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re: Rank the Southern States from your favorite to least
Posted on 8/13/21 at 10:56 am to starkvingrad
Posted on 8/13/21 at 10:56 am to starkvingrad
Good list overall
If Joy of Life is core to list, Louisiana should go way higher (including its warts and all) and Texas should go way lower.
Have lived in TX 3 times for over 10 years total. LOTS of good things in TX, including people. But LOTS of things I'd rather do without.
If Joy of Life is core to list, Louisiana should go way higher (including its warts and all) and Texas should go way lower.
Have lived in TX 3 times for over 10 years total. LOTS of good things in TX, including people. But LOTS of things I'd rather do without.
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Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:02 am to DaTruth7
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Complete dump compared to most of the other states.
I left in 1994, right after Edwards vs. Grand Wizard. Was never coming back.
LA -> TX -> CA -> IL -> TX -> UK -> LA -> TX -> LA
About half way through the journey, I remembered just how important to me the spirit of life and people and the culture that enables it is most important...and how many other U.S. places are bleached and vapid, just everywhere US places.
LA roots planted deeply again. Warts and all...
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:06 am to Clark W Griswold
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Virginia isn’t southern
Yes it is. The people there will have a word with you
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:08 am to turnpiketiger
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None of the main Texas cities are located in East Texas. Houston does not count.
You wouldn't say Houston is in East Texas? Why?
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:09 am to starkvingrad
Ranked by where I'd choose if I were to move back to the South:
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
...all the rest tied for last
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
...all the rest tied for last
This post was edited on 8/13/21 at 11:11 am
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:09 am to DaTruth7
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How in the hell are people ranking Louisiana first. Complete dump compared to most of the other states.
I'd rank it ahead of Mississippi. Maybe ahead of Kentucky but not really as a slight to Kentucky. KY is a much more aesthetically pleasing state but LA is definitely more interesting.
First tier - NC, GA, VA, TN - all have weaknesses but all have lots of pros that keep them about the same. Splitting hairs maybe NC and TN first then the others.
Second tier - AL and SC
Third tier - Miss and LA
Not ranked, but would be first tier - TX and FL
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:11 am to starkvingrad
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You wouldn't say Houston is in East Texas? Why?
"East Texas" in Houston is meant to be "more like Louisiana than us" and is their buffer to BAW, so to speak.
Perspectives...
On this (east) side of Sabine, I have always viewed LA's warts (real as they are) as a buffer to vapid people. Prefer they stay where they are.
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:13 am to starkvingrad
quote:What?
Louisiana...quaint towns
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:25 am to starkvingrad
Hard to say
A few states are just meh. Really bring nothing to the table
Alabama for instance…. If not for some coastal areas…. It’s just blah. Maybe lake Martin. Maybe some hunting areas but Louisiana has that too.
So they’re near the bottom
Mississippi. Again, except for some coastal areas, iit’s meh. Bay St. Louis is great but the redneck attitude gets old. Pass Christian is nice but it’s destroyed. Casino’s? Nah. Their education infrastructure is crap. They have no airports and no cities. Just a backward arse hick state. So they’re near the bottom.
Arkansas? Mmmm…. Never really been but I think it could have some game. Mid to upper tier.
South Carolina? Yeah… I like that state. Some coast and some mountain. Good people too. Upper tier
North Carolina disappoints me politically. Nice state though. Upper tier
Georgia? Yeah, it’s got some game. Coastal area is great. I love sea island. Hate Atlanta. Mid tier.
All others are just mixed bags.
Otherwise,
Fishing and coast is the key. Florida has the best fishing and coastal combo.
Louisiana is number 2 but close except for the coastal areas. Sorry but grand isle doesn’t get it. Fishing is awesome though.
A few states are just meh. Really bring nothing to the table
Alabama for instance…. If not for some coastal areas…. It’s just blah. Maybe lake Martin. Maybe some hunting areas but Louisiana has that too.
So they’re near the bottom
Mississippi. Again, except for some coastal areas, iit’s meh. Bay St. Louis is great but the redneck attitude gets old. Pass Christian is nice but it’s destroyed. Casino’s? Nah. Their education infrastructure is crap. They have no airports and no cities. Just a backward arse hick state. So they’re near the bottom.
Arkansas? Mmmm…. Never really been but I think it could have some game. Mid to upper tier.
South Carolina? Yeah… I like that state. Some coast and some mountain. Good people too. Upper tier
North Carolina disappoints me politically. Nice state though. Upper tier
Georgia? Yeah, it’s got some game. Coastal area is great. I love sea island. Hate Atlanta. Mid tier.
All others are just mixed bags.
Otherwise,
Fishing and coast is the key. Florida has the best fishing and coastal combo.
Louisiana is number 2 but close except for the coastal areas. Sorry but grand isle doesn’t get it. Fishing is awesome though.
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:25 am to GofishMS
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Nasdaq ranking of Southeast Places to raise a family.
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Top 5 Cities for Families in the Southeast
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1. Midland, Texas
The frick?
