Why are they so mad? Who read it to them?
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Nobody wants to admit their regressive policies create shithole states
The South wants to rise again only lose another war for the same reasons.
That is why they are so mad, they don't have anyone smart enough left to read it to them.
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I moved from the second worst, Texas, to on of the top 5, Connecticut, last year. It has been the best decision of my entire life. It's so nice to have a Governor who advocates for more spending on education and public works. Versus wasting everyone's time fighting to put the 10 commandments in classrooms.
My kids went from learning about angels and Moses parting the Red Sea history class. Yes regular 3rd grade history, not some high school level theology elective. To this year being taught critical thinking skills and identifying and dealing with their emotions.
And don't even get me started on the differences in special education for my son with serve ASD and communication issues. In Texas he was just shoved in the back to prevent him from being a "burden". Now he lives going to school. I cried at his 8th grade graduation because before he could have never been in at a ceremony like that. Hearing the other kids cheer for him warmed my heart so much. He starts highschool in the fall, and is in a summer program run by the highschool to teach him life skills, like cooking, cleaning, working, all things we never thought possible for him.
Edit: I also went from having my representative in Congress being a carpetbagger nepo-baby, to a woman who grew up in public housing, became a teen mom, worked her way from community college all the way to a masters in education and was name Teacher of the Year 2016 for the entire United States
We moved from Texas to Seattle about 5 years ago (god, it's really been that long). After 15 years living in Texas and fighting the schools, the government, and the weather (our house flooded twice, including one that was a near total loss), Seattle felt like heaven. Still does.
My kids were in middle school and had survivors guilt about leaving, like we were letting everyone in Texas down by not staying and fighting. I had to explain that Texas passed a law to allow people to sue us (I volunteered at an abortion charity) and we gotta go.
My rep in Congress now is the leader of the progressive caucus. It's so weird to not be trying to chip away at the political situation and instead have someone that represents my beliefs.
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Welcome to CT! It's nice here.
Thank you!
And you just showed another reason I'm glad I moved here. People are genuinely nice here. Everyone always talks about southern hospitality, but it's all just a front. Especially when they have billboards in Texas telling people to go back to California. Meanwhile every single person I've meet in CT has warmly welcomed me. I have wonderful neighbors who actually look out for each other. And I've never seen better customer service anywhere. Everyone here just seem happier which really makes the whole vibe feel more genuine.
I have a comment about it somewhere in the Lemmies, but my family is from Texas, and my sister lived in Connecticut for a few years. Her children were still quite young when they all moved back to Texas, but there was still a noticeable drop in their development.
My sister did a pretty good job picking up the slack at home, but that's a burdensome undertaking for someone with fewer resources. Working in public education myself, I see why we're failing, and it's really sad. It's hard to create highly impactful lessons when your concerns are the students' safety and security at home, your own job security if you stray at all from approved materials, and showing care and respect for children in a way that doesn't get you fired for being "woke."
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I missed an opportunity to move to Hartford a couple years ago. I’m still sad about it. Love that you are loving it.
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It's telling that right wingers responded with invective and sarcasm rather than statistics. No one cited their literacy rates as a defense, for example.
Wait a second, you mean the states that continuously divert money away from education, healthcare, public works, infrastructure and everything that would possibly make the people who live there's lives better aren't very nice to live in?!
(Live in TN btw, and yea that list tracks)
you mean the states that continuously divert money away from education, healthcare, public works, infrastructure and everything
Hey now! You take that back!
Lots of these states are building out enormous prison networks. Does that count for nothing?!
"If Tennessee was really the worst state to live in, people wouldn’t be moving there in large numbers, which they are," Desantis wrote.
MAGAs are so stupid, they ALWAYS miss the point. Tennessee, like Florida, is one of the most beautiful places in America. The problem is that it is filled with MAGAs. Having more of them move there is not making those beautiful places better. The reason they are bad states, and getting worse, is precisely because so many MAGAs are moving there.
And it's making the places they are leaving even better.
Yes, but the point he's making is that what's best is subjective. If you're looking for bad infrastructure, a lot of poverty, terrible education, no health care and few jobs then Tennessee may be exactly what you want.
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Every MAGA cuck I've met was a contrarian. I say let them see that Tennessee is a shithole and move there so they can "prove us wrong!"
Sucks to suck.
