Which State Would You Least Like To Live In?

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  1. Ken Anderson

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    If you had to move to another state, which US state would you least like to live in, and why? Have you actually been to that state?

    Those of you from outside of the United States can use your own geographic equivalents.
     
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    Boy, that's hard, because all the states have something wonderful about them. I think it would probably be Alaska, because of its remoteness and the long dark icy winters. I'd like to visit Alaska, though.
     
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    I lived in Victorville, California for a spell and went to the International Learning Systems school in los Angeles and also spent some time in Pomona.
    Other than that, I have absolutely no use for California especially Southern California.
    Too much dope, too many twinkies, too many gangs, too much needless homelessness, not enough police and from my experience, most of Southern Californians shouldn’t have a driver’s license and should have to take the bus.
     
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    Massachusetts. I find the accent to be, uh, "off-putting."

    Other than that there are a handful of southern states (Mississippi, Louisiana) where the heat & humidity would be a killer.
     
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    The five states that would be on the bottom of my list would be...

    46. Hawaii (I might be able to get used to the weather but the politics are impossible)
    47. Rhode Island (all I know about Rhode Island is Providence and I don't like it)
    48. New Jersey (New Jersey would be on the bottom of everyone's list if it wasn't for Massachusetts and New York)
    49. Massachusetts (I don't mind visiting Boston but I wouldn't want to live in the state)
    50. New York (Upstate NY isn't so bad but NYC sets the standard for New York, and it's a low standard)
     
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    California. 'Nuff said.
     
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    California would be low on my list too, although it used to be a nice place to live, I know there are still plenty of places in California where crazy doesn't rule so strongly. Plus, my son still lives there, so that would add points, although he's talking about moving.

    Connecticut sucks too. Whenever I leave Maine, I have to drive through the worst parts of the county in order to get anywhere else.
     
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    There are good parts of most states. Many places I enjoyed when younger I wouldn't go near now: NYC although much of New York is still okay except for taxes; California south of and including San Francisco; Rhode Island (Providence is just about all there is to Rhode Island); West Texas--didn't enjoy it when I was younger and would enjoy it less now although most of the state is great.
     
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    Well, residents of north and central California have been trying to split up the state for years. North and central simply don't like the southern part at all. Actually, northern California, above San Francisco, is very different than anyplace south of it. San Francisco today is huge and could remind anyone of So. California/Los Angeles.

    As for us, we lived in northeastern Florida, aka Jacksonville, for 10 1/2 years and that was quite enough. However, did take a trip down to Key West, over to Tampa Bay and to the amusement parks/water park in Orlando. That was quite fun.

    But, on our "no way" list would be: any of the southern states, east coast states, northwest states and most of the mid-west states. I was born in the state of NY, but left at age of 6, never to return. Wife was born in southeastern Michigan (outside Detroit) and she has returned to visit, but never live again.
     
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    Well...let me think. Hubby and I have lived in a few states, including MI, PA, CA, TX, back to PA, AZ, and now back to PA. We just left AZ in February after 9 years there and that was way too long. I've been to FL a couple times to visit friends but didn't care for the humidity. I also lived in Myrtle Beach, SC and loved it there, except when Hurricane Hugo went through in '89.

    I was born in MI and hubby was born in OH but raised in CA. We lived there until he retired in 2001. We've been back out once and don't think we'll go again.

    I think every state has it plusses and minus's but, for us, we're pretty happy with PA.
     
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    What part of PA do you live in, @Kay Baker? Welcome to the forum!
     
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    California.
     
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    I was born in Wisconsin, but only because my parents preferred the hospital across the bridge in Marinette to the one in Menominee. I would not want to live in the southern part of the Lower Peninsula, where more than half the state's population is. I grew up in the UP of Michigan. lived in Iowa for a short time, Southern California for 12 years, Texas for 20, North Carolina for just under two years, and have been in Maine since 2001. Of those, I wouldn't want to go back to California, and am not so sure about Iowa, since the corn gets kind of boring, but I wouldn't mind moving back to Texas, and there are parts of NC that I could live in, although not the parts I was in. I've been through Pennsylvania a bunch of times and, except for the larger cities, I like it well enough.
     
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    Thanks, Don. We live in the western part of PA, close to the Ohio border.
     
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    The UP is definitely sparse, but it's beautiful. Lots of snow in the winter, too. I was born in Detroit but grew up in Bay City. My dad worked for the Chevrolet plant there for 42 years.

    When hubby and I were looking for a house (our house in AZ sold within 27 hours...for cash in Dec., 2021), we considered going to my hometown of Bay City but there wasn't anything for sale and what was for sale wasn't worth the asking price. We almost bought a couple different places in OH, but the inspections revealed things we didn't want to tackle. We were running out of time (had to be out in February), and this house came up suddenly in PA. We knew the area very well, so we jumped on it. The thing was...it was everything we DIDN'T want in a house and we've spent a lot of money to renovate it. It looks amazing now compared to what it was when we bought it, but the location is worth the money we put into it, so that's a good thing. Sorry....didn't mean to get off topic...haha.
     
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