Welcome back to the world according to Briggs, I am Briggs and let's talk about
everyone's favorite subject states that suck do you live in a state that sucks
do you live in a state that's considered subpar backwards or just plain
dysfunctional well if you're not sure keep watching your state probably on the
list what defines the worst state to live in is that the high crime rate is
that the high poverty rate lack of jobs high taxes or something else in a lot of
ways a bad state is an opinion derived from your preferences some people might
consider a state without big cities in like a really low population the worst
state to live in they might consider boring others may classify states
densely populated and high-cost living the worst as you can see there's more
than one way to judge a state some organizations and publications have
created their list based on various factors that give an overview of the
worst states in the US for example the US government has a couple departments
that do it the US News ranked them and a few other places when someone's doing a
best or worst state ranking they look at factors like education health care
economy opportunity quality of life infrastructure and public safety
these reports give weight to certain elements over others based on what
matters most to the citizen on this list we will be going by the health care
education economy and crime rankings each category can be ranked first as in
the best all the way to 50th as in you suck like a black hole you add up their
rankings and you rank them overall in suckage so let's see who sucks the most
in 2020 starting with the state of
number ten Kentucky Kentucky was part of Virginia and then it became its own
territory rumor has it Virginia was okay with letting these people go two days
after the breakup was the first time anyone was ever heard chanting build
that wall Virginia never got the wall and Kentucky became the 15th state to
join the union in 1792 it has grown to become the 26th largest
state in terms of population with an estimated 4.5 million people that's 4.5
million residents that live in a state with some of the worst health care this
country has to offer I also question their mental health have you ever seen
the hats they wear at the Kentucky Derby they wear hats that Willy Wonka would
think look ridiculous Kentucky is ranked 44th in healthcare they say modern
medicine is to focus more on preventative health
care and health education looks like they have an uphill battle teaching
these people anything Kentucky schools really don't cut it they are ranked 39th
in education their economy sucks too it is ranked 38th they do OK in crime which
helped their ranking they came in 11th all those numbers together ranked
Kentucky number 41 number 9 South Carolina in 1790 the population of South
Carolina stood at an already healthy level of just under 250,000 residents
ten years later in 1800s they had risen up just under 40 percent with three
hundred forty-five thousand residents for a state that didn't have a New York
City in it those are some solid numbers at the time South Carolina was a very
desirable place to live these days if you step outside of Charleston and look
around for a bit you'll say to yourself I bet this place sucks it a lot of stuff
the thing is you'd be wrong and assuming that they suck at most stuff after
beaches in Charleston South Carolina ranked 46th in crime and 43 in education
almost the bottom of the barrel knows health care was ranked
middle-of-the-road at 33 and the economy is the only thing keeping them from
dropping a bunch of other spots South Carolina is ranked 16th that's
respectable overall they're ranked 42nd out of 50 number eight Oklahoma Oklahoma
was acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 it soon became an area
of settlement for various Indian tribes displaced from States further east and
was known as the Indian Territory on November 16th 1907 it was admitted in
the Union as the state of Oklahoma some years later if they looked around and
decided Texas stole some of their land at the western boundary they went
through the whole court thing and the case was settled in Texas favored by the
US Supreme Court in 1930 and I'm sure those towns that were almost rolled into
Oklahoma are breathing a sigh of relief right now
Oklahoma's health care is ranked 47th and they come in 41st in crime so if you
get assaulted a cowboy bar for wearing a small belt buckle you might be in bad
shape because their hospitals might suck the economy is ranked 34th and education
is 39th not good number seven Alaska Alaska is big and it
doesn't have many people they have towns that are so far out in the sticks that
some of them have more people than teeth in 2020 the estimated population for the
entire state of Alaska 730 or thousand people the last nationwide
census in the United States was carried out in 2010 when the population of the
frontier state was seven hundred and ten thousand people that means they still
have a giant state with very few people that also means they have very few
people complaining about their health care that really sucks
Alaska ranks 47th in health care and when it comes to the crime rate they did
a little bit better coming in at 41st their education is ranked 39th and the
economy is ranked 34th out of 50 number six Arkansas
oh yes Arkansas the natural state has been showing up on suckage videos more
and more in the last three years Arkansas has been going downhill for
some time I really should say they've always been going downhill they've just
picked up speed health care to them isn't much more than spitting whiskey on
a cut and then wrapping it with moss from the creek they have great doctors
the problem is they don't stay that long and they don't have many hospitals to
put the ones that are it's weird Arkansas is ranked 49th in health care
and 47th and crime those should be enough for you to cancel the appointment