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:29 am to starkvingrad
1. Tennessee (plan to live in east TN one day, parents have a place there.)
2. Kentucky (just because it is nice country)
3. Alabama
4. Texas
5. Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, Carolinas, Virginia (no opinion)
6.Florida (would have been higher, but I hate Disney World)
10. Louisiana (Other than the food, I hate living here)
2. Kentucky (just because it is nice country)
3. Alabama
4. Texas
5. Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia, Carolinas, Virginia (no opinion)
6.Florida (would have been higher, but I hate Disney World)
10. Louisiana (Other than the food, I hate living here)
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:29 am to starkvingrad
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8. Louisiana. Best food in the South, hands down. You can get all types of Southern food here. Francophone culture, music, quaint towns that just looks different than those in the rest of the South.
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quaint towns that just looks different than those in the rest of the South
"Quaint"
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:31 am to TexasTiger90
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"Quaint"
You took one picture out of the entire state to represent.
Posted on 8/13/21 at 11:36 am to TexasTiger90
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"Quaint"
Promise all 50 states have trailer parks.
Posted on 8/13/21 at 12:02 pm to starkvingrad
1. North Carolina - Beautiful state. Smart people. Diversity of thought.
2. Georgia - economic powerhouse. Good people.
3. Texas - Great state for business. Tons to do. Great diversity of cities.
4. Kentucky - Beautiful topography. Bourbon country. Kind people.
5. Florida - No state tax and beaches. You can live the life in Miami or Tampa or be a Florida scumbag in the everglades. Something for everyone.
6. Tennessee - No state tax. Beautiful mountains. My only gripe (and why it's plainly not higher) is that Nashville has become a cheezy, Disney world of country music and bachelorette parties.
7. Arkansas - Really, just NW Arkansas. But it carries enough muscle with walmart and some of the most beautiful landscape I've ever seen in fall.
8. Virginia - Really a very "meh" state. Nothing wrong with it. Not much that blows my skirt up, either.
9. Mississippi - I really, really like Mississippi. I love Oxford. The people are amazing. There just isn't a ton of commerce and it's not a place I could move to, unless I was retired.
10. Alabama - The University of Alabama is a special place. The rest of the state (Huntsville, excluded) is nothing special. People from Birmingham are a sims character of what I imagine I'd look like before I killed myself. There's more to life than golf and the Iron Bowl.
11. South Carolina - Hot, muggy, racist. Charleston is great, but I could do without the rest of it. Talked down to by North Carolina for good reason.
12. Louisiana. This is like the freshman bars in Athens, GA. It's a lot of fun when you're 18. BR, NOLA, the whole lot. After that, you realize that's politically the dumbest state in the union (both parties), the populace is drunk and lazy, the weather sucks, and the "sportsman" activities can be replicated other places. Saturday night in Tiger Stadium aside, there is nothing positive to say about the current state of the Louisiana.
2. Georgia - economic powerhouse. Good people.
3. Texas - Great state for business. Tons to do. Great diversity of cities.
4. Kentucky - Beautiful topography. Bourbon country. Kind people.
5. Florida - No state tax and beaches. You can live the life in Miami or Tampa or be a Florida scumbag in the everglades. Something for everyone.
6. Tennessee - No state tax. Beautiful mountains. My only gripe (and why it's plainly not higher) is that Nashville has become a cheezy, Disney world of country music and bachelorette parties.
7. Arkansas - Really, just NW Arkansas. But it carries enough muscle with walmart and some of the most beautiful landscape I've ever seen in fall.
8. Virginia - Really a very "meh" state. Nothing wrong with it. Not much that blows my skirt up, either.
9. Mississippi - I really, really like Mississippi. I love Oxford. The people are amazing. There just isn't a ton of commerce and it's not a place I could move to, unless I was retired.
10. Alabama - The University of Alabama is a special place. The rest of the state (Huntsville, excluded) is nothing special. People from Birmingham are a sims character of what I imagine I'd look like before I killed myself. There's more to life than golf and the Iron Bowl.
11. South Carolina - Hot, muggy, racist. Charleston is great, but I could do without the rest of it. Talked down to by North Carolina for good reason.
12. Louisiana. This is like the freshman bars in Athens, GA. It's a lot of fun when you're 18. BR, NOLA, the whole lot. After that, you realize that's politically the dumbest state in the union (both parties), the populace is drunk and lazy, the weather sucks, and the "sportsman" activities can be replicated other places. Saturday night in Tiger Stadium aside, there is nothing positive to say about the current state of the Louisiana.
This post was edited on 8/13/21 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 8/13/21 at 12:48 pm to LSUBoo
That's dismal; nothing West of the MS River is Southeastern.
Posted on 8/13/21 at 12:50 pm to ATLabama
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populous is drunk and lazy,
*populace
Posted on 8/13/21 at 12:51 pm to bbarras85
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Promise all 50 states have trailer parks.
Yep. Even New Hampshire.
Posted on 8/13/21 at 1:25 pm to starkvingrad
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You wouldn't say Houston is in East Texas? Why?
Because it’s not. It’s in its own category. East Texas is anything from Beaumont up to Texarkana. North of 105. East of 45. That’s ETX.
This post was edited on 8/13/21 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 8/13/21 at 1:28 pm to turnpiketiger
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You wouldn't say Houston is in East Texas? Why?
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Because it’s not
Every geographer in the world will disagree.
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