The United States of Shame - What is your state the worst at?

[devilgrrl]

Whether it’s a fat population, high rate of STDs or excessive tax rate, it turns out that every state ranks dead last in at least one unsavory category.

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

[maxsolomon]

1. Go Washington State!

Our Bestiality "problem" is really just 1 group of freaks, but they won't stop with the horses.

[Ken Burch]

5. I've heard you're considering adopting the "Mr Ed" theme as your state song!

n/t.

[Bigmack]

19. We just love our animals more than most people. nt

[eridani]

63. But it's illegal now! n/t

[maxsolomon]

71. probelm solved!

that works for anything. just make it illegal, and problem solved!

[lumberjack_jeff]

74. Bestiality? Whatever. We also have the least fair tax system in the country. n/t

[Saturday]

2. Ugliest residents? Who decided that? lol nt

[sixmile]

22. from the site:

34. North Dakota: ranked last in ugliest residents report as chosen by The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/1272/1/?redirectURL=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-01/the-most-and-least-attractive-states/

[HereSince1628]

3. Dead last in tornadoes is a worse thing?

I connfuuzed. Mn has more tornadoes than other states?

[Demoiselle]

24. Yeah, I wondered about that.

The report says further on the Minnesota had the most "reported' tornadoes...123...of any state in the Union in 2010. Even if that's true, it has to be a fluke.
Texas is smack dab in Tornado Alley, East West North and South, and is the biggest state except for Alaska. More land mass in the alley means more tornadoes,year after year by the law of averages and the odds and whatnot. (I'm not making this up, I read it a few years ago. )

Washington State won the bestiality sweepstakes with 4 reported cases. Hmmph.
And how, pray do they meaure "ugliness." As someone born in North Dakota, I take very serious umbrage at that.

[Ken Burch]

4. When they say Utah is worst at "Porn Usage"...

does that mean they watch more of it than the rest of us, or they have more trouble watching it?

(perhaps it's harder to download when your keyboard is drenched in Postum).

[Codeine]

7. They use it poorly.

They probably pay for it! :scared:

[krispos42]

10. I betcha the ER X-rays are very interesting n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

75. Yup. "You're doing it wrong." n/t

[FormerDittoHead]

58. ...and I take umbrage at the suggestion that there's something "wrong" with porn... n/t

[Kalyke]

72. There's a lot wrong with most porn today.

It's highly degrading of women - hell, for no more than they're actually in the flicks, they might as well use pocket pussies.

[Kablooie]

66. Maybe they have trouble understanding it.

Though with all those multiple wives, it seems they would be experts.


(My apologies to LDS members here but you've watched Big Love haven't you?)

[cali]

6. so the worst they could come up with for my state is supposed infertility

which is based on the birth rate? And no, low birth rate doesn't necessarily indicate infertility. dumb map.

[devilgrrl]

25. totally silly assed map

:shrug:

[TexinD]

8. Studpidity in Texas.

That more than half of Texas voted the corrupt moron Rick Perry for another Term as out Governor.

When someone talks about succeeding from the Union and lies about the stimulus money he's spent, he's well... a Teabagger and shouldn't be in any form of government power.

[rko_24550]

16. +10000

[blogslut]

51. s e c e d e

s e c e d i n g

[w8liftinglady]

65. Hell,Texas leads in a few things

uninsured
teenage preganancy(well,we are second)
marriages =divorces

and,now...stupdity.
shit.
just shit.
I'm stuck here.

[krispos42]

9. Why is Delaware's ranking in "Abortions" bad?

This would seem to indicate that the reproductive rights of women are the most accessible there.


I suppose it could indicate a bunch of other things (high rape rate, high teen pregnancy rate, high poverty rate) but if so, then they should just list the problem, not the fallout.



Besides, I figured it would be "tolls per mile driven". :-)

[LynneSin]

62. I figured it would be outrageous credit card fees

But yeah, I have to agree with you with Abortion.

We've got a great planned parenthood group here in Delaware and they worked with the Governor to create fair rules when it comes to abortion.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. We have Michele Bachmann. That's way worse than tornadoes.

[jwirr]

37. Absolutely.

[slackmaster]

12. Oklahoma really deserves Tornadoes

Florida should have been tagged for Lightning Strikes.

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. "Oklahoma really deserves Tornadoes"?

Surely you've been in a tornado. I have. No one deserves tornadoes. No one.

I respect your opinion 99% of the time. Sorry though; I can't get behind this one.