with that realtor if not listen to this the natural state is 42nd in education
and 43rd and economy so you won't get the best education there and if you do
graduate you're probably not gonna be able to find a good job you know
especially in health care that might be bad number five New Mexico the Land of
Enchantment should really look into changing its name to the state of
depression they have very few nice places to live in this state like fewer
than most states New Mexico has been in bad shape since as far back as I can
remember I know a girl that lived in Farmington New Mexico that place sucks
the day after her 18th birthday she told her mom she wasn't living in New Mexico
any longer her mom said you don't have a car you don't have money what are you
going to do he went down to the local truck stop found the first female driver
she could find and asked for a ride the lady asked where she was going and she
said simply out of New Mexico the truck driver said I'm going to the Nike
factory in Oregon that was 17 or 18 years ago
about three days after she got to Portland she started working for Nike
she still works at Nike New Mexico's ranked 49th in both crime and education
and 47th in the economy 49th crime and education doing great the only good news
is you might survive it when you get run over in a crosswalk by an uninsured
driver they rank 30th in health care number for West Virginia as much as I
hate seeing this one and talking about how
West Virginia sucks I guess I have to but to be fair three years ago they were
the worst and in most categories by a big margin the cities are nice and the
people are amazing what brings this state down is the decline of the coal
industry I read one report that said in 1950 West Virginia had about 160,000
coal miners in 2018 it was under 20,000 I did see another report that said it
was closer to 30,000 with support jobs and all but I don't know it's really low
West Virginia is also still recovering from the opioid crisis which really took
a toll on this state did a lot of damage as I said the cities are nice like the
areas around Charleston Huntington and Morgantown but when you get into the
woods it becomes the towns that time and read
and forgot West Virginia is ranked 50th in the economy and 48th and healthcare
the education is a little bit better at 44
but as proof to the decency of these people they ranked 19th and crime with
those other stats being what they are they should have a horrible crime rate
especially you look at their unemployment rate my god they should be
robbing people just to get by but they're not 19th is respectable
especially when you see how bad the other stats are so they're number four
but Bravo West Virginia number three Mississippi oh my god these guys again
I'm starting to feel bad at this point I would like to point out that they aren't
the worst so let's be positive for the Magnolia state this is a win think about
that when it is considered a win because
you're ranked third from the bottom out of 50 but it shouldn't be any surprise
to anyone because they've been this way since I don't know 1865 the health care
ranked 50th in Mississippi the economy is 48 and crime is 46
that's a trifecta of suck if you ask me now they did do okay in education their
education ranking and their education programs in general are pretty good they
came in 26 they're middle of the road with three other things that are major
Downers that's a plus right there good job Mississippi maybe you'll be out
of the hole in a couple more decades keep teaching your kids right number two
Alabama hey look its Mississippi's neighbor Alabama the yellowhammer state
like so many other states in this part of the country is on a downward
trajectory and it has been for decades considered they ranked 50th in education
we'll give them a second to google trajectory so they know what we're
talking about while they that we'll just watch this extremely
lonely panda man
okay moving on Alabama was ranked 46th in healthcare and 45th in both crime and
economy there's not a lot good going on here obviously they're second from the
bottom this is another state that's been in this situation forever and I don't
get why they don't get any better you know after so many years of being in
this kind of situation you think they'd work towards getting it better it's
weird and number one in Louisiana hey how about that it's Mississippi's other
neighbor the Pelican state situated in deep south Louisiana is known mostly for
the history and culture of its largest city New Orleans I know most of the
cities in Louisiana because that's kind of what I do study the United States but
if you go anywhere else in the country outside the south most people will have
a hard time giving you anything past New Orleans they don't know anything about
the rest of the state i watch this thing about hurricane katrina and this man
said that after the hurricane he watched the floodwaters wash out to the Gulf
taking everyone's stuff with him and he said things like their dreams their
hopes their couches he said it didn't take any of this stuff that people
wanted washed out like all the lawyers and politicians from New Orleans I
thought that was great like I was saying that he's like in knee-deep water still
Hurricane Katrina destroyed large portions of this state mostly New
Orleans and the state still hasn't recovered completely
they still haven't abandoned six flags in New Orleans but the state other than
the hurricane and everything else they've just always been in bad shape
let's take a look at the rankings they're bad they came in 50th in crime
49th and economy 48th in education the only thing that they had a you know
their big shining spot was health care it came in 45th how bad is that when
five from the bottom is the best you could do
that's horrible Louisiana is the worst state to move to in 2020
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