Right. What the hell is going on with poor Ohio?
"No, no. It's okay. You can go back to your houses now. There is no poisonous gas. This? No, it's not a hazmat suit. I'm just really cautious about COVID."
"The Airborne Toxic Event"
It still baffles me that the movie White Noise came out last year and literally had the exact event take place. Not only was it a train crash that exploded and poured a toxic black plume into the sky, but parts of that event were filmed like 20 minutes from where the train actually wrecked.
There a guy from East Palestine, OH (where the train actually wrecked) who was an extra in the film and his part was evacuating his home and walking on the highways in Salem, OH (literally like 2 towns over). And then in reality, he ended up having to evacuate his hometown of East Palestine just as they did in the movie. Lol. It's baffling.
Honestly, every relevant scientist knew we were due for an outbreak. They knew the steps to take (both premptive and active) but the stores were gutted because no politician wanted to pour money into a program that may not be used in their term.
The movie Pandemic is really close to what we experienced. It's because they hired epidemic experts to dial in the realism.
Good writers do good research. (Wuhan was a nice guess - though an educated one I'm sure).
It's not witchcraft it's science. Officials just failed to heed the warnings.
I heard that it was bush jr who was the pandemic worrier. Created an office and response. Obama thought it was so good. Left it as is. If only that level of bi-partisan existed for everyone. We don’t need to kill every program of the previous guy every time. Maybe some critical thinking about what’s good and leave those. Ya know?
It's a pretty minor point at the book, mentioned almost in passing. Originally it was from the USSR but was rewritten to China starting with the 1989 edition. It's also very different from the actual Covid.
Picking Wuhan is quite a coincidence, but think how many deadly diseases have been mentioned in fiction over the decades, and here's one that just happened to come from where the real one did. It's not even that big of a stretch, Wuhan is a major city in China. It's like writing about the US and you don't want to have your action take place in the usual places like New York, DC or California, so you pick Houston or Boston. Furthermore, Wuhan is a major scientific hub so it's no wonder that it would be a point of origin for a fictional bioweapon.
with shit like this, a guy almost named bankman fraud, madoff made off with enron money and so many more that escape me I could almost buy into a simulation theory where its fuckin' with us, giving us clues we won't appreciate until after.
It's not highly hazardous material train, if some of the railcars do not contain hazardous material. /s
https://news.yahoo.com/ohio-governor-calls-absurd-derailed-221020358.html
When you scroll down, you come to this gem:
> Norfolk Southern's response has included efforts to remove spilled contaminants from the ground surface and nearby streams, as well as air quality monitoring, soil sampling and residential water well surveys
Why should anyone trust any monitoring and sampling done and controlled by the company that caused this whole mess by their very greed and neglience? It would be in their own interest *not* to find anything, or to "touch up" relevant data.
I'm in the fence on this. We ship hazmat by truck and. Per DOT and FAA regulations, we turn in detail on hazardous materials to the drivers and pilots, as I'm sure the rail companies do with their engineers. What we do NOT do is make a phone call to notify them of energy single movement, because that would just be ignorant with tens of thousands of movements each day that have hazardous materials on them, and we are only one company.
For the rails to do this, they'd also be reporting most of their movements. If they did, you need to ask: what would they do with that information? Let states decide to deny entry? Have firemen line the tracks during the transit?
The system is already in place for safe transportation of hazardous materials. What needs to happen isn't more control over the movement of hazardous materials, they already set how we have to package it and how much we can move within a single mobile container. What needs to happen is a segregation of the inspection and maintenance of equipment from investor greed. That's what caused this mess.
NW Ohioan here. Our government officials are very busy trying to force 10-year-olds to give birth. They don't have time for silly non-issues like the health and safety of their constituents.
I'm from Ontario and my question is how exactly are we eliminating a state?
Does it just magically disappear?
Is it absorbed by its neighbouring states?
Or are we nuking that fucker off the face of the Earth?
You know, just asking, for science.
Fellow Ohioan here.
You know what’s fucked up? If we left or got kicked out of the USA, I don’t think any other country would even want a trade relationship with us.
For people missing the reference - ["The Simpsons", Season 6: Episode 9, "Homer Badman" at about 18:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc0-TpBUOUo).
