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« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2007, 08:27:53 PM » |
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North Dakota: Dismal winter and no major cities.
Utah: Wacky Mormons means you can't buy beer hardly anywhere.
New Jersey: The armpit of America.
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« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2007, 08:33:19 PM » |
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Dakotas & Wyoming = too damn cold, and without the cache & ocean possibility from living in Alaska.
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« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2007, 08:39:13 PM » |
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California--because I can't be happy unless I own my own home and the real estate is just too high.
Missouri--in my mind it has all the bad qualities of the South and the Midwest and none of the good.
Connecticut--too snobby, too small
With the exception of Connecticut, I've never actually been to my choices.
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« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2007, 08:44:30 PM » |
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I think what the Dakotas and Wyoming have in common is their sparse population more than anything. What about Montana though? People don't seem to be as adverse to that state, for some reason.
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« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2007, 08:56:19 PM » |
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I think a state is just too large an entity for this kind of thing. Several states I have lived in rank high in caricatures of "unliveability." Yet at the local level in each state, I found a community within which I could work and live that was fulfilling in light of my own set of values.
Jumping into the exercise, I thought of Texas (they do too much judicial murder there), but then I know that there are pockets of Austin, Houston, San Antonio (etc.) where people work against that sort of legal vengeance, and I imagine those sorts of people might well share other important attitudes towards what I consider to be fundamentals in a way that would make for a good community. I thought of Alabama, but from having lived there for a number of years in the past, I know that there are in fact significant communities in several cities who share many of my own values.
In short, I'd be very hesitant about writing off an entire state. It may be cute, but it seems intellectually lazy, too.
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« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2007, 08:59:31 PM » |
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I've spent enough time in Utah and Wyoming to write off both ...
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« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2007, 09:49:34 PM » |
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Well, y'all don't like my home state, but that's just fine... keeps it from gettin' too crowded down here.
Stars shone on Case? What do people got against Alabama anyways? Or were you referring to Mississippi (in which case the naysayers might have a point)? |
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« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2007, 09:54:17 PM » |
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In short, I'd be very hesitant about writing off an entire state. It may be cute, but it seems intellectually lazy, too.
I see your point, genespleen, but I can freely write off West Virginia without another thought. VP |
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« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2007, 09:56:46 PM » |
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Excuse me, Merigan?
But then again, I agree with Case (who was speaking of Alabama), but hey, if you don't like my state (Mississippi) it means we won't get too crowded!
My top three states:
California (don't like any place where the ground moves more than the air)
New York (too many people)
New Jersey (too close to New York, in spite of it being my father's home state)
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« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2007, 09:58:20 PM » |
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Excuse me, Merigan?
But then again, I agree with Case (who was speaking of Alabama), but hey, if you don't like my state (Mississippi) it means we won't get too crowded!
My top three states:
California (don't like any place where the ground moves more than the air)
New York (too many people)
New Jersey (too close to New York, in spite of it being my father's home state)
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« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2007, 10:01:40 PM » |
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I'm baffled by this dislike of Alabama. I think I'd like living in Alabama, especially Mobile.
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« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2007, 10:02:39 PM » |
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The entire Bible belt. I can't live somewhere where flipping through the radio requires that I hear even a clip of some psycho Jesus Freak.
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« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2007, 10:08:25 PM » |
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The entire Bible belt. I can't live somewhere where flipping through the radio requires that I hear even a clip of some psycho Jesus Freak.
Jesus Freak is actually a song, by DC Talk I think... I'm baffled by this dislike of Alabama. I think I'd like living in Alabama, especially Mobile.
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« Reply #28 on: June 29, 2007, 10:09:45 PM » |
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Mobile can be pretty cool. Just get out of the way of the hurricanes!
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« Reply #29 on: June 29, 2007, 10:19:43 PM » |
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I don't want to live anywhere consistently hot and humid.
I don't want to live anywhere where it is considered socially acceptable to ask a stranger their religious affiliation.
Fortunately, there's a big overlap between the two.
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