Top Ten Most Embarrassing States in the United States

You ever hear stereotypes on how the US is always terrible? These stereotypes are often because of what people in certain notable states end up doing. And because of these people, outsiders and others tend to generalize who we are based off of those people.
The Top Ten
1 Michigan

Detroit is pretty awful. Rest of the state is crumbling, depressed towns. Too bad a lot of the state is beautiful and wooded with nice lakes

I no longer think of Oregon or even New York as bad states anymore. Michigan has some issues like the famous Flint water scandal and tons of crime in Detroit.

Also this list is apparently my most popular and I suspect it to be vote botting. When I put Texas near the top it was constantly voted on daily, and when I changed my original remix all of a sudden Alabama is the one which got votes daily.

People like to wave the Confederate flag because of "heritage", in a Union state no less. Losers

Ugly pine trees everywhere.

2 Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by Washington, on the south by California, on the east by Idaho, and on the southeast by Nevada.

Well this is probably a big surprise to some of you. Oregon apparently is a hipster capital, and these guys are always crying about things the government does. In a way it's more embarrassing than it really is.

Born and raised in Oregon. Lived here for over 50 years, but can’t wait to get out of here. The state itself is beautiful, but the state representatives and people are disgusting. Portland has turned into one big homeless camp where all business doorways smell like urine and have bums sleeping in them every night. They spend all of their road repair money on green paint for the roads they turn into bike lanes. Last time I checked, Ike’s don’t pay a road use tax. I am embarrassed to tell people I’m from Oregon

Portland is full of crazy psychos and bad politics, rest of the state is white trash or empty land

3 Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west.

Alabama is very often seen as the most racist state, though having been there I can definitely say things have calmed down quite a bit. Still, it's got its history, it's the birthplace of the Confederacy, it's where lots of Civil Rights moments happen, and of course it still has it's Southern population.

*Cue Alabama incest jokes*

Incest jokes, poverty, missing teeth and overalls, missing chromosomes too

4 Massachusetts Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England part of the northeastern region of the United States.
5 California California is a state in the Southwestern United States. With 39.6 million residents across a total area of about 163,696 square miles (423,970 square kilometers), California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento, and the largest city is Los Angeles.

Awful politics, full of druggies, hobos, and illegals. The L.A area and Bay Area have way too many people, A wild fire and an earthquake needs to take this state down, a drought too. get rid of their water

Another douchey move is the way you hyperbole "misuse of pronouns is apparently a felony". That ONLY applies to employees of long term health care facilities. So basically it's protecting the sick and the elders from abuse. Did you even look into it or are just parroting some right wing source? But anyways, you wouldn't care about the sick and the old from a "liberal" state like California right? Yeah and also nice timing with this list.

I think people seem to be missing the point, he never mentioned anything about the wildfires and isn't trying to come off as douchey. He's just trying to state why he thinks this state is embarrassing, and apparently that's too much to do a opinion site? Jesus Christ... I'm going to need a lot of bleach and water to get through some of these comments...

California is so far left that it practically deserves to secede from the US entirely. Their recent laws make it so that spreading HIV is a MISDEMEANOR while misuse of pronouns is apparently a felony. And all that Hollywood and overpopulation crap gets center stage when people mention the US very often.

6 Mississippi Mississippi is a southern U.S. state with the Mississippi River to its west, the state of Alabama to its east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

Honestly the only thing that Mississippi has going for it is it's extravagant name. That's it. That's basically embarrassing in itself. There's nothing of importance in Mississippi at all, it's largest city Jackson doesn't even have anything going for it, and of course it's a Southern state. More importantly, it is the fattest state in the US.

I would still love to visit Mississippi one day and judge for myself. I imagine it's a lovely, welcoming place, full of equally lovely people.

Worst state. Poorest state in terms of GDP Per Capita and I heard it's pretty racist. Even has the Confederate battle flag as a part of it's state flag.

The rebel flag is on their state flag

7 Florida Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Florida is the southeasternmost U.S. state, with the Atlantic on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other.

You've probably seen a meme called "Florida Man Strikes Again", which I believe first was introduced because of that one guy in Miami who acted like a zombie and was eating another guy. There's a lot of things that happen in Florida, bad weather, very bad people (many of whom are rednecks), as well as the nightclub shooting and recent high school shooting still fresh in the minds of many people.

Most embarrassing? Its Florida! Of course its Florida! Its more embarrassing than the other top 9 put together. Florida is like if the Darwin awards were a state. I like Miami and the Keys, but the further north you go, the further south you get.

The most interesting state for news, there is always something crazy going on there

Florida sucks so bad that they literally built a launching pad to leave this world.

