Here’s how Americans rank the 50 states

[stoshuaj]

On 9/2/2021 at 9:05 PM, -JB- said:

Texas is a big ass state so I can’t speak for the rest of it but Dallas is cool lol

Agree

 

The problem w Dallas fans isn’t the fans that can actually find Dallas on a map.

 

The problem w Dallas fans is the mouth breathers that live in DMV and couldn’t find Dallas if you spotted them the state.

Edited October 17, 2021 by stoshuaj

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[China]

The 50 Drunkest Counties in America

 

Each day, at dinner tables and social functions across the country, millions of adults enjoy alcohol responsibly. Moderate drinking -- defined astwo standarddrinks per day for men and one standard drink for women -- carries relatively littlerisk, and may even havesome health benefits. However, beyond this threshold, alcohol can only be detrimental.

 

Excessive drinking -- along with tobacco use, inadequate exercise, and poor nutrition -- is one of four main risk factors for preventable disease identified by the CDC. In addition to short-term consequences, such as impaired judgement and motor skills, excessive alcohol consumption is associated with liver disease, certain cancers, increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, and poor mental health.Here is a look at 23 ways a drinking habit can harm you. 

 

Each year, alcohol abuse is directly linked to diseases and accidents that kill an estimated 95,000 Americans. Excessive drinking also costs the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually, mostlyin lost productivity. 

 

Using data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a joint program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 24/7 Wall St. identified the U.S. counties with the highest excessive drinking rates. In every county on this list, more than one in every four adults drink excessively, while nationwide, fewer than one in five do. 

 

Click on the link for the list

 

Spoiler:  The top 10 counties are all in Wisconsin, as are 37 of the top 40.

 

Go home Wisconsin, you're drunk.

 

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by China

[Jabbyrwock]

58 minutes ago, China said:

Spoiler:  The top 10 counties are all in Wisconsin, as are 37 of the top 40.

 

Go home Wisconsin, you're drunk.

[Long n Left]

If you’re Irish, and live in Wisconsin…Lordy, Lordy.

[China]

29 minutes ago, Long n Left said:

If you’re Irish, and live in Wisconsin…Lordy, Lordy.

 

If Wisconsin is on average with the rest of the US, then that's 10% of its population.

 

https://namecensus.com/ancestry/Irish.html

[Long n Left]

11 hours ago, China said:

 

If Wisconsin is on average with the rest of the US, then that's 10% of its population.

 

https://namecensus.com/ancestry/Irish.html

So, you’re saying 10% of Wisconsin be like

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

14 hours ago, China said:

The 50 Drunkest Counties in America

 

Each day, at dinner tables and social functions across the country, millions of adults enjoy alcohol responsibly. Moderate drinking -- defined astwo standarddrinks per day for men and one standard drink for women -- carries relatively littlerisk, and may even havesome health benefits. However, beyond this threshold, alcohol can only be detrimental.

 

Excessive drinking -- along with tobacco use, inadequate exercise, and poor nutrition -- is one of four main risk factors for preventable disease identified by the CDC. In addition to short-term consequences, such as impaired judgement and motor skills, excessive alcohol consumption is associated with liver disease, certain cancers, increased risk of a heart attack or stroke, and poor mental health.Here is a look at 23 ways a drinking habit can harm you. 

 

Each year, alcohol abuse is directly linked to diseases and accidents that kill an estimated 95,000 Americans. Excessive drinking also costs the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually, mostlyin lost productivity. 

 

Using data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a joint program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, 24/7 Wall St. identified the U.S. counties with the highest excessive drinking rates. In every county on this list, more than one in every four adults drink excessively, while nationwide, fewer than one in five do. 

 

Click on the link for the list

 

Spoiler:  The top 10 counties are all in Wisconsin, as are 37 of the top 40.

 

Go home Wisconsin, you're drunk.

 

 

 

I didn't know @PleaseBlitzmoved to Wisconsin.

[Cooked Crack]

 

[Captain Wiggles]

Coupon is not the most oddly named town in Pennsylvania. 