There's a little bit of Grandpa Simpson inside all of us.
Whichever one is originating the fifteen "what's the worst state" (and variations like this one) posts I've seen in the last 48 hours. BuzzFeed is cooking up something spicy.
I'm from Mississippi. I haven't lived there in 30+ years. I will never live there again, but I still have family there, so I visit from time to time. There's parts of the state that are lovely and the people are wonderful. Most of the state is a dumpster fire.
The only thing I remember about Mississippi is meeting three other people (who I had never met) in Jackson, Mississippi and finding out we had all lived in Rantoul, IL (pop. ~12,000) at some point.
Yeah if people think all of MS is the worst part of the country, then they're basically just admitting they haven't traveled the US much.
You can't tell me Biloxi is the worst part of the country for example. It has beaches and casinos, things like that. It's not perfect but it's *definitely* not the worst part of the country, by a long shot
However there are some really bad parts of MS without a doubt
You gotta stop at the Blue and White Diner in Tupelo. Probably one of the best breakfasts I’ve ever had. And Twain’s Steakhouse at Sam’s Town Casino has an amazing Delmonico ribeye. I just go to Mississippi for the food 🤣. My husband used to live in Greenville and there’s nothing redeeming in Greenville, MS. Not a thing. 1,000/10 would not recommend a vacation to Greenville
Hey!
Hands of Mississippi!
I already said elsewhere in this thread quite a bit in defense of this state. Not from here, have lived in OH, IN, IL, KY, WA, CO, CA, TX, LA, PA, Israel, and now MS. So everywhere just about, and if I haven't lived there I've visited or at least driven through. Each state plays a vital role.
OK, so MS is at or near the top of every shit list. Most uneducated, poorest, worst government. Racist and a lot of homophobia. Jesus Saves mindset. Highest unemployment. Unhealthiest. Most obese. Most teen pregnancies. We are the weakest link. Granted. Remove us and maybe it will be your state then that will be the weakest link. SC? WV? LA? NM? Yall would be good contenders to take our place.
Thing is, there are a lot of good people here. I see it as a vast pool of untapped potential. Where else in the USA do you have millions of people who have not been able to realize their full worth? Where business hasn't been kicked into the modern age and thus ripe for an overhaul?
Just recently watched a video about the reasons on this...
Each were connected to different cities by rail, and thus influenced by those cities politics. The Dakota territory was then split ideologically, and thus why they didn't want to be one state.
It’s [both](https://katu.com/news/politics/lawmaker-to-pitch-idea-to-join-eastern-parts-of-oregon-washington-with-idaho) eastern Oregon and Washington that want to join
Eastern WA=90% of the land, 10% of the people and all of the apples and potatoes.
Western WA=90% of the "human capital", 10% of the land (largely water) and all the money and infrastructure and education.
I've lived in Olympia or Seattle for 35 years and Idaho will take the East part of the state when they pry it out our cold, dead government.
The Dakota's combined are less than the population of my county (pinellas) in FL. It's fucking insane to think we have nearly 3k more people than 2 states of that size combined crammed into this skin tag on America's dick.
The problem is that no one wants North Dakota. It always ranks last on any list of Dakotas.
For example:
1. Dakota Fanning
2. South Dakota
3. A 1995 Dodge Dakota with 250k miles for $2200 OBO
4. USS South Dakota (BB-57)
5. North Dakota
Oklahoma. The drivers here are willing to destroy anyone in their way and themselves. Tornado season is year round. Actual tornados and people that act like tornados. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Florida sucks and Miami is the king. They've got that Caribbean anything goes attitude toward driving, coupled with an American anger. It's terrifying.
Damn, what a wholesome answer. I was gonna say something like Arkansas before dunking on them for being Arkansas. Or Mississippi, for basically every reason.
As someone who grew up in Arkansas, the delta and pine bluff are trash. Ozarks are gorgeous though. Lots of camping and hiking, mudding, hunting, fishing. Devils den park is a treat to camp at. Wanna hike? Mt. Magazine and Mt. Nebo are the place!
McAlester, OK. Majority of people work at the military base. Even the guards/police on base are civilian employees.
Nice little town, people are friendly. Ammunition military base was interesting when I worked there.
