• @Redditgee@lemmy.world
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    339 months ago

    Mississippi, generally speaking. Also high on the list, for me, is Bama, Louisiana, SC, Arkansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Idaho. They all have redeeming communities and places, but in general, I don’t want to live in any of those states. Before anyone asks, I’ve been to all of them.

    • @dingus@lemmy.world
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      129 months ago

      Louisiana has some damn good food, at least.

      But yeah, those three states clustered together… Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama seem to always be competing with one another for the most impoverished, crime ridden, and poorly educated of the states unfortunately.

  • @books@lemmy.world
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    289 months ago

    Jesus Christ. It’s like asking if I’d rather get kicked in the nuts or punched in there.

    • @pineapple_pizza
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      19 months ago

      Wouldn’t kicking be worse? Both the angle of the impact and the power would make it more painful

  • OldQWERTYbastard
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    209 months ago

    Native Mississippian here. I can’t speak for Alabama, but parts of Mississippi, like the Mississippi Delta, are among the most impoverished parts of the country. While crime is relatively low apart from gang activity, I do remember seeing a notice at a Mississippi delta Dominos location with a special map on the wall. It showed parts of town they would not deliver to after dark.

    My wife is from the Midwest and thought that was the most peculiar thing she had ever seen.

    On the flip side, there are pockets of disproportionate wealth peppered across the state. These places are beautiful, but mostly unobtainable due to housing shortages and sky high interest rates. If you’re lucky enough to snag a home in or around these nicer areas, the already low cost of living in the state can actually be quite nice.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    169 months ago

    It seems like Mississippi mainly wants to make life miserable for Mississippians, while Alabama wants to spread their ruin across the the US.

    • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      29 months ago

      Well… Having been in all 3, I can’t see why you are bringing Ohio in to this. Sure, the Buckeye state has its problems, but MS and AL are way worse.

  • @trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    49 months ago

    To me, the more interesting questions are ‘why?’ and ‘what?’

    Why are they so bad? What keeps them down and how can it be turned around?