[slackmaster]

35. Oh shit, I wrote that very poorly

Oklahoma should have been tagged with Tornadoes. The people don't deserve them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

42. We in MN have more of them, but OK has worse ones.

I think they were looking at quantity rather than quality.

[a la izquierda]

30. Gee thanks

I never agree with you on anything, and I'm not about to start here. But you're entirely too comical to put on ignore.
I'm sure all of the folks whose homes got destroyed last May would appreciate your sentiment. Ah, but we live in a red state, so really, who gives a shit?x(

[slackmaster]

36. I meant to say that Oklahoma should have been tagged with Tornadoes

Rather than "Female criminals".

BTW I donated $500 to the Red Cross after a bad tornado outbreak in Oklahoma a few years back.

[a la izquierda]

41. thanks for clarifying...

we do have an inordinate amount of lady criminals, tho.

[slackmaster]

44. I thought Texas had more of them, including a distant cousin of mine.

She was executed several years ago after being convicted of using a pick axe to murder her husband.

[a la izquierda]

45. Eep! Yikes...

I'm wondering if perhaps it's a percentage of the population??

[CTyankee]

56. when I was a kid we had a neighbor who shot her husband dead in the driveway.

She was nice to me but mother and daddy said she had a bit of a temper. As her husband fell dead, he said "You bitch..." He HAD been cheating on her, tho, knew she had a bad temper and always carried a pistol in the glove compartment when they travelled.

Then governor of Texas Allan Shivers pardoned her as he was leaving office. She only spent about a year or so in prison and all that time was in the infirmary for her "heart problem." She was a major donor to Shivers' campaign for guv. I guess it was the least he could do for her. We never saw her again, tho.

[Dappleganger]

49. Yes!

I was surprised to not see that. Our neighbor's home was struck by lightning two summers ago, which in turn reached out and struck our house after it traveled through theirs. A very exciting event, thankfully nobody was seriously hurt (the neighbor was zapped out of his chair). Never seen anything like it before and hope to never again.

[dmallind]

13. NY also has property tax/house price crown. NT

[LexLuthor1]

14. Proud Masshole.

Considering some of the other options if being crappy drivers is the worst thing that can be said about us I am cool with that lol.

[xchrom]

15. thanks for the smile. nt

[pipi_k]

17. Worst drivers....hahahahaha!!! And look!

They're all out in the eastern part of the state!


*snicker*

:+

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. How is "Poorest health" different from "Most sickly"?

"Nerdiest state"?

Please.

[sixmile]

20. More on Mississippi...

from the web site:

BONUS facts: Mississippi ranks last in the most number of categories. These include highest rate of child poverty (31.9 percent), highest rate of infant mortality (10.3 percent) lowest median household income ($35,078), highest teen birth rate (71.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19) and highest overall rate of STDs.

[provis99]

38. it's an old joke in Mississippi

Mississippi was always last in everything good, and first in everything bad.

[madmom]

23. Nerdiest state? what the hell does that mean? The state with the most

library visits per capita, well, it's not that everyone goes to the library, it's that a few go a lot! I mean they voted to bring back a repug government, they can't be that smart!

[damntexdem]

26. Hey, come on -- this is too tough in Texas!

We're worst at so many things. Why pick just on HS graduation?

;-)

[delightfulstar]

27. That may be a bit of a stereotype, regarding AZ...

We do have a large Native American population, and there is known to be a large incidence of alcoholism in that community. However, there are also other significant issues here with civil rights (especially related to the immigration debate and people like Joe The Deporter), housing (we were hit very hard by the mortgage crisis - there is a foreclosure house on the market next door to me, in fact), and political struggles (a push for progressivism, against staunch conservatives like McLame). Fortunately, we have some voices of reason here, like Gabby Giffords, Raul Grijalva, and Sheriff Dupnik, so there is hope, and I think the tide will turn eventually. There is a large migration from both Chicago (very blue), and there are quite a few Canadians moving here who tend to lean left. Many in the Latino community are also feeling abandoned by the Repuke rhetoric, and are leaning left, as well. And many people who left California during the housing crisis came here, including a few of my neighbors, and California is a solidly blue state. There's nowhere to go but up.

[Lint Head]

28. Tennessee is full of idiot State Representatives and Senators

not to mention our illustrious Repig Guvna. They are constantly coming up with ridicules legislation.

[TygrBright]

29. Well, considering what the rest of you are like, can you blame us in NM for not wanting to socialize

...with a bunch of bestialist, gonorrhea-ridden, lousy drivers?

snootily,
Bright

[Urban Prairie]

31. Unemployment...sigh....

Yep, and our new self-described "nerd" governor who was CEO of a company notorious for off-shoring jobs, (Gateway) is now the leader of a state with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, and was elected on his platform of creating jobs in Michigan, mostly by out-state rightwing voters who actually fell for that crock of BS, hook, line, and sinker.

