Which blue state would you not want to live in.

[ccharles000]

Picking a red state that you would not want to live in is easy. So what blue state do you not want to live in. I pick California because to many people live there.

[taterguy]

1. Illinois, too many FIBs

[Critters2]

16. Yep. The place is crawlin' with 'em! nt

[mcctatas]

19. +1!

what was it they said about US soldiers in WWII? The problem with them was that they were Over paid, Over sexed and over here? That is how we 'sconi folks feel about the FIB's :P

[LNM]

2. I agree with you on Ca.

Way too many people.

[kentauros]

3. I live in a "red" state and I love it!

:P

As for a blue state, any state where the summer temps never get above 35C. Gotta have my hot and humid summers :D

[TZ]

4. California

Don't think I could deal with the earthquakes...

[Mollis]

6. There aren't too many up north.

We haven't had one in...a really long time.

[AlCzervik]

7. i don't remember the last one that was very jarring.

[petronius]

10. Hey! Ixnay on the ecretsay! Everything is horrible here - earthquakes every day,

tsunamis, freeway shooting, killer bees, wildfires, heat waves, the works! Everyone should stay away! (Just send money, we're broke...)

:)

[KitchenWitch]

57. and medflies, don't forget medflies.

[petronius]

94. Them too. A medfly flew out of my orange today, and bit my pinky-finger off

Also, the orange really sucked...

(However, based on this thread, I don't think my campaign of negativity is necessary - there's not a lot of love for the Golden State...)

[Shakespeare]

11. Down south, either. There've been a few mild ones in Orange/Riverside counties, but that's about it

I live just far enough up on the Santa Monica mountains (otherwise known as the Hollywood Hills) that I never feel anything smaller than a 5. The last quake that I felt (and that made me a little nervous) was a 5.5 directly under me in West Hollywood on 9/9/01. It actually did a little damage, but it was two days before 9/11, so nobody ever remembers it.

The more solid the ground you're on, the less shaking you'll feel (it's the liquefaction factor).

[XemaSab]

31. Oh, that's just not true

Four years ago we had that 3.0 like, 15 miles west of Shasta Lake. :P

[madinmaryland]

8. Same here, and

cboynupton.

:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

5. Florida.

and any place that has winter.

[TZ]

9. Oh I forgot one...Minnesota!

Too damn cold for me!

[Arugula Latte]

26. Me too. I'm a complete cold wimp.

But, then, I spent my formative years in California and I've got a low threshhold for what is "cold."

[XemaSab]

32. If you're thinking

"Maybe I should put on a hat, gloves, or a scarf," forget it, it's too cold.

[no name no slogan]

34. Whatta buncha pussies

It's not THAT cold here. Today, it got up to the mid-20s. Right about rush hour, we had an Alberta Clipper roll through, bringing an inch of snow and a 20° drop in temps, all in the space of a couple hours.

Besides, if it's too cold out, we stay indoors, by the fire. Or we wear a dozen layers and plug in the car overnight, so the battery doesn't freeze.

[TZ]

36. Three words: snow in APRIL

which happened at the tail end of my visit near the end of April last year. Thats positively unnatural to me...

[no name no slogan]

38. But it was gone a week later!

We always get one blizzard in late March/early April, during the high school hockey tournaments. It's tradition. If we didn't have it, the ice hockey season would never end.

Trust me on this-- Minnesotans would keep playing ice hockey until June if we didn't have the spring blizzard. :)

[Left Is Write]

29. What?! Minnesota is the center of the universe, fer cryin' out loud!

[Pierre.Suave]

35. I love you

:P

[LaraMN]

40. OMG! Finally, truthiness!

The weather pisses me off, but it IS the center of the universe.
Well, it IS at the damn center of North America!

[Pierre.Suave]

43. center. universe. MN.

Deal with it.

:P

:hi: northland MN DUer!

[TZ]

64. As someone who lives 30 miles from the leader of the free world

I beg to differ...:P

[Pierre.Suave]

33. You are Dead To Me

Officially.

:P

MN is the greatest place on earth.

[Exilednight]

12. Florida, it looks fake and can flip blue on the drop of a dime. n/t

[leftyclimber]

13. Oregon.

Too many weird interest groups have cropped up there in the last 20 years or so and gotten too much power in government. I grew up there, but it's by no means the state I remember.

[ccharles000]

17. My sister wants to move there.

[leftyclimber]

30. It may be a great place for her. By no means am I saying don't move there.

For me, it's more how the state has changed since the 1970s that bothers me -- a lot more freepitude in the areas that have traditionally been pretty liberal (except for Portland and Eugene, who fortunately dominate on sheer numbers) and tremendous abuse of the ballot initiative process to advance RW agendas.

