What part of America would you refuse to live in under any circumstances?

I could never live anywhere with lots of poor people. They are dirty and ignorant and steal.

I could only live in a place where most people are upper middle class or better, and college educated. Shopping, the arts, and fine dining are much better in such areas, and the quality of the people is much better.

Deep South, its too hot. I don't think I could live in some of the really sparsely populated parts of the Plains states, either--like North Dakota or Montana or something. Too isolating, especially through the long cold winter. Not sure about a city in that area.

Sorry, Los Angeles.

I'd refuse to live in Texas.

I don't think there would really be any region of America that I wouldn't want to live in just as long as it's not for too long of a time because I think every place has it's positives and negatives. Now the places I wouldn't want to live are specific neighborhoods. I wouldn't mind living in NYC but I wouldn't want to live in the higher crime areas. Just like I think I might enjoy Los Angeles but I'm not about to move to Compton. But I'm from the country so the crime might not be as bad in these areas as it's hyped up to be. And as I type this I can see my own biases coming through because I run by the houses of some rednecks who would probably kill me quicker than any drug dealer would. I guess it just comes down to what your upbringing makes you comfortable with.

I refuse to live in any state that starts with the letters "M", "N", or "A". The rest are all cool.

Under any circumstances? No such place.

My *preferences* line up pretty well with a ranking of US states by % of population with Bachelors Degrees or higher.

Top 15 (highest at top):

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District of Columbia

Massachusetts

Maryland

Colorado

Connecticut

New Jersey

Vermont

Virginia

New Hampshire

New York

Minnesota

Washington

Rhode Island

California

Illinois

Hawaii

Bottom 15 (lowest at bottom):

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Missouri

Iowa

Ohio

South Carolina

Wyoming

Oklahoma

Indiana

Nevada

Tennessee

Alabama

Louisiana

Kentucky

Arkansas

Mississippi

West Virginia

Without a doubt, New Orleans is the only place I would never live. It is a shithole. And the people there suck.

I've lived in Texas, Minnesota, California, and Maryland. I couldn't handle the Minnesota winters (and the summers were no picnic either). Maryland was better. I hate Texas with a passion that still burns brightly today. I've never lived in the south east (i.e. traditional south).

I'm pretty sure I couldn't handle the great plains states.

So, I guess that leaves me in California. Works for me.

Anywhere south of New York (too hot), anywhere without a coast.

Honestly, I wouldn't live in a place that has too many of "the wrong kind of people".

and I think you all know what I mean by that...

Im just saying.

I don't think I would be able to live in the Wyoming/Montana/Dakotas area. Too bleak. I also might have difficulty with places like Kansas that are completely flat and land locked, but I could probably learn to live with that after awhile. I would enjoy living in the South, I love the hot, humid sweaty climate. The only thing I dislike about the northeast -where I currently reside- is the cold.

Above all else, I would never want to live in L.A. F**k L.A

jadsjldsfjk wrote:

Without a doubt, New Orleans is the only place I would never live. It is a shithole. And the people there suck.

tru dat. and my bleached asshole produces better food.

The Wrath of Ricky Rudd wrote:

Oklahoma

I would also like to add, Long Island, Connecticut, the Philadelphia area, all of western Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Michigan.

I hate cold. I hate wet. I hate pollen. I hate humidity.

There's no life north of Santa Barbara nor east of Las Vegas.

Any part of Louisiana except New Orleans.

Precious Roy wrote:

Cleveland, Ohio. I lived there in the 90s and hear that things there have somehow managed to get worse.

(by the way, to the guy who posted about border towns, El Paso, TX is one of the safest cities in the US despite being across the river from Ciudad Juarez)

I'll say it again, DETROIT.

There is a reason Robocop was set in the Motor City. Cleveland is Eden compared to Detroit. I had a friend that use to say she could roll the window down 2 hours outside of Detroit and "smell home".

Watch this and pay special attention to the last 10 seconds.

I would refuse to live in New York (LI and it's horrible NJ suburbs and NY suburbs included), Northern Virginia, D.C., the Main Line, DelCo, Southern California, Minnesota, Most of the MidWest (except Kansas), Mass., Boulder, Southern Florida, Georgia, New Orleans, Eugene, and anything on the Great Lakes (except maybe in the summer)

Duane Alex Johnson Peterburg S wrote:

I would refuse to live in New York (LI and it's horrible NJ suburbs and NY suburbs included), Northern Virginia, D.C., the Main Line, DelCo, Southern California, Minnesota, Most of the MidWest (except Kansas), Mass., Boulder, Southern Florida, Georgia, New Orleans, Eugene, and anything on the Great Lakes (except maybe in the summer)

Where WOULD you live? lol