Why is your state so ______?

[ttt]

This is funny:

www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/13/google_autocomplete_interactive_map_of_state_stereotypes_the_fat_boring_and_racist_states_of_america.html?wpisrc=obnetwork


The original blog post:
blog.noupsi.de/post/28896819324/why-are-americans-so

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I love it. Why is Kentucky so good at basketball, so poor, so boring, and so racist?

It's tragically accurate. Haha.

[marie427]

I'm inclined to believe that based on what came up for New York, people googling New York are thinking of New York City, not New York State. #arrogantdownstater

I didn't check yet to see if a similar issue came up for Washington State. Did "useless" come up as an adjective for it? If so, I will assume the searchers were asking about DC.

[Deleted]

Why is tennessee called the volunteer state

[eclaires]

Why is Tennessee so humid, so stupid and so fat. Nice.

I would ask about the volunteer state, thing, though. And why the rocky top orange is so abusive to my eyes.

[wawa]

Maryland - expensive, humid, ghetto, boring.

I feel like the people asking the first one and the third one have not been hanging out in the same areas...

[heightsyankee]

I like how it asks "Why is Texas so awesome?" when I am sure much of the time the intended question is "Why does Texas think it's so awesome?"

[2vermont]

Ha...Vermont is awesome.

[mrsbro]

I'm dying laughing.

Why is Massachusetts so liberal, so expensive, so important.

[Deleted]

Aug 14, 2012 8:45:39 GMT -5 eclaires said:

Why is Tennessee so humid, so stupid and so fat. Nice.

I would ask about the volunteer state, thing, though. And why the rocky top orange is so abusive to my eyes.

When I did it, I got Why is TN called the volunteer state, why is TN dirt red, why is TN called rocky top

[eclaires]

TN's dirt is the fucking worst. It's like orange rock. HORRIBLE.

Also, it stains everything.

[AJL]

Why is Texas so awesome, so cheap, so hot, so conservative?

[passthewine]

Aug 14, 2012 8:49:40 GMT -5 wawa said:

Maryland - expensive, humid, ghetto, boring.

I feel like the people asking the first one and the third one have not been hanging out in the same areas...

lol! I guess they figure it's pretty expensive for someplace that seems so ghetto.

[passthewine]

I wonder how many states are boring according to that?

[moreace01]

Illinois is corrupt, flat, broke and humid.

But I guess we aren't boring?

[Deleted]

Aug 14, 2012 9:17:59 GMT -5 passthewine said:

Aug 14, 2012 8:49:40 GMT -5 wawa said:

Maryland - expensive, humid, ghetto, boring.

I feel like the people asking the first one and the third one have not been hanging out in the same areas...

lol! I guess they figure it's pretty expensive for someplace that seems so ghetto.

The ghetto areas are not the expensive areas. Not by a long shot. (sorry, I have lots of MD pride.)


Eclaire - are you serious about the volunteer state thing? because I know but am embarrassed to share my dorkiness if you know :-) (my three best friends from college are from Tennessee. I am full of random Tennessee knowledge.)

[meshaliuknits]

We got broke, liberal, anti-gun and expensive. The last three are clearly about the coastal areas and not our gooey red center. First one is totally justified, though the list should include "dude" somewhere.

[emilyj]

Why is Alabama so racist, so good at football, so obese?

Sigh. At least we have the good at football going for us! :Y:

[Deleted]

KS is evidently boring, windy, hot and conservative.

As a life-long resident, I say fair enough. Especially the conservative and windy.

[mominatrix]

Aug 14, 2012 8:40:58 GMT -5 marie427 said:

I'm inclined to believe that based on what came up for New York, people googling New York are thinking of New York City, not New York State. #arrogantdownstater

I didn't check yet to see if a similar issue came up for Washington State. Did "useless" come up as an adjective for it? If so, I will assume the searchers were asking about DC.

Nope. My guess is that the googling they did was for "Washington state"

WA is rainy, cloudy, important, liberal.

...which is true of the Seattle area, but definitely NOT true of eastern Washington, which is a hot, dry, desert and very very politically conservative. And not important.

[Deleted]

CA- liberal, great, broke, expensive, awesome. All true!