Your sister isn't going to see the state through the same eyes I do. Also remember that I'm fairly recently returned from living abroad and am pretty disillusioned with how things are going in the whole country (although I'm relieved about the recent changes in federal government), so I'm probably a bit more cynical than I should be.

The unemployment rate in Oregon is horrendous right now, but if your sister has some work lined up it may be a great place for her.

Where is she thinking of moving?

[ccharles000]

49. her boyfriend lives in Roseburg. So if she moves it will be there.

[PVnRT]

14. California, no contest

Expensive and crowded. No thanks.

[Critters2]

15. Illinois.

I prefer the purple state I call home.

[Xipe Totec]

18. Texas

Oh, wait, you said NOT live.

In that case....

Hmmm....

I'll get back to you on that...

[ccharles000]

20. I don't believe that is a blue state.

:hug:

[Xipe Totec]

21. I know, I wish it was...

I thought the question was which Blue State would you like to live in.

I would dearly love to see Texas turn bluebonnet blue.

[kentauros]

28. We are... slowly

:D

[cherish44]

22. Wisconsin! Two words..Cheese Heads

Sorry I'm from Illinois and caught the FIB comment at the top and had to extract revenge.
:evilgrin:

[mockmonkey]

63. I live in Wisconsin...

and I've never heard of a "FIB" until I joined DU. You'll always be "flatlanders" to me. :hug:

[cherish44]

70. Before DU I knew Wisconsin people called us FIBs but I didn't know it was national thing!

But in my state of denial I assume they mean people from Indiana or Iowa :) By the way I live about 35 miles from the Wisconsin border and am friends with a few Cheeseheads. They're very cool. When my mom went to Madison for her cancer treatment about 15 years ago, the staff and doctors were absolutely the nicest people I've ever met in my life.

[zombiezneedluv2]

79. What does that mean? (FIB)

[cherish44]

88. Contains obsenity

Fucking Illinois Bastard...SO not nice! It's usually said in a tone that implies it a BAD thing. :P

[Pool Hall Ace]

89. Oh, I checked AcronymFinder.com and found

Friendly Illinois Brethren and Friendly Illinois buddy and was wondering, "What's so bad about that?"

I didn't know it meant that.

[femmocrat]

23. Massachusetts

Too cold and cost of living is too expensive.

[Initech]

24. Ditto.

Plus I'm not a Red Sox or a Celtics fan by any means, so that would make it all the more difficult.

[Forkboy]

78. We still have the Bruins and Patriots.

:hide:

:)

[Forkboy]

77. I love the cold, but it is damn expensive up here.

Still a cool state though. We got some groovy reps. :)

[Shell Beau]

25. I can't say any state until I have been there and seen why I couldn't live there.

I think every state has something to offer. There has to be a city or town in each state that is lovely.

[Pierre.Suave]

37. But you know why MN is awesome right?

and you could totally move here...

:P

[wickerwoman]

27. Is Pennsylvania a blue state?

That or Michigan. I was born in Michigan but I'm so glad I didn't grow up there. I can't imagine going to school in the Detroit school system (no offense to Michigonians... the lakes seem nice).

[femmocrat]

39. The corners are!

Central PA (known as the "T" counties) are notoriously conservative. PA just about always goes blue in presidential elections, though... except for Reagan and Bush I as I recall.

But PA is a wonderful place to live. Relatively low cost of living, beautiful scenery, temperate climate, friendly people. It's just hard to find a good job here, unfortunately. We've had economic difficulties since the 1980s.

[wickerwoman]

44. I just have freaky bad luck in Pennsylvania.

A four hundred dollar traffic ticket... the worst flight of my life landed in Philly... the Philadelphia passport agency misspelled my name on my passport causing nine years of grief (also would not accept the application when I tried to give it to them in person... they made me go out of the building and mail it to them)... a freak storm that ruined some stuff I was transporting on top of my car... my least favorite relatives live in Pennsylvania... Plus I used to live in Jersey and got really sick of people from Philly acting like Jersey is the gateway to Hell. Have they not actually looked around the place they live? And Amtrak making you change to the local milk train outside of Philly adding half an hour to what should be a ten minute buzz through. And lets not even talk about Scranton.

But Quakers are a good thing and I like the cheese steaks.

[GoneOffShore]

52. New Jersey isn't the gateway to Hell?

What about all those signs on the Tacony Palmyra Bridge - "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here"?

And that sulfurous smell when you cross the Walt Whitman?

What about that?

And Parsippany? Can you explain Parsippany to me? Please?

