Worst state in the US

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/1-in-7-cars-in-Greenwich-a-BMW-or-Mercedes-3340419.php

i dunno that all sounds like generic lol new england stuff to me -- is there some way that vermont or new hampshire is way better or exzempt from the same kind of ire?

― some dude, Friday, April 27, 2012 11:15 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

vt n nh r p diff than ct, none of the things on my list apply to them particularly, ct is like only half new england culturally really and even then there are a lot of differences w/in that

ct has a vaguely disapproving vibe

fair enough -- i genuinely don't know that area well and am being mostly curious and only somewhat facetious and difficult here (xpost)

it's just a huge foresty rich person suburb w/ some boats

ct has a vaguely disapproving vibe

― Lamp, Friday, April 27, 2012 11:22 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well that is p generally new englandy

partly i just think it's hilarious when these areas are carved up into tiny little states that people pretend are more culturally distinct from each other than they really are -- i mean i lived in delaware for years and i can go on and on about what the delaware vibe is but when you get down to it it could really easily be a shitty coastal part of pennsyvlvania or maryland

vt is legit beautiful ime although nh is kinda w/e it still has a more authentic new england backwoods charm. i grew up in a really lovely part of ct but its unrelentingly square and ersatz colonial

you could make an argument for the southern ne states being somewhat indistinguishable and the northern ones too but theres a p strong rural/urban divide between the two groups that makes them quite different

no way, all the southern states are a bit larger and have more obvious landmarks and cultural identities that distinguish them from each other

if u see boston u know ur in massachusetts

obviously, i didn't say ALL new england states

im actually not clear on what youre saying tbh

yeah neither am i, i misspelled exempt for fucks sake, i should quit while i'm ahead

yeah theres some v real demographic differences btw at least like western/southern ct and vt/nh its just denser and more suburbanized and richer, more tied to nyc, more ahistorical.

like i can kinda see jhos points in that lots of ct is sorta indistinguishable from any rich whites and assimilated jews colony anywhere, vt and nh are a lot more rooted in new england

what part of ct, lamp?

CT just got rid of the death penalty, so no way could it be on the list of worst anything.

that's not true it's the worst at having the death penalty

yeah, just in time not to execute those fucks who burned those teenage girls to death in a home-invasion robbery? Way to fucking go CT.

am I the only ILXer who still lives in Florida?

btw the majority of Cubans are Republicans because of a mistaken belief that the GOP strings them along less than Dems (while the older ones still complain about The Kennedy Betrayal). But Cubans could give a shit about abortion (most are pro-choice) and gay rights.

yeah, just in time not to execute those fucks who burned those teenage girls to death in a home-invasion robbery? Way to fucking go CT.

― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:30 AM (5 hours ago)

your reactionary rage may live on - the law applies only prospectively, unfortunately. those two aren't gonna be executed either way tho

I had a nightmare involving me living in Orlando. Sean "The Heartbreak Kid" was in it.

Florida has the Magic Kingdom and lots of beaches and cute manatees, but 95% of the people who live there are basically human shit

not sure I'd count Walt Disney World as part of Florida tbh; it's a sovereign country.

Alfred, Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo lives in Florida.

am I the only ILXer who still lives in Florida?

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:42 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

how many have been killed by "stand your ground" laws so far?

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think bojax lives near orlando

no jaymc

vt is legit beautiful ime

― Lamp

yeah I drove through either NH or VT on my way to montreal once and it was a really beautiful state

CT, otoh, well I'm only familiar with southern CT but it's pretty blah

*looks out window* its p nice

texas is pretty outstanding. fla is terrible. not as bad as AZ, which admittedly has tucson and good scenery but not much else.

I still think it's hilaire that NJ has the highest population density out of all the states, despite having no major cities, america is just so big man

arizona is amazing for the natural beauty alone

if you were going ct>mtl that wouldve been vt dayo

arizona has steve nash. he'll probably be in florida next year tho

I was going PA -> montreal xp

Alaska 1.264 inhabitants per square mile

i would like to visit alaska

remember crossing some cool bridges, very cool, would cross again

a rerun of the 30 rock episode "i heart connecticut" is coming on comedy central in a few minutes, as it happens

I was going PA -> montreal xp

― dayo, Saturday, April 28, 2012 10:46 AM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

new york state? p short detour to vt tho

new york state? p short detour to vt tho

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 28, 2012 10:47 AM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark

it's all coming back to me... I think we had to pick somebody up in springfield MA so we went a little more easterward - if that's true, then we probably drove through VT

yep

The old run up 91 to 89 to Montreal. Good times.

not as bad as AZ, which admittedly has tucson and good scenery but not much else.

― omar little, Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:44 AM (33 minutes ago)

Tucson is great and I dig living here but it's not some kind of oasis from the issues the rest of Arizona is facing. Por ejemplo, Tucson Unified School District has been part of a desegregation case since 1978:

In 1978, plaintiffs Mendoza and Fisher were told that TUSD would be required to remedy the ill effects of past segregation within the district. They could not have known that their fight for equality was only just beginning. What was initially presented as a five-year desegregation plan stretched into 30 years. In 2009 TUSD was granted unified status and released from court supervision despite the court finding it had “failed to act in good faith in its ongoing operation of the District under the Settlement Agreement.”

TUSD began operating under its Post-Unitary Status Plan, which promised that the district’s MAS program would be expanded. TUSD did support the existing MAS program, but it failed to follow through on its promise of expansion. Because TUSD also abandoned other important policies outlined in the plan, the court revoked the district’s unified status in 2011, saying it had failed to act in good-faith compliance with the order to integrate schools-yet again.

sorry, it was originally filed by the NAACP in 1974.
1974!

A few Florida highlights: Gulf coast beaches and towns, the Everglades in winter, the giant Bryan Ferry poster in my living room.