Thursday, April 15, 2021

Folks, you know what to do*

This list, it is...incorrect. I know the Jersey guys will agree, and why the fuck is the meth lab of democracy ranked 7th? Bump Oregon and Vermont, and drop Texas waaaaaay down. Mississippi, you seem good right there, no no put your hand down, we're not listening.

And Hawaii we see you... nice.

Methodology: 1,211 US adults were asked to choose the better of two states from a list of the 50 US states and Washington, D.C. in a series of head to head match-ups. 














*bitch about this in the comments

18 comments:

Whitney said...

West Virginia is high-fiving itself like crazy

zman said...

We “better” measured in terms of vacation potential? I’m sure there are lots of awesome pharma and tech jobs in Hawaii, it isn’t all hospitality and surfboard rentals.

Jamboni said...

Arizona was almost certainly selected based solely on its weather. It certainly wasn't the mediocre sports teams, prolific street racing, or 1.5 star chain restaurants.

I was in Arizona two years ago for Thanksgiving. 80 degrees or higher every day; there were people in heavy coats on an 84 degree day.

rootsminer said...

Virginia seems a wee bit high, though not as high as we'll be in July.

Whitney said...

Z mentions (slightly confusingly) the key: what’s “better”? I bet some people voted with political reasoning. Others livability. Others vacation. Others sheer size or shape or state bird.

T.J. said...

Rootsy, possession legalized July 1 right... but when do I get to enjoy the retail shopping experience in The Commonwealth?

rootsminer said...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Teej. I suspect you’ll still need to find a private seller for a few years at least. Or grow your own.

T.J. said...

Or keep driving to DC for my special brownie bites...

zman said...

There is no Pi Lam bird!

Professor G. Truck said...

you really need categories . . .

weather and weed: colorado

beer and scenery: Vermont

food and hiking: New Mexico

pizza and high taxes: New Jersey

rednecks and rappelling: West Virginia

etc.



T.J. said...

post count, Dave. Get to work on the other 45.

Dave said...

i've never been to alabama. what do they have?

Mark said...

Alabama has Gulf of Mexico coastline my elite Northeastern friend. It still sucks though.

I have a lot of issues with this list and I also suspect a majority of folks voted based on places where they want to visit. Not live. More annoyingly (on my part), let’s not pretend that all parts of a state are created equal. As I’ve stated here many times before, 85% of Florida can eat a dick.

Danimal said...

Pennsylvania by 13 over South Carolina. This list is bonkers.

Whitney said...

Mark makes a great point. Most (but not all) of Rhode Island is pretty similar. Florida, California, and even Virginia have extremely disparate regions.

It’s a silly list, but it got us talking. Nice, Teej.

Whitney said...

And someone else needs to talk about Rootsy’s ridiculous emoji thing.

zman said...

That’s a shrug and I use it too.

rob said...

i’ll take the keystone state and give the points. john fetterman > lindsey graham.