 

[Busch1724]

You mention Intercourse, but let's not forget just as worthy Bird-in-Hand and Blue Ball.

[China]

I think it's Toad Suck, Arkansas for the win.

 

[China]

This Is the Unhappiest State in America

 

How do you measure happiness? According to one adage, money cannot buy it. Perhaps it is tied to health or a good family life. A good job should be mixed in. So should the environment where people live.

 

NiceRx tried to measure the happiest and unhappiest states with its own methodology. Its metrics included poverty, mental illness, life expectancy, median household income, a safety score and homicide levels. Data on life expectancy and homicide rate in each state came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data on the mean household income and safety rating for each state were from World Population Review, and data on each state’s rates of mental illness and poverty came from Data USA. According to NiceRx, “These factors cover a range of different topics, from health and social affairs to economic matters. This provided us with a good overview of the different stresses and strains that people living in these states might experience.”

 

What did the research leave out? Certainly environmental factors like air and water pollution. Another measure left out was good schools and colleges. Yet another is the presence of parks and retail amenities. However, its yardsticks are as good as most others.

 

Once all factors were taken into account, each state was given a composite happiness score. The rating ran from 10 to zero, with the best state for happiness receiving the highest score.

At the top of the list was Hawaii, which had a score of 9.02. Its mean household income was high at $103,780, and the poverty rate was low at 9.44%. Connecticut ranked second with a score of 8.82. A number of the top states were in the northeast.

 

The lowest rated state was Mississippi at 2.06. It was followed by Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, as southern states dominated the bottom of the list.

 

These are the 10 unhappiest states in America:

 

- Mississippi (2.06)
- Louisiana (2.38)
- Arkansas (2.61)
- Alabama (3.17)
- West Virginia (3.19)
- Oklahoma (3.65)
- Tennessee (3.66)
- Kentucky (3.77)
- New Mexico (3.86)
- South Carolina (4.35)

[China]

2022's Most & Least Stressed States

 

There are many different sources of stress, but by far the most prominent in the past few years has been the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a recent survey found that one in three Americans sometimes feel so stressed about the pandemic that it hurts their ability to make basic decisions. Overall stress levels are not uniform across the country, though, and certain states worry more than others about specific issues.

 

WalletHub compared the 50 states across 41 key indicators of stress to determine the places to avoid and achieve a more relaxing life. Our data set ranges from average hours worked per week to the personal bankruptcy rate to the share of adults getting adequate sleep.

 

Overall Rank*	State	Total Score	Work-Related Stress	Money-Related Stress	Family-Related Stress	Health- & Safety-Related Stress
1	Louisiana	61.38	3	2	7	2
2	Nevada	60.17	17	7	1	10
3	New Mexico	58.85	10	3	2	18
4	West Virginia	57.84	26	4	10	1
5	Mississippi	57.52	6	1	22	5

 

Click on the link for the full list

[Bang]

So what I am seeing on that top five is that marrying your family members causes a lot of stress.

 

~Bang-zoom! To the moon, Alice!

[Simmsy]

2 hours ago, Bang said:

So what I am seeing on that top five is that marrying your family members causes a lot of stress.

 

~Bang-zoom! To the moon, Alice!

 

Gotta keep it casual.

[China]

Mississippi is the fattest place in America: Magnolia state, West Virginia and Alabama lead US health crisis with 40% of people obese, report shows

 

Mississippi is the fattest state in America, with two in five adults obese or morbidly obese, a report revealed Tuesday amid mounting warnings over the country's health.

 

Telephone surveys of more than 400,000 people nationwide showed the Magnolia state had the highest rates of obesity followed by West Virginia and neighboring Alabama.

 

At the other end of the scale people in Colorado, Massachusetts and Hawaii were least likely to be obese — with less than a quarter of adults falling into the category. 

 

 

Click on the link for the full article

[TD_washingtonredskins]

There are only 3 states with less than a quarter of its population reported as obese? Good God. 

[The Evil Genius]

1 minute ago, TD_washingtonredskins said:

There are only 3 states with less than a quarter of its population reported as obese? Good God. 

 

I don't believe Hawaii's reporting. 