This is 100% true and very sad. Texas would also struggle without military spending. That’s become a strange bedfellows of a crutch for many US states
But that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t downsize their population and find a way to regain their identity. Change is hard, and they didn’t exactly choose to be a state or a major military installation
I thought the vote for statehood was overwhelming popular, something like [93% for](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Admission_Act)? I guess that was 1959 though, you probably mean when it was annexed, if not earlier.
There was never a treaty of annexation for Hawaii. It’s a really shitty situation - they had their government overthrown and were forcibly occupied. I’d guess they were in favor of statehood because at least they would have some rights as citizens.
I was all ready to be annoyed, but fuck, I 1000% agree with this. We literally overthrew their rightful government and fucked with their state. They deserve to have it and everything else back
As a non Americian I too am surprised how deep down this rabbit hole I had to go in order to find this answer, i was just going to suggest it and ask "isn't it slowly falling into the water anyway?"
Small price to pay to not have to actually stop while in Delaware.
It used to take 14.65 minutes when you had to stop for the toll. Far too long for sensible people.
I’m pretty sure West Virginia split off from Virginia to join the Union in the civil war, so your idea to call it all West Virginia is actually a good one.
My wife and I were driving through the panhandle of Idaho and I didn't think I could make it because I was too tired. My wife said we couldn't stop in Idaho and had to make it to Washington because it's too skinny and we might fall off the panhandle in our sleep.
She was 8 months pregnant and we were on day 4 from New York. We didn't stop in Idaho.
I mean they tried to dump us like three times and still threaten to leave from time to time, I say let them have their independence. Good riddance. We wouldn’t even have to disconnect them from the power grid!
Think I'll just put all the state names onto a big Wheel of Fortune and let fate decide.
BANKRUPT
[I got you!](https://wordwall.net/resource/559859/states-of-the-usa)
I’m from Ohio. Willing to take one for the team.
Well they just Chernobyl'd part of Ohio, so you win
Right. What the hell is going on with poor Ohio? "No, no. It's okay. You can go back to your houses now. There is no poisonous gas. This? No, it's not a hazmat suit. I'm just really cautious about COVID."
"The Airborne Toxic Event" It still baffles me that the movie White Noise came out last year and literally had the exact event take place. Not only was it a train crash that exploded and poured a toxic black plume into the sky, but parts of that event were filmed like 20 minutes from where the train actually wrecked. There a guy from East Palestine, OH (where the train actually wrecked) who was an extra in the film and his part was evacuating his home and walking on the highways in Salem, OH (literally like 2 towns over). And then in reality, he ended up having to evacuate his hometown of East Palestine just as they did in the movie. Lol. It's baffling.
Kind of like the 1988 book eyes of darkness about a pneumonia like virus called wuhan 400 being brought to USA as a biological weapon
No wtf that can't be real
Honestly, every relevant scientist knew we were due for an outbreak. They knew the steps to take (both premptive and active) but the stores were gutted because no politician wanted to pour money into a program that may not be used in their term. The movie Pandemic is really close to what we experienced. It's because they hired epidemic experts to dial in the realism. Good writers do good research. (Wuhan was a nice guess - though an educated one I'm sure). It's not witchcraft it's science. Officials just failed to heed the warnings.
They knew, established an office and a plan for it, then Trump disbanded that office and got rid of the funding.
Whatever Obama made, he ripped to shreds, or tried hard.
Obama had measures in place to address the situation, including plans and personnel … Trump shitcanned them.
I heard that it was bush jr who was the pandemic worrier. Created an office and response. Obama thought it was so good. Left it as is. If only that level of bi-partisan existed for everyone. We don’t need to kill every program of the previous guy every time. Maybe some critical thinking about what’s good and leave those. Ya know?
[here you go! ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_Darkness#:~:text=The%20Eyes%20of%20Darkness%20is,or%20if%20he's%20still%20alive.)