Not that I was expecting to be "blown away" by the Democrat candidate, Virg Bernero, had he won instead, but at least he didn't promise to do what very likely won't happen Michigan anytime soon, and that is to somehow initiate a reversal of its decade-long downward economic spiral.


Michigan is still waay too dependent upon the domestic automotive industry, and due to the proliferation of foreign automakers locating and building non-unionized vehicle manufacturing facilities in southern right-to-work states who were lured there by being granted incentives, tax deferments, and exemptions, perhaps Snyder and his administration in Lansing should seriously consider going to China with their hats in hand, and try to lure Chinese automakers into manufacturing some of their vehicles here, including perhaps refurbishing some of the long abandoned factories, plants, and buildings. Michigan might as well get on the "ground-floor" of the Wal*Mart "business model" and begin making very cheap one-owner only, un-resellable vehicles, that are not worth having major repair work performed on them, and are just junked, like most of the crappy electronic and mechanical gizmos that are made in China and sold here in the US now.

[HopeHoops]

32. PA - road repair

It isn't going to get any better under asswipe Corbett.

[old mark]

33. We also have probably the MOST DISHONEST state government in the USA!

And that is traditional, no matter which party is in power...


mark

[HopeHoops]

59. Yeah, but Corbett seems to be out to set a record on that front.

[TK421]

57. yup..there are places you can't even ride a bike safely!

[MgtPA]

73. I would have said Potholes for PA - arson?

[Altoid_Cyclist]

34. We do have a big problem with Arson in PA, but I think that we

should also be recognized for being number 1 in importing trash from other states.

[provis99]

39. I would've figured Michigan would be first in arson.

You know, with Detroiters and Flinters burning down their towns every Hell Night. Maybe Michigan is actually first in unemployment and arson, but they had to give Penn something?

[Altoid_Cyclist]

50. I didn't check to see what year these statistics referred to.

PA had two big arson sprees in 2009. Coatesville in the east and New Castle in the west might have been enough to put PA out front.

The areas in PA are pretty much like the areas in MI. They have largely become relics after being prosperous years ago. The drug gangs move in and out of town owners looking to cash in on insurance tend to be two common factors.

The way that things are going, I can envision a lot of states and cities being in the same boat.

[KamaAina]

40. The air pollution is mostly SoCal's fault.

:P

[sakabatou]

48. True

That basin is horrible. Ick.

[walldude]

43. Cocaine Use?

So do we use too much or too little? I'm confused :rofl:

[sakabatou]

46. I don't think nerdiness is bad.

[Cleita]

47. I've seen worse air pollution in Idaho and E. Washington

especially when the farmers burn the fields in the fall than I ever saw in California and I lived in LA for thirty years.

[GoCubsGo]

52. Most mobile homes and....

...per capita violent crime rate. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/ranks/rank21.html

[Youth Uprising]

53. Some of these are silly...

Nerdiest state? Really? What the hell is wrong with that? Sadly, my state is the highest in homeless population.

[FLPanhandle]

54. Florida...Identity Theft? Bush stole Gore's Presidency, did that count?

[Saphire]

55. so tha edukashun n texus suks??? who new.

[BobbyBoring]

60. I didn't know about Aids

In Maryland. I do know we're BEST at sending business to neighboring states. Every 15 minutes, there's a new tax on something that you can already buy cheaper by taking a short drive~

[LynneSin]

61. Wilmington DE is the credit card capital of the USA and we get Abortion?

I expected to see annoying over-bloated credit card fees.

As for Abortion, I'm glad to see that Delaware has reasonable, safe abortion laws that will allow a woman of any financial means to get one if needed.

[treestar]

69. I guess it's better than cancer, which was what I thought it was?

It's been the common wisdom we had the worst cancer rate.

[Le Taz Hot]

64. "Ugliest residents?"

Really?????? :wtf:

[DainBramaged]

67. Electing stupid Republican Governors....

[Javaman]

68. I live in Texas. Take your pick. nt

[Doremus]

70. Nerdiest? That's all they can say about a state that's been under the thumb of repukes for 20+ year

Kicking the Dems to the curb after 4 short years following 20-year rule by crooked, vile, do-nothing repukes is NOT the definition of "nerdiest" in my dictionary.

I think the person who decided Ohio is the "nerdiest" state is an asshole.