Worst American-controlled territory left off of the worst state poll

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The Northern Mariana Islands have the lowest male to female sex ratio in the world with an average of 76 men to every 100 women.

Man, I bet every guy there gets laid there at 1.00/.76 the rate of the average man

1.00/.76 is also the ratio by how much your penis size increases when in the northern marianas island fyi

ilm timeshare reality show in the making

Write-in vote for Guantanamo Bay.

when I lived in New Zealand all the Western Samoans spoke of American Samoa as a hellhole.

I haven't heard many good things about Guam, tbh.

lived in the USVI for about a month once, it was chillllllllllllllllllll

By the end of our honeymoon, we were about 40% prepared to say "fuck it" and rip up my our return plane tickets; USVI is so fucking boss

wonder if I can record some people's backing vocals there and declare the whole thing a business expense

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

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xpost about guam:

eh i thought it was fine. there's a strong military presence. it's very japanese-focused, they're 90% of the tourists. there are beautiful spots, but it's also kind of mall-y and run-down in places.

there are certainly parts of the south pacific i'd go to again before guam. that said, it doesn't get my vote here.

what a fucking dope setup that was, RIP 20s

there are certainly parts of the south pacific i'd go to again before guam. that said, it doesn't get my vote here

Isn't it really flat, too?

Not much makes me happier than seeing a GUAM license plate in the lower 48.

voted American Samoa because they're mean to bob barker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4gDA1_-41Y

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Virgin Islands 1

um ...

whut

as far as tropical tourist traps go, the US virgin islands isn't bad at all.

i could understand hating on the british virgin islands -- esp. since the part of their economy not devoted to tourism appears to be entirely devoted to encouraging money laundering.

Lived on St Croix (USVI) for a while when i was 17 and yeah everyone upthread OTM. So chill.

just booked a week in the usvi tbh

Just got back from Puerto Rico. I was struck how much it reminded me of Albania, with beautiful beaches but crumbling buildings. Very surreal to see, say, a nice hotel next to empty lot next to a building with boarded up windows and trees growing through the roof, etc, almost as if a hurricane hit years ago and no one bothered to rebuild (which I suppose may have been the case where we largely were). Also, I saw lots of bombed out cars with missing windows and no wheels, plus lots of places referenced in guide books - parks, museums, restaurants - mysteriously closed, shut down or otherwise derelict. Apparently if PR was a state, it would be poorer than Mississippi.

I should also stress that there were plenty of well-maintained/modern/historic/interesting things to see and do, too. Just surprised by the dilapidated low-points.