8 Texas Texas is a state in the Southern USA. It is the second largest by area and population. Its largest city is Houston.

Everything's bigger in Texas, especially the embarrassment. There's even more Southerner-style people here than in Florida, although surprisingly there's not a whole lot of bad things in comparison to Florida or California. Still, the rudeness isn't as justifiable at times.

Nothing but racist white people (not that all whites are racists, of course)

Goodness gracious, it elected the Zodiac Killer for crying out loud!

What's wrong with Texas?! I've lived a pretty peaceful life here!

9 New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania, and on the southwest by Delaware.

Something recent I found out about New Jersey, especially the Paterson area, their schools are definitely struggling. Been doing research into my career field of teaching. And especially why so many teachers are quitting or resigning. Part of it is the students, but the stronger answer is how bad administration is at handling issues.

I'm not saying that NJ is the epicenter for this, but it is weird how most of what I heard comes from NJ teachers, especially how close it is to NY and the New England area where the best schools are located. I'm sure the education issues persist in other states, especially the South.

Highest auto insurance rates in the nation for a reason. Olde infrastructure, generally poor city planning throughout. Newark is 2nd only to Detroit in 'hell on earth status.' If New York is Bad, Northern New Jersey is the dregs of all that crap. They're a bunch of dicks because they are considered last place in all the places you can be in the Tri-state area. Stupid-high taxes for what you get. Dumb gun laws that encourage high crime rates. "Give the guns to the bad guys, they're probably disadvantaged yutes."

The number 1 by far, this and Florida

Gerard Way comes from there.

10 New York New York is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic Region. New York was one of the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States. With an estimated 19.54 million residents in 2018, it is the fourth most populous state. In order to distinguish the state from the city with the same name, it is sometimes referred to as New York State.

What's actually embarrassing about New York is that no one talks about anything New York related without referring to just New York City. The entire rest of the state is almost never really mentioned. And surprisingly, the vast majority of the state is also Republican! Yeah, but the Democrats usually still win since New York City, the overpopulated mess that it is, has significantly more people voting in it. Crazy how that goes. And of course, both presidential candidates were from New York itself.

New York City is getting more dangerous, awful politics. Upstate is cold and depressing

The Contenders
11 Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Its name is of Siouan derivation, denoting the Quapaw Indians.

#1 in the U.S. for meth use, highest obesity rate, highest divorce rate, zero abortion rights, 2nd worst education system, #1 in crime PER CAPITA

Hick state, pretty poor, missing teeth, overalls, road kill for dinner

12 Colorado Colorado is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

Denver really needs to clean up their streets and take care of all those homeless people. Shame on you CO

13 Alaska Alaska is a U.S. state situated in the northwest extremity of the Americas. The Canadian administrative divisions of British Columbia and Yukon border the state to the east; it has a maritime border with Russia to the west across the Bering Strait.

Alaska is a classic example of an embarrassing state that you can even read about its embarrassment in a US history book. Ever heard of Seward's Folly? That was Alaska. It's huge but mostly barren, it's got a rather bad crime rate, and what else?

Alaska has a the smallest population but a giant crime rate drunk hill billies

Nothing but a bunch of dudes standing around looking for something to do when they’re not busy trying not to die at their day jobs.

14 Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states.

Arizona's honestly a nasty state. It's got a crime rate, incredibly hot temperatures over the summer, and people only pay attention to it just because it has the Grand Canyon and nothing else. Liberals obviously hate John McCain too.

15 Washington Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho, and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It is the only state named after a president.
16 West Virginia West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

And in second place for fattest state (briefly it outclassed Mississippi) is West Virginia. Again, there's almost nothing amazing about this state, and it's only remembered because it seceded FROM Virginia.

Where dental careers go to die.

17 Missouri Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern United States. It is the 21st most extensive, and the 18th most populous of the fifty states.

What beneficial thing came from Missouri the last 25 years?

18 Minnesota Minnesota is a state in the Midwestern United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory.
19 Maryland Maryland is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.

Once a great Southern state. Now it's an embarrassment of a Southern state. Wait, Maryland is not even Southern anymore. Blah

20 Illinois Illinois is a state in the midwestern region of the United States. It is the 5th most populous state and 25th largest state in terms of land area, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country.
21 Hawaii Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state of the United States of America, receiving statehood on August 21, 1959.
22 Tennessee Tennessee is a state located in the southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States.

Shockingly backwards state

23 Georgia Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies.
24 Kansas Kansas is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area.

Kansas is so boring people dream of riding a tornado like Dorothy just to get the hell out of there.

25 South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. The state is bordered to the north by North Carolina, to the south and west by Georgia across the Savannah River, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
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