The ULTIMATE 50 STATES survey: The WORST U.S. state

[Zache]

Florida is my least favorite state but it's not the worst. Voted Alabama.

[Mr. Smith]

Oklahoma. Florida at least has some nice beaches and interesting natural locations, Mississippi has some good contributions to music (as does Arkansas, but to a lesser extent), and while North Dakota is possibly the least interesting state, I'm not sure it's really that bad beyond being boring. West Virginia also has a lot of natural beauty. What is Oklahoma's appeal, though?

Oklahoma has a natural beauty too, it's also got a rich Native American culture.

[buritobr]

Florida

90% of the brazilians who live there voted for Bolsonaro

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Florida

90% of the brazilians who live there voted for Bolsonaro

Just like the vast majority of Turks living in Germany who regularly vote for Sultan Erdoğan and for the abolition of the remnants of democracy and constitutionality in Turkey back in 2017. 🙄
It seems like right-wing dead losses living abroad tend to vote for dictators in droves. 😒

[It’s so Joever]

I voted Mississippi but really any state in the Deep South (plus Virginia) would suffice.

An Iowan hating on Virginia is pathetic.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

So, can anybody deliver me an explanation for all the passionate hatred of Florida?
Is it all because of its citizens' support for Trump?
Do think Florida had already been the most-despised U.S. state ten years ago?

Even NALF, the Oregonian football player with the Texan-Coloradan accent, became truly piqued when he learned about his German fans' love for Florida. 😅

[Samof94]

So, can anybody deliver me an explanation for all the passionate hatred of Florida?
Is it all because of its citizens' support for Trump?
Do think Florida had already been the most-despised U.S. state ten years ago?

Even NALF, the Oregonian football player with the Texan-Coloradan accent, became truly piqued when he learned about his German fans' love for Florida. 😅

It doesn’t seem to be partisan. It is the New Jersey of the South.

[darklordoftech]

So, can anybody deliver me an explanation for all the passionate hatred of Florida?
Is it all because of its citizens' support for Trump?
Do think Florida had already been the most-despised U.S. state ten years ago?

Even NALF, the Oregonian football player with the Texan-Coloradan accent, became truly piqued when he learned about his German fans' love for Florida. 😅

There’s also Cuban Exiles, Mel Sembler, and Bush v. Gore.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

It doesn’t seem to be partisan. It is the New Jersey of the South.

I heard both New Jerseyans and Floridians are said to be awful car drivers. 😂

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Miami is indeed the Southern equivalent to Jersey Shore...

https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1374039921028128768

https://twitter.com/lilplutho/status/1372986785840689153

[Statilius the Epicurean]

North Dakota. Existence solely due to Republican gerrymandering = titanic HP state

[LAKISYLVANIA]

It seems that Oklahoma has had that title in the past, but Louisiana is currently out on top. Incidentally, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, a.k.a. Angola, is known for having particularly cruel conditions; at least in the not too distant past, it was basically a mock plantation, with prisoners working in the sweltering heat in the prison fields all day.

I really, really, really wish Germany had such penitentiaries in combination with hard compulsory labor, too. I know that it's difficult to enforce that claim owing to our past, but it is a matter of common knowledge that our prisons, especially our juvenile detention homes, are supposed to be first class hotels. That's one of the things America does better than Europe.

It absolutely is not one of the things America does better than Europe. Our prisons are a human rights horror story.

Yes, i agree.

The difference between America and Europe in terms of prisons are absolutely large, and i'm somewhat in the middle, perhaps leaning a bit more to the European side. Because the America state of prison is trash.

But what Europe is terrible in is court decisions and the law. That's what we're terrible in. Covid measure offenders are worser criminals than literal rapists and that's what absolutely annoys me a lot.

A juvenile offendor that uses his cellphone on a bike will get a huge fine that his parents will have to pay or that he/she can not pay, but if you murder someone as a juvenile, chances are high you will get free again, and not even have to pay a fine.

it's absolutely ridicilous, and one of the things that angers me most. And i think America is better in that regard, but once convinced America is worse.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

I've seen documentaries about Latin American prisons. In some occasions, i like the concept but in practice it's probably still trash. But i'd love a prison with minimal security, but most importantly one where the offendors / criminals actually sort of are independent in terms of food, things like that, that they have their own micro-economy. That way, there is no prisoner vs jailer effect, and that way prisons will cost less (although some do have a need for a different system that has more healthcare, nursing, mental healthcare or in case of juvenile offendors persons who try to set them on the right track), though hierarchy among criminals is potentially an issue too, and perhaps it's not exactly a good system though, but still preferrable over abusing and corrupt jailors (which is often the case in other Latin/North-American prisons)

I also sort of like the prison system in Norway. It has some good ideas, but it's a perhaps a bit too liberal for heavy offendors. For small offendors, sure.

I'll do some research about it soon and look for a good system, but I doubt any country has a good system right now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_Norway

Giving on their wikipedia, it's however a success story, and it's remarkable Norway had a punitive justice system too, so perhaps after all it doesn't work, but... we still need some changes I believe.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Idaho, followed closely by Utah.

What do you hate so much about your own home state? Is it its Mormon culture?