kod3200 wrote:
Lol the people saying Florida crack me up. You probably came, visited your grandparents a handful of times and categorized the entire state as one big retirement home.
The old people have little to do with Florida being a giant trash bag, but hey you enjoy it!
Dude, did y'all forget about how hot the girls are down here in Mississippi and Alabama? Ole miss and bama have the hottest girls every year. Any straight guys know these states are where it's at. Nicest people too.
Ps...every time I had to race in Terre Haute in cross country I was temporarily depressed. That place sucks, and is always overcast. The girls were dogs too.
Indiana is depressing/overcast wrote:
Dude, did y'all forget about how hot the girls are down here in Mississippi and Alabama? Ole miss and bama have the hottest girls every year. Any straight guys know these states are where it's at. Nicest people too.
Ps...every time I had to race in Terre Haute in cross country I was temporarily depressed. That place sucks, and is always overcast. The girls were dogs too.
Didn't you post this exact comment on a previous page?
Anyways, to answer your question - no, we did not forget about the hot college girls down there. I mentioned it a few times, as did other posters. I will agree that pretty much all southern schools are filled with beautiful girls. I have friends that are Ole Miss alums, and I always had a fun time when visiting.
monkey in the middle wrote:
Arkansas is the easy winner here
Northwest Arkansas is awesome, Wal-Mart money has made it really nice.
I agree with most of your list, although I'd make a couple exceptions:
Rural Arkansas has some beautiful areas.
The mill towns of Maine are almost all located in great hiking/paddling areas.
For people knocking Idaho ... while it's inhabited by a disproportionate number of whack-jobs, the state itself is stunning in its beauty. I'm not sure I'd want to live there in the winter but it is pretty awesome to visit.
And to people knocking Michigan due to Detroit/Flint ... of course. Every state sucks if you measure by its worst spots. Overall though, Michigan is a great outdoors state with some awesome college towns, surprisingly nice lake towns and endless rugged beauty. But, as a rival Big 10 grad, have to say Go Blow.
I would imagine Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa would be more depressing to live in than some of the more geographically interesting states that have been mentioned.
i chose D2 wrote:
I would imagine Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa would be more depressing to live in than some of the more geographically interesting states that have been mentioned.
Agreed - all of those seem awful, and from the feedback here it seems like Oklahoma is the clear favorite. I'm a Russell Westbrook fan, but I don't think he can make up for the overwhelming suckyness of an entire state.
If you think Iowa is anywhere near that list, and same goes for neighboring minnesota and wisconsin, then you've never been there.
Dial it up wrote:
If you think Iowa is anywhere near that list, and same goes for neighboring minnesota and wisconsin, then you've never been there.
I haven't spent time in Wisconsin and Minnesota, but from what I can tell they appear to have a lot to offer.
About Iowa though.....what is it that makes it so attractive to you? Serious question.
Anti-American Dream wrote:
Dial it up wrote:If you think Iowa is anywhere near that list, and same goes for neighboring minnesota and wisconsin, then you've never been there.
I haven't spent time in Wisconsin and Minnesota, but from what I can tell they appear to have a lot to offer.
About Iowa though.....what is it that makes it so attractive to you? Serious question.
No to speak for him, but as I resident of MN I can say that Iowa just isn't nearly as bad as you'd think. Des Moines is a legit town for having no pro sports. Solid economy, a number of good Universities. I'd never want to live there, but it's not all cornfields. Just a lot of cornfields.
Agreed, Iowa is nowhere near as bad as some of the surrounding states. And MN is pretty awesome (minus the brutal winters). WI is great. Not sure who wouldn't like WI. Especially on a running forum.
Found the idiot. All these replies and your the only one who would think NY depressing.
Please elaborate.
NY- 2 Great Lakes, the Finger Lakes, the Adirondacks, the Catskills, the most populous city in the country, birthplace of chicken wings. Yeah, what a sh*thole!
Anti-American Dream wrote:
The qualifications that I consider for most depressing state are things like: lack of interesting geography, harsh weather, unintelligent/uncultured locals, job scarcity, high crime rate, etc.
So what do you find so unintelligent/uncultured about people in Chesterfield, Clayton, Kirkwood or University City?
And what's so uninteresting about forests in Ozarks or numerous caverns?