[meshaliuknits]

Aug 14, 2012 10:01:12 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Aug 14, 2012 8:40:58 GMT -5 marie427 said:

I'm inclined to believe that based on what came up for New York, people googling New York are thinking of New York City, not New York State. #arrogantdownstater

I didn't check yet to see if a similar issue came up for Washington State. Did "useless" come up as an adjective for it? If so, I will assume the searchers were asking about DC.

Nope. My guess is that the googling they did was for "Washington state"

WA is rainy, cloudy, important, liberal.

...which is true of the Seattle area, but definitely NOT true of eastern Washington, which is a hot, dry, desert and very very politically conservative. And not important.

That made me chuckle.

[NitaX]

Tennessee Y U SO
Fat
Humid
Stupid?

Fo Realz. It was so dayum humid yesterday I wanted to pass the fuck out. All I could think was how the hell am I supposed to run in this humidity?

[MrsDL]

Aug 14, 2012 9:30:23 GMT -5 @mrsbecky07 said:

Aug 14, 2012 9:17:59 GMT -5 passthewine said:

lol! I guess they figure it's pretty expensive for someplace that seems so ghetto.

The ghetto areas are not the expensive areas. Not by a long shot. (sorry, I have lots of MD pride.)

Not that the whole of Baltimore City is ghetto, but for what you get, property taxes are double or more than anywhere else, including Howard and Montgomery Counties which are always cited as 2 of the wealthiest counties in the country. Also, it's not like food, clothing, utilities, etc are much less expensive in the "ghetto" areas than anywhere else. So yeah, while the nice areas are much MORE expensive, we probably have some of the most expensive ghetto areas in the country.

But boring? I don't know who could call MD boring unless you sit on your ass watching TV all day. There are so many things to do in this state and because it's relatively small - everything is close. No other state where you can be at the beach or mountains in 2.5 or 3 hours, go see all there is to see in DC on a whim. The Kennedy Center, The Lyric, 2 NFL teams, 2 MLB teams, an NBA and an NFL team. So many colleges, the best medical centers in the country, dozens of museums and resturants. Now, even gambling. You'd have to be insane to think MD is boring.

[NitaX]

Aug 14, 2012 8:42:40 GMT -5 @septimus said:

Why is tennessee called the volunteer state

I now calls it the Voluntarily Stupid State.

[zelda25]

Aug 14, 2012 10:01:12 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Aug 14, 2012 8:40:58 GMT -5 marie427 said:

I'm inclined to believe that based on what came up for New York, people googling New York are thinking of New York City, not New York State. #arrogantdownstater

I didn't check yet to see if a similar issue came up for Washington State. Did "useless" come up as an adjective for it? If so, I will assume the searchers were asking about DC.

Nope. My guess is that the googling they did was for "Washington state"

WA is rainy, cloudy, important, liberal.

...which is true of the Seattle area, but definitely NOT true of eastern Washington, which is a hot, dry, desert and very very politically conservative. And not important.

Ditto much of this for Oregon. I'm unclear as to how OR got the "boring" label. Coast, mountains, urban stuff, rural stuff, beer, festivals...WTF, people? How can all that be boring?

[Deleted]

Why is Wisconsin so stupid/warm this winter/cold/humid?

I'm really suprised "drunk" wasn't in the top 4.

[msmerymac]

Aug 14, 2012 9:49:01 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

We got broke, liberal, anti-gun and expensive. The last three are clearly about the coastal areas and not our gooey red center. First one is totally justified, though the list should include "dude" somewhere.

Lol, when I saw the title of this thread, "broke" is the first thing I thought.

[msmerymac]

Aug 14, 2012 8:40:58 GMT -5 marie427 said:

I'm inclined to believe that based on what came up for New York, people googling New York are thinking of New York City, not New York State. #arrogantdownstater

I didn't check yet to see if a similar issue came up for Washington State. Did "useless" come up as an adjective for it? If so, I will assume the searchers were asking about DC.

No, it's true. When I tell people from NY, I always have to clarify. Lest they ask me about the Yankees.

And those descriptions do not indicate all of NY. Big - not really, populated - not really (considering the population of all of upstate is the same as the NYC metro area), expensive - nope, not unless you're in NYC, really. Great? Yes.

[fluff]

Florida's was right. (weird, trashy, humid, hot)