What is the Greatest State / Worst State

[alfred russel]

My point of view:

Greatest State: California (taxes, cost of living, etc. may suck, but the place is gorgeous with great weather and great cities)

Worst State: Texas (oppressive in summers, society structured around indoor airconditioned spaces)

[DGuller]

In my experience:

Greatest State:  New Jersey
Worst State:  New York

[Razgovory]

Best state: Missouri, I live there!

Worst state:Missouri, Raz lives there.

[celedhring]

Best State: Catalonia; you got the work opportunities associated with Spain's second largest city and economic area coupled with great Mediterranean beaches, night life, and weather; best of both worlds.

Worst State: Extremadura; like Andalucía (hot, poor and dry) but without the good things of Andalucía (culture, night life and wine).

[Iormlund]

Catalonia is full of Catalans though.

[Valmy]

Best State: Um....hmmmm....I always liked Virginia I guess.  It is for lovers.  Louisiana has the best food.

Worst State: Oklahoma.  Horribly hot like Texas during the summer, brutally freezing cold during the winter.  Also: filled with land thieving Okies.

[Savonarola]

Best State (not including Michigan or Florida):  Washington (Mountains, Pacific rain forests, wine, Seattle, coffee)
Worst State:  Ohio

[celedhring]

Catalonia is full of Catalans though.

The only other "lots-of-industry-but-with-great-food-and-beaches" place in Spain is the Basque Country, though.

[Iormlund]

Yeah. It's hard to find out a place in Spain that has good standards of living without annoying locals. 

[Liep]

The only country I remember visiting that has distinctive states is Australia, but all four states I visited were pretty goddamn fantastic so can't choose.

[Barrister]

Best state in the union is quite clearly Alaska.   

The worst?  I'm trying to limit it to states I've been to, rather than rely on just reputation.  Honestly, even though I'm rather fond of the place for some rather nostalgic reasons, I'd probably have to say North Dakota.  Can't think of a state I'd be less likely to visit again.

[CountDeMoney]

Best state: anywhere other than where I am
Worst state: unemployment

[The Larch]

Worst State: Extremadura; like Andalucía (hot, poor and dry) but without the good things of Andalucía (culture, night life and wine).

They do wonders with pork there, though.

[Ideologue]

My idea of Washington, my experience of South Carolina.

[celedhring]

Worst State: Extremadura; like Andalucía (hot, poor and dry) but without the good things of Andalucía (culture, night life and wine).

They do wonders with pork there, though.

I think that's a common trait of Iberian peoples though, nobody beats us at making all sorts of delicious stuff out of pork.