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.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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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
#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
Denver really needs to clean up their streets and take care of all those homeless people. Shame on you CO
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.
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.
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.
What beneficial thing came from Missouri the last 25 years?
Once a great Southern state. Now it's an embarrassment of a Southern state. Wait, Maryland is not even Southern anymore. Blah
Shockingly backwards state
Kansas is so boring people dream of riding a tornado like Dorothy just to get the hell out of there.