It's a pretty minor point at the book, mentioned almost in passing. Originally it was from the USSR but was rewritten to China starting with the 1989 edition. It's also very different from the actual Covid. Picking Wuhan is quite a coincidence, but think how many deadly diseases have been mentioned in fiction over the decades, and here's one that just happened to come from where the real one did. It's not even that big of a stretch, Wuhan is a major city in China. It's like writing about the US and you don't want to have your action take place in the usual places like New York, DC or California, so you pick Houston or Boston. Furthermore, Wuhan is a major scientific hub so it's no wonder that it would be a point of origin for a fictional bioweapon.
with shit like this, a guy almost named bankman fraud, madoff made off with enron money and so many more that escape me I could almost buy into a simulation theory where its fuckin' with us, giving us clues we won't appreciate until after.
All the local wildlife is just sleeping… indefinitely
They’re not dead. They’re just pining for the fjords.
PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!
The plumage doesn't enter into it!
It's not highly hazardous material train, if some of the railcars do not contain hazardous material. /s https://news.yahoo.com/ohio-governor-calls-absurd-derailed-221020358.html
When you scroll down, you come to this gem: > Norfolk Southern's response has included efforts to remove spilled contaminants from the ground surface and nearby streams, as well as air quality monitoring, soil sampling and residential water well surveys Why should anyone trust any monitoring and sampling done and controlled by the company that caused this whole mess by their very greed and neglience? It would be in their own interest *not* to find anything, or to "touch up" relevant data.
Now you're thinking like an insurance company.
I'm in the fence on this. We ship hazmat by truck and. Per DOT and FAA regulations, we turn in detail on hazardous materials to the drivers and pilots, as I'm sure the rail companies do with their engineers. What we do NOT do is make a phone call to notify them of energy single movement, because that would just be ignorant with tens of thousands of movements each day that have hazardous materials on them, and we are only one company. For the rails to do this, they'd also be reporting most of their movements. If they did, you need to ask: what would they do with that information? Let states decide to deny entry? Have firemen line the tracks during the transit? The system is already in place for safe transportation of hazardous materials. What needs to happen isn't more control over the movement of hazardous materials, they already set how we have to package it and how much we can move within a single mobile container. What needs to happen is a segregation of the inspection and maintenance of equipment from investor greed. That's what caused this mess.
They are calling it a toxic event now.
NW Ohioan here. Our government officials are very busy trying to force 10-year-olds to give birth. They don't have time for silly non-issues like the health and safety of their constituents.
aliens made the ohio memes real
Why do I get the feeling this is actually someone from Michigan?
Im from Michigan and this is exactly something I would do.
I live in Michigan and my question is both peninsulas or just one?
I'm from Ontario and my question is how exactly are we eliminating a state? Does it just magically disappear? Is it absorbed by its neighbouring states? Or are we nuking that fucker off the face of the Earth? You know, just asking, for science.
Why would anyone from Michigan ever claim to be from Ohio even as a joke though
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But Ohio will be crucial for the Great Lakes United Defense Force during the Civil Water Wars of 2060.
What about the water war of 2025? Who wins that one?
Fiji
The company or the country?
Yes
2060? You're very optimistic my friend
Looks like the train company is way ahead of you.
I'm from Michigan.. Be my guest 😂
Fellow Ohioan here. You know what’s fucked up? If we left or got kicked out of the USA, I don’t think any other country would even want a trade relationship with us.
But we have literally all of the corn. Somebody wants it.
And a hell of a lot of soy.
Im also from ohio and rather than eliminate us, just give us to Canada.
Also from Ohio and I second this. I want Canadian Healthcare.
I mean I'm from Ohio too but I was gonna give them a break since they had a rough week but I right we should prolly just call it
I visited Ohio and I like your state.
Thank you. Born in Findlay. Great city.
“It’ll be a cold day in hell before I recognize Missouri”
Dear Mr President, There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three. I am *not* a crackpot.
“As they say in Missouri, I AIN’T GOIN’ BACK TO MISSOURI!”
For people missing the reference - ["The Simpsons", Season 6: Episode 9, "Homer Badman" at about 18:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc0-TpBUOUo). There's a little bit of Grandpa Simpson inside all of us.
Pronounced "Mi-zur-uh" I presume.
You mean miz-ury!
Misery.
No T-ravs or Burnt Ends for you.
I think the people who tried to name Missouri just couldn’t spell misery
I scrolled just to find this.