Living in Indiana, there are some parts that aren't too bad, but overall it does suck.
best thing to come out of indiana is I-94
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Chron:
CNBC gave each state a "Quality of Life" rating based on several key factors, including issues that have become political flashpoints, such as reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ protections and healthcare.
CNBC:
CNBC is placing increasing emphasis on Quality of Life, one of the 10 categories of competitiveness in our annual America’s Top States for Business study. It is our annual ranking of every state’s business climate, now in its 20th year. Under this year’s methodology, the category makes up 11.6% of a state’s overall score, up from about ten percent last year.
11.6%. Thanks Chron, for underplaying the fact that this wasn't even a study about the poor QOL in these states, they just happen to have poor QOL. Not to mention in the QOL section there were some pretty important topics, like, you know, ability to put food on the table and violent crime.
On one hand I dont like these list, because even if everyone was doing their best, someone will always be at the bottom.
On the other hand, I mean, what did you expect. These list have always been a thing, and these places are always at the bottom by a far margin, why bitch now?
They have to disclaim it as leftist propaganda because to do otherwise would leave room for the upper class to possibly start feeling some empathy for the poor. These states are all places where christian fascism has its strongest grip, and part of maintaining that grip is constantly insisting that all problems that exist in the glorious uberstate are either A) the fault of non-whites / non-christians / gays / communists etc., or B) not really problems, just the fevered imaginings of the Liberal Media that Hates America. Am I gonna listen to what NBC, a company from New York City, has to say about my state? C'mon now.
A huge number of upper class Tennesseans will take any fig leaf offered that lets them believe that everything is mostly fine in TN, just a few ragtag "urban types" making things difficult for the rest of us. It makes it a lot easier to convince yourself that your lifestyle has no negative consequences, it's just lazy poors who don't work as hard at their dad's gravel company as you do.
It's a shitty and self-sustaining situation, which is why articles like these rarely have much impact. We've all already decided who we're gonna blame when stuff like this gets aired, and we just go through the same motions when it does.
People forgot those Pace Picante commercials when all the cowboys yell in angry unison when the new cowboy reveals his salsa was made in...
"NEW YORK CITY!?!?!?"
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Someone plot every states score on a graph, color it red/blue, and then sort by highest to lowest so we can watch red states fall off a cliff.
We're already off the cliff. And we're going to take everyone with us if we keep sliding.
Odd that Mississippi isn't on that last despite being a cesspool. I used to live in GA and even people from Alabama knew the only reason they weren't the worst state in the US was because Mississippi exists
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expect those loudmouth fascists to bitch and moan about every truth thrown at them. its just how the are
As a non-American I’m not fully versed on the qualities of all the states - but I am still surprised that Mississippi is somehow not listed here; how can it possibly be outperforming some of these other states?!
They did an amazing job turning education around after covid.
Oh, damn - they have too!
Go, you good thing! 📣
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So if its 10 to 1 Tennessee is the worst? I might be biased being from Nashville but its not worse then Alabama right, right?
You have hot chicken. Alabama has mosquitos and humidity. I would move to Tennessee first.
on the other side, nebraska and north dakota are in the top 10 best states to live in...
nebraska: Strengths: Health, Air Quality Weaknesses: Reproductive Rights, Inclusiveness
north dakota: Strengths: Childcare, Health, Air Quality, Crime Weaknesses: Worker Protections, Reproductive Rights
i don't think they're taking enough off for those 'weaknesses'.
massachusetts, virginia, new hampshire, hawaii, connecticut, minnesota, new jersey, and maine are the other states in that list. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/11/best-states-to-live-in-america-2026.html
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It’s interesting CNBC posts this.
Americans starting to develop class consciousness and starting to hate capitalism? Quick! Get them squabbling about red vs blue again!
What is so wild is that there are movements like the one in Illinois to secede from Chicago, basically because, well, reasons.
And turn it into a new shithole state? What do these jagoffs think the real outcome is going to be once a city like Chicago is not there to subsidize them?
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Damn, that's the most accurate MSM list I've seen in a long fucking time.
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Truth hurts. They feel the pain.
Because it is still cheaper do deny facts than fixing actual problems.
How is Mississippi not on that list
Because there are ten other red states that are somehow worse. No idea why people keep acting surprised by that. Having lived in several, I can confirm they’re all shitholes.
If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck...
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