[wickerwoman]

55. I'll accept that Jersey is the gateway to hell,

if you'll accept that Philly is hell. :evilgrin:

[GoneOffShore]

84. Only bits of it.

Same with Jersey - Only bits of it.

And you haven't given me an explanation for Parsippany yet.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

85. Parsippany is where you go if you want to get hit by the cashier at Stop & Shop

[femmocrat]

68. I apologize for eastern PA.

Come out west... it's gorgeous here and people are NICE! :)

[blue_onyx]

45. Umm...you know the Detroit School system

isn't the only school system in Michigan, right?

[wickerwoman]

53. It's where I would have gone to school

if I had grown up there.

That's not the reason I wouldn't want to live in Michigan... it's just the reason I'm glad I didn't grow up there.

[harmonicon]

41. any that have smoking bans (no I don't want to start a flame-war here)

just a simple thing that means that I can enjoy life more. I'd like to never move back to the US, so I guess it doesn't really matter. However, most of the places in the US that I would otherwise not completely hate living in have smoking bans.

[friedgreentomatoes]

92. where r u now?

:hi:
fellow smoker who is willing to move to be able to smoke
:hug:

[harmonicon]

93. ha! I'm in the UK with a country-wide smoking ban

At least it never gets as cold here as it does in Chicago, which is a city I used to live in and totally love. So now I just go outside to smoke. The Netherlands instituted a smoking ban, but lots of places have gone against it, including entire towns, and it's slightly more sensible in some bars where they allow smoking floors and rooms that are separate from the main bar (something which I think is reasonable). I was in the Czech Republic last month and really enjoyed being able to sit down and have a cigarette with my beer there. Both are countries that I'd like to move to, though I'll just stay in the UK if I can - life is good here.

[friedgreentomatoes]

97. I flew back home using BA in 2005

and smoking was allowed at Heathrow. I next went home in 2008, and by then they had turned LHR to non-smoking.
I had the most miserable 6hrs of my life there. I was dying for a cig after an 8hr flight.
Next time I flew Lufthansa. They still allow smoking at Frankfurt.
Will not fly BA again.

[harmonicon]

100. oh, you're in for a surprise

Frankfurt international airport went non-smoking last year. It sucks, but that's life, I guess. Last time I took a transatlantic flight I bought some nicotine gum and had a piece or two of that on the plane. I guess it helped a bit, but I don't know if how disgusting it is makes it worth it.... maybe I'd rather just be losing my mind than having an awful taste in my mouth for hours.

[catzies]

42. One of the northernmost ones because I hate cold and "don't do winter."

And being a Californian already that was ruled out.:)

[blue_onyx]

46. If we're using the states that went blue in 2008....

I guess I would pick North Carolina. I don't like hot weather so Florida wouldn't be fun either.

[femmocrat]

67. My dream house is somewhere in NC.

I know it gets hot there, but we really want to retire to NC. Love the beaches. So beautiful. So fragile.....

[dana_b]

47. Indiana

sorry.. it just doesn't do anything for me. I'll stay in my unpopular California!

[rug]

48. New Jersey. Mainly because of Secaucus.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

86. Fortunately, Secaucus is so easy to avoid

[GoneOffShore]

50. Have to go with California - Well, north of San Francisco anyway.

Pros - medical marijuana, wine, beautiful scenery.
Cons - Drivers, pedestrians, the CHP, no sense of humor or irony, the wine, pedestrians, drivers, the CHP, the beautiful scenery, earthquakes, drivers, pedestrians,the CHP, the present governor, Berkeley, Sacramento, drivers, pedestrians, the CHP, Ronald Reagan, the CHP.

Added on edit:

Earthquakes, pedestrians, drivers, the CHP

[jmowreader]

80. Don't hold back

Tell us how you really feel about the CHP.

[Lucian]

51. WI, but that's because I'm Minnesotan.

:P

[Robeson]

54. Vermont.

[DeepBlueC]

59. Vermont is pure heaven

except for the flatlanders .. but then they are the guys who turned it blue. hmmmm :shrug:

[Tektonik]

56. Florida

I hear way too many horror stories from people visiting and living in Florida.

[Iggo]

58. There's a whole bunch of open space in CA...

...where almost noone lives.

But those are the red parts. Burn! :rofl:

[DeepBlueC]

60. I'm gonna go with Florida

It's full of alligator pits, especially up by the Panhandle. Oh and I'm not talking reptiles...

[Angleae]

61. Yet another vote for CA.

Grew up there, ain't going back.

[Skittles]

62. California

nice to visit but no way would I live there

[Vektor]

65. Any of the cold ones that get snow. I live in CA and love it.

Hate the cold, not interested in "the four seasons".