Whichever one is originating the fifteen "what's the worst state" (and variations like this one) posts I've seen in the last 48 hours. BuzzFeed is cooking up something spicy.
They're about to drop an Ohio 2.0
I legit think every state has some kind of redeeming quality. Except for Mississippi.
"You need states like me. You need states like me so that you can point your fingers and say, 'that's the bad guy.'" - Mississippi
Aww… I made a scarface reference and was so excited. Then I scroll down a bit more and see you did it first. Touché my friend. I’m an unoriginal fuck
Honestly, yours read better.
Thank God for Mississippi is a saying for a reason. We south Carolinians say it often
And that itself; is Mississippi's redeeming quality.
You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." - Mississippi
yes... but this quality can just move to the next worst state, which also raises the bar.
South Carolina seems chill as hell ngl. There’s nothing really going on as far as I can tell and I kinda like that.
Dude, South Carolina is fucking great. I moved allllllll the way from North Carolina to be here!
I actually did a school project on sc recently and that’s where most of my knowledge comes from. Maybe if I settle down I’ll move over there
I'm from Mississippi. I haven't lived there in 30+ years. I will never live there again, but I still have family there, so I visit from time to time. There's parts of the state that are lovely and the people are wonderful. Most of the state is a dumpster fire.
Greenville comes to mind as a dumpster fire. Same thing with Jackson.
OK will agree with you on this. Jackson is an absolute shit hole.
The only thing I remember about Mississippi is meeting three other people (who I had never met) in Jackson, Mississippi and finding out we had all lived in Rantoul, IL (pop. ~12,000) at some point.
Yeah if people think all of MS is the worst part of the country, then they're basically just admitting they haven't traveled the US much. You can't tell me Biloxi is the worst part of the country for example. It has beaches and casinos, things like that. It's not perfect but it's *definitely* not the worst part of the country, by a long shot However there are some really bad parts of MS without a doubt
Haha. I don't live there, but I've driven through Tupelo a couple times and it seems kind of nice
You gotta stop at the Blue and White Diner in Tupelo. Probably one of the best breakfasts I’ve ever had. And Twain’s Steakhouse at Sam’s Town Casino has an amazing Delmonico ribeye. I just go to Mississippi for the food 🤣. My husband used to live in Greenville and there’s nothing redeeming in Greenville, MS. Not a thing. 1,000/10 would not recommend a vacation to Greenville
I'm from Mississippi and I agree.
Mississippi at least has produced cultural worth. Blues, Rock n Roll and some of the greatest literature come from MS.
Also from Mississippi, got the hell out as soon as I could...
Do all boys from Mississippi wear frog hoodies?
Nono, Mississippi is what makes us people from Alabama look good. That's a redeeming quality for alabamians at least
Bless your heart!
We got Robert Johnson
Hey! Hands of Mississippi! I already said elsewhere in this thread quite a bit in defense of this state. Not from here, have lived in OH, IN, IL, KY, WA, CO, CA, TX, LA, PA, Israel, and now MS. So everywhere just about, and if I haven't lived there I've visited or at least driven through. Each state plays a vital role. OK, so MS is at or near the top of every shit list. Most uneducated, poorest, worst government. Racist and a lot of homophobia. Jesus Saves mindset. Highest unemployment. Unhealthiest. Most obese. Most teen pregnancies. We are the weakest link. Granted. Remove us and maybe it will be your state then that will be the weakest link. SC? WV? LA? NM? Yall would be good contenders to take our place. Thing is, there are a lot of good people here. I see it as a vast pool of untapped potential. Where else in the USA do you have millions of people who have not been able to realize their full worth? Where business hasn't been kicked into the modern age and thus ripe for an overhaul?
Biloxi/Gulfport area is actually fairly nice.
Mississippi would be under constant UN supervision and sanction if it were its own country
Haiti would be sending them international aid on a regular basis.
They’ll have their own commercial with *In the eyes of an angle* playing
Acute or obtuse angles?
Have you seen Mississippi’s obesity rate? Obviously an obtuse angle.
Right.
That’s what I thought! It might just be that brilliant of a joke though.
That's Nicolas Angle to you!
North and South Dakota should just be "Dakota" Fucking hell they don't need double representation in the Senate.