And you think Indiana has "redeeming quality" that Missouri does not? St. Louis beats Indianapolis in museums, concert halls, ethnic restaurants, and many other things. It also has a storied franchise that has won 11 World Series titles. (2nd most in MLB.) What Indiana sports team can claim that?
Show Me state wrote:
Anti-American Dream wrote:The qualifications that I consider for most depressing state are things like: lack of interesting geography, harsh weather, unintelligent/uncultured locals, job scarcity, high crime rate, etc.
So what do you find so unintelligent/uncultured about people in Chesterfield, Clayton, Kirkwood or University City?
And what's so uninteresting about forests in Ozarks or numerous caverns?
And you think Indiana has "redeeming quality" that Missouri does not? St. Louis beats Indianapolis in museums, concert halls, ethnic restaurants, and many other things. It also has a storied franchise that has won 11 World Series titles. (2nd most in MLB.) What Indiana sports team can claim that?
Sorry man, but for me personally, none of those things are inspiring. I suppose if I was born in, and had never left the state of Missouri I may be impressed by the Ozarks or St. Louis. I suppose you could certainly do worse than St. Louis, though.
Show Me state wrote:
Anti-American Dream wrote:The qualifications that I consider for most depressing state are things like: lack of interesting geography, harsh weather, unintelligent/uncultured locals, job scarcity, high crime rate, etc.
So what do you find so unintelligent/uncultured about people in Chesterfield, Clayton, Kirkwood or University City?
And what's so uninteresting about forests in Ozarks or numerous caverns?
And you think Indiana has "redeeming quality" that Missouri does not? St. Louis beats Indianapolis in museums, concert halls, ethnic restaurants, and many other things. It also has a storied franchise that has won 11 World Series titles. (2nd most in MLB.) What Indiana sports team can claim that?
If it weren't for oklahoma, Missouri would be in 50th place for me. I can barely stand driving through, and I certainly couldn't imagine spending a whole day or longer there. It looks awful, St. Louis is a dump, terrible weather, people are uneducated in general, plus much more but no need to pile on.
Anywhere in the South. Oppressive, backwards.... shitty roads, shitty schools, no Alcohol on Sundays... Jesus is always watching. But hey, you got low cost of living and low taxes :)
feldman wrote:
I visited Mobile Alabama a few years back. After taking a trip to the mall to kill some time we got back to the hotel. The person at the front desk casually asked where we'd gone. We mentioned the mall we visited, her response was "that's surprising, that's the black mall", we were obviously white.
It would be pretty goddamn depressing living in a state that's still stuck in 1955.
It would be pretty depressing being a person with a superiority complex who visits one of the more interesting and historically significant cities in the South, only to go to a mall "to kill some time".
Pope T-Bag II wrote:
alabamarunner wrote:I would say that Alabama has not quite caught up yet, but we are far from depressing. Depressing is a Seattle kind of thing where people kill themselves regularly. Here people are fat, dumb, and happy.
After catching up on this thread, there were multiple times I wanted to comment on the defenders of The South. Ever heard of the phrase "happy as pigs in the muck?"
It's true that life satisfaction rates often aren't bad in some areas of The South...but like this guy said, they're too stupid to know otherwise. The western states & PNW with culture & character attract educated, cultured people with a higher standard of life fulfillment...it's probably true that these expectations are too high & they're painfully aware of the limitations forced existence imposes. You won't find a true Southerner thinking in these terms. And yes, most of one side of my family is from the South & have spent a fair amount of time there. I could see people being pretty happy with their circumstances if they don't know any better. Probably all depends whether you are from there or moved there. I spent a good deal of time living in the midwest & it truly is a god awful hell hole - all of it besides maybe parts of Minneapolis & northern Minnesota & Wisconsin. But the people "from" there couldn't have been happier than pigs in the muck. You throw in the even lower life fulfillment expectations, a blind/ignorant belief in a higher power/purpose & the hot sub-22 year olds & I bet many of us would be THRILLED growing up & growing old in The South.
Hey, take it easier there buddy!
I agree with you for the most part. As I mentioned before I was born and raised down there, and it used to bug me when people would generalize the entire region as lazy, fat, intolerant, and dumb. However, my travels have taught me that indeed the grass is greener, at least when compared to the South.
I still have a fondness for my family, friends, and the general personality in the South, but in all honesty, I have never met a person from down there who moved away and then moved back. That doesn't mean there are things inherently wrong there, but that there are some way better areas of the country.