I want one season. Summer. It gets cold enough in the Bay Area, but we never get snow, so I can deal.

Snow is beautiful in pictures, and my wonderful home state of MA is a great place to visit in July.

[old mark]

66. I did live in CA, and thank you, no. Moved back to PA.

Mass and NJ are not for me, either...I'll stay here in the freezing north.


mark

[Chan790]

69. Connecticut.

Home of:
*Two terrible Senators who are an embarrassment to the Democratic Party.
*The most corrupt city in America (Waterbury: home of John Rowland, Phil Giordano and enough GOPers to make you doubt the liberality of CT.)
*M. Jodi Rell
*Hartford
*New Haven
*Bridgeport
*Stamford
*Can't forget New London
*8PM liquor store closings and Sunday blue laws
*High taxes and abysmal social programs
*Birthplace of George W. Bush
* The CT-4 bottleneck through Farmington Center. (There is no way to explain why a 8 lane-highway (the major thoroughfare to the NW corner of the state) reduces to a 2-lane street within 1 city block. Yes, it's 2 blocks off from the historical district...the buildings that prevent widening were all built within the past 50 years though. Nobody is going to cry over the relocation of the car dealership, the drive-thru bank or the Starbucks 90 feet farther back from the current road.)

[JustJeking]

71. Michigan

Don't get me wrong - I grew up there, near Detroit, and LOVED it. I will always have fond memories of the place. But the job market in the state is dismal, and the scandal surrounding the former Detroit mayor (Kwame Kilpatrick) leaves me muttering WTF!?! on a continuous loop. Seriously, what the heck?! Okay, okay - I'll stop there. :)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

72. New York, New Jersey, possibly California or Minnesota.

I'm sorry. I actually married a New Yorker, and yes, New York City is undoubtedly the most happening city in the country culturewise. But a) that nasal accent, b) that overrated sense of superiority, and c) the Yankees make it a non-starter. Upstate people are a lot more genuine and real, but the problem is lake effect snow. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

New Jersey, just because it's New Jersey. Sorry New Jersey-ites, I'm sure you understand. But one trip to Monmouth County to visit a then-girlfriend and I couldn't understand why anyone would want to live there. They've outlawed left turns. Left turns!

Californians have an annoying overrated sense of superiority too, plus I wouldn't want to live in an earthquake zone or any place that is so dry and unhumid that it catches fire every six months. Plus the current governor is a pathetic joke. Plus your contributions to the presidency include Reagan and Nixon. Plus your oceans are too cold to swim in most of the year. Plus your oranges suck.

Yes, the southern part of the state is warm, and that is a plus over any frozen hellhole. Still wouldn't pick it over Florida, though.

Minnesota is just too damn cold. The people are nice, though. But it's too damn cold.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

87. Ummm...you can make left turns in NJ...

[wickerwoman]

91. You just have to turn right first.

:evilgrin:

God, I miss Jersey.

And they have the best sappy state song (broadcast on PBS at three minutes to midnight): "New Jersey and Me"

[Strong Atheist]

73. Anywere

cold... x(

[Celeborn Skywalker]

74. Iowa, I guess.

I dislike most of Cali also but I love LA and the Bay Area.

[elifino]

75. Even though it is red, I will stay in Northwest Georgia

I have been lucky to have worked in Canada, England, France, Germany, South Africa, Japan and in the US states including Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Kentucky, Florida and Georgia. I enjoyed living and working in most of these locations, however now I like the mostly good weather, slow pace of life, cost of living, and the friendly people of the South.

[Reverend_Smitty]

76. Basically any state that is landlocked...

or where below zero temps are not unusual in the winter, or where earthquakes are a real possibility...oh and I don't like oppressive heat either. So basically I never want to move out of the NE corridor of the US

[Burma Jones]

81. Rhode Island

[Sheltiemama]

82. A cold one.

Tennesseans do not do cold well.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

83. California.

Too goddamn many people, too many natural disasters/problems, and it's 3 hours behind the rest of the nation.

:P

[DevonRex]

90. Michigan only because I might have a hard time being a Red Wings fan.

But I've been there and it's actually a nice place.

[kwassa]

95. California is great! and Michigan sucks beyond belief!

I was born in Detroit, and lived in California for 17 years.

With the death of the American auto industry, Michigan has taken an amazing and unalterable nose dive.

[Withywindle]

96. Florida.

I'll be the oddball here. I HATE hot weather. I like to live where there are all four seasons, but summer is my least favorite.

Besides, Florida people are crazy.

[cynatnite]

98. Minnesota. n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

99. i only want to live in nyc, sf, seattle, toronto, london, vancouver or montreal

everywhere else is somewhere i dont want to live in.