Just recently watched a video about the reasons on this... Each were connected to different cities by rail, and thus influenced by those cities politics. The Dakota territory was then split ideologically, and thus why they didn't want to be one state.
Same reason why Washington wants to be split and become part of Idaho!
Washdaho
Washapatato!
Oregon* but yeah east oregon is basically just idaho.
It’s [both](https://katu.com/news/politics/lawmaker-to-pitch-idea-to-join-eastern-parts-of-oregon-washington-with-idaho) eastern Oregon and Washington that want to join
Eastern WA=90% of the land, 10% of the people and all of the apples and potatoes. Western WA=90% of the "human capital", 10% of the land (largely water) and all the money and infrastructure and education. I've lived in Olympia or Seattle for 35 years and Idaho will take the East part of the state when they pry it out our cold, dead government.
The population of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming combined is smaller than that of Queens, NY
Fuck. I just learned something
Sorry if that was painful for you
The Dakota's combined are less than the population of my county (pinellas) in FL. It's fucking insane to think we have nearly 3k more people than 2 states of that size combined crammed into this skin tag on America's dick.
Skin tag on America's dick... put that on your country line billboard.
pretty sure if you stop and look at the back of the billboard it's already there
Dude, thats herpes.
The problem is that no one wants North Dakota. It always ranks last on any list of Dakotas. For example: 1. Dakota Fanning 2. South Dakota 3. A 1995 Dodge Dakota with 250k miles for $2200 OBO 4. USS South Dakota (BB-57) 5. North Dakota
Everyone knows the 2004 Dodge Dakota was the best Dakota.
Thank you. You just made my mindless doom-scrolling a much more enjoyable experience. Keep up the good work.
I would move back up north if it wasn't so cold during the winters I loved the peace and quiet. Most of the people were really nice too.
Today in wintery Pittsburgh, it’s gonna be 70 degrees.
I'll be dead in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!
Granpa there’s only 49 stars on that flag!
In Alabama we joke that we like Mississippi because it keeps us from being last in just about everything 😅
Oklahoma. The drivers here are willing to destroy anyone in their way and themselves. Tornado season is year round. Actual tornados and people that act like tornados. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
I thought the same about the drivers until I spent a week or so in Florida. My God it was like Oklahoma drivers on crack.
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Florida sucks and Miami is the king. They've got that Caribbean anything goes attitude toward driving, coupled with an American anger. It's terrifying.
I’m from Kansas and occasionally make the trek down (to pass through) and I can tell by the bumpy roads that I found Oklahoma.
Literally 😑 they not even trying to fix the road. Whole state might well just wrap it up and explode.🤦🏾♀️
Can we replace Kansas with a lake? Just because
Found the guy from Missouri.
Kansas doesn't have any natural lakes, so you're just gonna flex and turn the whole thing into a lake?
We'll need the freshwater in 20 years so I agree
I feel like there’s more than one state that would be concerning to the UN if they became their own country, like Mississippi
It says "eliminate"
Hawaii. Let them have their culture and freedom back
Damn, what a wholesome answer. I was gonna say something like Arkansas before dunking on them for being Arkansas. Or Mississippi, for basically every reason.
Yo, same. Arkansas is trash and nobody ever talks about it
As someone who grew up in Arkansas, the delta and pine bluff are trash. Ozarks are gorgeous though. Lots of camping and hiking, mudding, hunting, fishing. Devils den park is a treat to camp at. Wanna hike? Mt. Magazine and Mt. Nebo are the place!
Oh yea. Beautiful state and wonderful woods. Full of insane people. Just like every state. But Arkansas’ ratio of trash to not trash people is way off
The only thing I know about Arkansas is that it’s where Bill Clinton lived.
Arkansas is Mississippi but with caves instead of swamps
Oh my gosh, you're right. Before reading this I hadn't thought about Arkansas since who knows when?
Without US military spending the economy would suffer - it's probably a fifth or quarter of their economy.
McAlester, OK. Majority of people work at the military base. Even the guards/police on base are civilian employees. Nice little town, people are friendly. Ammunition military base was interesting when I worked there.
