' characteristic is the highest corporate tax rate (although the article points out that the state ranks 8th in favorable business climate), and New Jersey for the highest personal taxes paid - nevermind that these taxes pay for some of the best-developed infrastructure in the country. I sense a decidedly anti-tax sentiment in the criteria used to define 'worst.'

[WinkyDink]

3. My neighbor's house just burned down, and I'm wondering! (PA.)

[Cirque du So-What]

7. I lived for a couple of years in PA

in an economically-depressed area, and it seemed like a house burned down every other day.

[sufrommich]

4. Ugliest residents?

Who gets to decide that??

[Cirque du So-What]

6. That bastion of journalistic integrity, The Daily Beast, apparently

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-01/the-most-and-least-attractive-states/

[jsr]

8. Truly idiotic.

[pintobean]

9. Missouri use to be known for meth labs.

Law enforcement seems to have a pretty good handle on that now. I guess the meth makers are now going bankrupt.

[Shandris]

19. No, they all moved to Central Indiana.

I think fully a third of them, to my apartment complex over the last few years.

[MannyGoldstein]

10. Actually, Massachusetts has the *best* drivers

Lowest fatality rate per miles driven.

[TroglodyteScholar]

11. I have a quibble along similar lines to Manny's

Wisconsin is far and away the best at binge drinking.

Not even convinced I need to back up that assertion.

[panader0]

12. Alcoholism-Az

Bestiality? C'mon Washington!

[PeaceNikki]

13. DE worst at.... Abortion?

??

WTF does that mean??

[treestar]

30. Yeah what are they deeming worst - a lot of them?

Shouldn't be lack of access as other states must be worse.

I'll go with number of witches.

[IDemo]

14. "Weakest government influence"

Would be cause for extended applause here, where Ayn Rand is a more celebrated hero than Ronald Reagan.

[Brigid]

15. Utah is #1 in porn usage!

[jsr]

25. Gotta stimulate the reproduction

[LadyHawkAZ]

37. I'll say the same thing I said last time this chart got posted...

which was: WTF?? That's one of the few good things about Utah!

[Thirties Child]

16. How can Minnesota be worse than Oklahoma for tornadoes?

Oklahoma seems to have the worst tornadoes and the most per acre. Texas has more, but that's only because it's larger.

Is Ma Barker responsible for Oklahoma's female criminals ranking?

[subterranean]

31. Minnesota was #1 in tornadoes in 2010.

But that was an anomaly. Based on long-term averages, it doesn't even rank in the top 10.

[femmocrat]

17. PA: Arson? Really?

I think it should have been ROADS!

[hunter]

18. California -- Air pollution???

Some of the toughest air pollution laws on the planet were born here.

It's a problem of population and geography. Call it shame and you might as well call Alaska's shame "cold."

And what's with New Mexico, another place I've lived... "Anti-Social?" I suppose if you are an Arizona or Texas white racist it does seem that way...

Seems like whoever was making this map started out drunk and just got drunker. Pretty soon he was just pulling stuff out of his ass.

[B Calm]

20. What kind of idiot made this up?

[Triana]

21. This link gives the sources:

http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/

[Ron Obvious]

22. Bestiality, really?

I bet this is all because of a few high-profile incidents involving horses a few years ago.

Just say neigh, people.

ETA: I can't spell today.

[pokerfan]

33. Yeah, Enumclaw was an unfortunate incident

but also a certain University of Washington fraternity that back in 1990 (allegedly) made their pledges engage in sex with sheep.

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900125&slug=1052653

[Fla_Democrat]

23. Well, that is surprising

In all the years of people stating what topic Florida was 'worst' in, I don't ever recall reading a post that mentioned identity theft.

I can see about 8-10 'labels' assigned to other states, that were used to describe Florida at one point or another. (How did Iowa get "oldest state"?) Identity theft almost seems like a step up.

[99Forever]

24. Perhaps...

... the single most ridiculously ignorant graphic I've ever seen on this forum.

Congrats.

[bobclark86]

26. My commute sucks...

1.6 miles up and down hills on a bicycle -- about 7 minutes if I push it.

[lpbk2713]

27. Florida --- Worst at voting people to elected offices.

... by far.

[Rowdyboy]

28. Mississippi-Obesity? Hell, thats nothing compared to being last in education and first in poverty

That's where we excel-uneducated and poor. Being grossly overweight is just a symptom of those two.

[NuclearDem]

29. We had plenty of green technology

But Illinois stole it.

[dorkzilla]

32. As a New Yorker who lived in Los Angeles for a time, I'm suspicious of that "daily commute" tag

Besides, we have a great public transportation system in the greater NY Metro area which is virtually nonexistent in LA (yes I am aware of the fact that they have a light rail system…which no one takes).

It would take me 1.5 hours to get 25 miles on the 110 every day, no matter what time of day I went to the office.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. The light rail system in Los Angeles is the second busiest in the country after Boston

Weekday ridership is around 200,000 with another 150K on the Red and Purple lines which are heavy rail, not light. Daily rail ridership in LA Metro area is about 365,000 people, or as we say in English, no one.

[dorkzilla]

36. Okay so its not no one, but its a lot less ridership than NYC area-- LIRR and Metro North

have a daily ridership of approximately 600,000. This does not include the NYC Transit system subways or buses which has a DAILY RIDERSHIP OF OVER 5 MILLION PASSENGERS. Or as we say in English, pretty much everyone.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_commuter_rail_systems_by_ridership

http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/

[Bluenorthwest]

35. I saw this map last year, on a site called Policy Mic

It still does not include citations for some of the States. It's not from pleated jeans, just on pleated jeans like some stain of unknown origin.