[CobraCommander]

So red states are overwhelmingly fat, stupid and sad. I don’t need studies to tell me that. 

[Renegade7]

On 12/10/2021 at 10:43 PM, China said:

 

These are the 10 unhappiest states in America:

 

- Mississippi (2.06)
- Louisiana (2.38)
- Arkansas (2.61)
- Alabama (3.17)
- West Virginia (3.19)
- Oklahoma (3.65)
- Tennessee (3.66)
- Kentucky (3.77)
- New Mexico (3.86)
- South Carolina (4.35)

 

But what about all that freedom they have? Unpossible!!!

[China]

55 minutes ago, Renegade7 said:

 

But what about all that freedom they have? Unpossible!!!

 

Anyone notice that 4 of the first 5 states on both the Unhappiest States list, and Most Obese States list are the same (Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, West Virginia)?

 

I think there is some correlation.  I'd like to see the poverty numbers for those states.  I imagine the people in these states are poorer, and have poorer diets, and are subsequently fatter.  Eating their misery.

[China]

West Virginia is now resorting to paying people to live there:

 

How much would it take you to move to West Virginia? The state is paying up

 

Could West Virginia be the next remote-work hub in the United States? A new program aims to use the state’s natural resources and a little cash to bring workers to the Mountain State.

To find out about it, WUSA9 traveled to Morgantown, West Virginia and met the people behind the program.

 

"The fact of the matter is we've lost more population than any other state,” said Danny Twilley, one of Ascend’s economic development leaders.

 

We met Twilley inside a co-working space on West Virginia University’s campus. He explained where the numbers bear out. For the last several censuses, the exodus of residents from West Virginia led to it losing a Congressional seat.

 

“We've lost our best and brightest,” Twilley said.  “When people have a highly desirable skill and are highly educated, they have economic and social mobility. They tend to leave our state.”

 

"How do we plug the bathtub and then refill it?”

 

That is where the idea of Ascend West Virginia began. A program that would attract remote workers because of the lifestyle and quality of life the state can offer.

 

Here is how it works. The program offers a total value of $20,000 to newcomers through the program. Those remote workers would initially get $10,000 to move to one of the three pilot areas that launched in 2021: Lewisburg, Shepherdstown, or Morgantown. Then, they'd receive another $2,000 for the second year. 

 

Click on the link for the full article

[Ball Security]

1 hour ago, China said:

West Virginia is now resorting to paying people to live there:

 

How much would it take you to move to West Virginia? The state is paying up

 

Could West Virginia be the next remote-work hub in the United States? A new program aims to use the state’s natural resources and a little cash to bring workers to the Mountain State.

To find out about it, WUSA9 traveled to Morgantown, West Virginia and met the people behind the program.

 

"The fact of the matter is we've lost more population than any other state,” said Danny Twilley, one of Ascend’s economic development leaders.

 

We met Twilley inside a co-working space on West Virginia University’s campus. He explained where the numbers bear out. For the last several censuses, the exodus of residents from West Virginia led to it losing a Congressional seat.

 

“We've lost our best and brightest,” Twilley said.  “When people have a highly desirable skill and are highly educated, they have economic and social mobility. They tend to leave our state.”

 

"How do we plug the bathtub and then refill it?”

 

That is where the idea of Ascend West Virginia began. A program that would attract remote workers because of the lifestyle and quality of life the state can offer.

 

Here is how it works. The program offers a total value of $20,000 to newcomers through the program. Those remote workers would initially get $10,000 to move to one of the three pilot areas that launched in 2021: Lewisburg, Shepherdstown, or Morgantown. Then, they'd receive another $2,000 for the second year. 

 

Click on the link for the full article

A lot of places do something similar.  I like shepardstown, but 12k hardly covers closing/moving costs and it’s not really inexpensive to live there after a quick look at Zillow.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/07/17/us-cities-and-states-that-will-pay-you-to-live-there.html

[Captain Wiggles]

Good for Best Virginia. A few states already have incentives for folks making moves. Alaska, Oklahoma, Vermont, Kansas, and even Maryland offer money, rebates, or even land.