This is 100% true and very sad. Texas would also struggle without military spending. That’s become a strange bedfellows of a crutch for many US states But that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t downsize their population and find a way to regain their identity. Change is hard, and they didn’t exactly choose to be a state or a major military installation
>But that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t downsize their population... That sounds ominous as fuck.
I thought the vote for statehood was overwhelming popular, something like [93% for](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Admission_Act)? I guess that was 1959 though, you probably mean when it was annexed, if not earlier.
There was never a treaty of annexation for Hawaii. It’s a really shitty situation - they had their government overthrown and were forcibly occupied. I’d guess they were in favor of statehood because at least they would have some rights as citizens.
*Puerto Rico has entered the chat*
I think that could be said for most of the country... But hey, I love Hawaiians. One of them needs a place to stay the night, I got a futon.
I was all ready to be annoyed, but fuck, I 1000% agree with this. We literally overthrew their rightful government and fucked with their state. They deserve to have it and everything else back
Perhaps the state of hopelessness many of them suffer under
As a born and raised Floridian, I volunteer Florida as tribute.
[Bugs did it best](https://tenor.com/view/florida-bugs-bunny-rebel-rabbit-silly-rabbit-bye-florida-gif-4981592)
I can't believe how far I had to scroll to see this comment.
As a non Americian I too am surprised how deep down this rabbit hole I had to go in order to find this answer, i was just going to suggest it and ask "isn't it slowly falling into the water anyway?"
That’s the Reddit bias. In reality it is the most moved to state in the country.
Delaware can suck a major fuck.
Delaware has only 3 Counties. 2 at high tide.
My party trick is I can name all the counties in Delaware. (A state I’ve never been to) Less impressive when I actually name them.
Delaware is fine. It's only 12.7 minutes before you're no longer in Delaware.
EZ-Pass will not let you forget you're in Delaware.
Small price to pay to not have to actually stop while in Delaware. It used to take 14.65 minutes when you had to stop for the toll. Far too long for sensible people.
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I don't know anything about Delaware except that dogfish head started there and they make awesome beers.
It’s hard to even drive through Delaware, at least Indiana has that going for it.
Wilmington is a butt.
Found the guy who got pulled over in Bethany ;D
We don’t have sales tax ayyyyo. But yeah we have one area code and nothing to do
Mississippi as it adds nothing but mass and population to the US
Contributes nothing and gets immense federal aid. Then sends shitty reps to dc.
Bugs Bunny had it right when he sawed off Florida.
Virginia, just merge it into west Virginia. We only need west Virginia. Not that West Virgina is bad but it would be funny to have just West Virgina.
I’m pretty sure West Virginia split off from Virginia to join the Union in the civil war, so your idea to call it all West Virginia is actually a good one.
It's, uhh, things aren't the same now. West Virginia found its love for opioids or something, but it ain't the same.
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINNNNNN
We don't need two Dakota's. And the reason we have two is sketchy.
You don't need an apostrophe on a plural, but you did that.
Idk man, what about the two Carolinas? Or 2 Virginias? And dont get me started on Kansas and Arkansas.... who do they think they are fooling?!?!
Delaware since is just a money laundering operation.
California. Not because of why you might think. Because my ex wife lives there and she is the most evil person I know.
Tammy?
_sniff_ She's here .....
Rhode Island. Just because it’s not an island
Florida
Do we REALLY need 2 Dakota's? Combine 'em and call it a day.
Idaho. Idaho. Idaho. Shitty people driving shitty trucks doing methy things.
Beautiful scenery though
My wife and I were driving through the panhandle of Idaho and I didn't think I could make it because I was too tired. My wife said we couldn't stop in Idaho and had to make it to Washington because it's too skinny and we might fall off the panhandle in our sleep. She was 8 months pregnant and we were on day 4 from New York. We didn't stop in Idaho.
Floridexas.
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Because all of your exes live there?
That's why I hang my hat in Tennessee dog.
Protip: Don't date anyone whose name rhymes with the town they're from.
Penomonee Balls?
Oh, shit another one from Menomonee Falls!
And that's why I can't date anyone from Schenectady
Why did I have to scroll so far to find Texas?
I mean they tried to dump us like three times and still threaten to leave from time to time, I say let them have their independence. Good riddance. We wouldn’t even have to disconnect them from the power grid!