what is going on everyone it is time to update the worst states in America list
for 2019 last year's video did really well but eventually got age-restricted
and then demonetised when YouTube decided to raise the bar for advertisers
on what's acceptable the video had a street fight in it okay I get it we
won't be making that mistake this year it doesn't matter what state it is
someone always thinks it's the worst for example New Hampshire which is
considered to be the best state in the Union by most researchers it's often
brought up in the comments sections of YouTube videos by people claiming that
they live there and they think New Hampshire sucks and it's the worst state
the first thing I do when I see a comment like this is I check the comment
for spelling and grammatical errors if I find more than one I'd out there from
New Hampshire New Hampshire's always always the top three of Education but
New Hampshire won't be on this list it won't be anywhere near this list this
list is about the worst of the worst you know those states that are often
part of a punch line and a joke pulled out a dive bar yeah
those states a couple of the states from last year's list won't be on this year's
they've gotten better and to be honest a couple of them will be missed
they're really easy to make jokes about I'm gonna miss them and I'm gonna miss
you West Virginia now I have a lot of subscribers from West Virginia that
should be excited about this matter of fact if you haven't already subscribed
please hit that subscribe button down below this list is all about livability
this is sort of a measurement that takes things like crime schools air quality
costs traffic and a few other things into consideration and come out with
this livability grade it's used by a couple different websites all the states
on this list score a big fat ass so good job now I'm sure this list is gonna tick
some of you off I mean I'm kind of talking bad about your state but the
only thing I can say to you is make your state better do something positive for
the state and make it better maybe in a couple years it won't be on the list
that being said let's take a look at my top ten worst states in America for 2019
number 10 New Mexico ah New Mexico everybody's go-to state to
make them feel better about where they live the most common use of the words
New Mexico goes something like this sure it sucks living here but at least
to date New Mexico this gem of the state calls itself the land of enchantment but
if you know anything about the state you know that this is a form of geographical
fake news in 2018 the most recent completed year of statistics for the FBI
New Mexico recorded the third highest rate of property crime and the fourth in
violent crime in the first quarter of 2018 the Albuquerque Police Department
reported a 50% increase in homicides from the year before New Mexico had the
fourth highest rate of drug deaths in the United States in 2018 and a quarter
of its children live in poverty for the second year in a row the state has been
guilty the highest rate of stolen vehicles make sure you have good car
insurance if you live in New Mexico or even visit drive by make sure you got
good insurance number nine Oklahoma Oklahoma is probably the state that sent
me the most hate over the last few years I've been told never to come to that
state more than any other place and stop typing I know you're sitting there and
you're wanting to say something brilliant and original it won't be
scroll down you'll see whatever comment you're about to put in there about 20
other times Oklahoma leads the country and three things barbecue least amount
of sidewalks and the most pedestrians hit by trucks with gun racks the cowboy
state has the fourth highest rate of on-the-job deaths in the nation now
that's according to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics Oklahoma also has a
high obesity rate regular exercise does loads to improve your general well-being
and quality of life yet only about half the Oklahomans report that they've
actually exercised within the last year or at all health care and crime really
bring Oklahoma down they also have 16% of the residents on food stamps
currently number 8 Missouri just recently I did videos on the worst
neighborhoods in America and Missouri made it on those lists more than once
st. Louis and Kansas City have some pretty scary neighborhoods the
show-me-state has won the highest violent crime rates in the nation in
2017 the state reported six hundred murders that's an 11 percent increase
from the year before according to the National Conference of State Legislators
the state lacks detection against discrimination as well
as discrimination laws especially related to employment including
protections for age and marital status so if you're an older person that's
married don't move here looking for work and don't go looking for drugs
apparently they have enough drugs they'll probably find you Missourians
are getting high more frequently than any other state and that's according to
a study that puts them at number one for drug use congratulations Missouri you're
number one at something number seven California it's California so yeah you
know it's bad especially if you live there you read or you watch TV the
western portion of the state is astronomically expensive and the eastern
portion of the state is dirt poor and stop typing I'm sure you can cherry-pick
some town on the eastern portion that's doing pretty good don't they have some
of the dirtiest cities in the country despite having some the strictest
environmental laws which I find really strange
actually I don't if you saw how California function like I have you see
it totally makes sense the Golden State has the worst quality of life based on a
variety of social and environmental factors including the sense of community
and air pollution maybe that's why people have been leaving this place like
it's on fire and lately the place has been on fire whole communities have been
burnt to the ground in recent years due to wildfires great job California more
people are leaving California than moving there breaking a 120 year streak
and it started about four years ago
number six Indiana Indiana the home of our current number two man Mike Pence is
a disaster by most people's standards the Hoosier State isn't known for its
tolerance of all the Americans who live and work within its borders after
intense outcry from business leaders and citizens the state in 2015 adjusted its
deeply controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act soon after it was signed
into law by then Governor Mike Pence the changes also approved by pence helped
ease fears that the law could be used to justify discrimination but Indiana still
lacks protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation age
and marital status while in Indiana you might not want to breathe this is
because the 40 million pounds of toxic fumes generated by Indiana's coal plants
every single year this helps make Indiana the most polluted of all the 50
states good work Hoosiers
number five Mississippi its Mississippi and I know what you're thinking why
isn't it number one on this list well that's because the Magnolia state has
made great strides in bettering their situation I mean great strides for
Mississippi let's be serious you can't be that bad for that long and just work
your way off a negative top-10 list in one year no way Elvis Presley a
Mississippi native went from being the sexiest man on the planet to being an
overweight dude who died while on the toilet in just a couple decades a bunch
of Mississippians appear to be following this life plan the Magnolia state has
the second highest obesity rate in the country and the nation's highest
cardiovascular death rate in 2018 oh and they're knocking it out of the park when
it comes to cancer deaths you know it's a bad state when the number one thing on
most residents bucket list is rent a u-haul number for Tennessee most people
not from this part of the country a little shocked to find out that in
Memphis Tennessee is one of the most dangerous cities in the country
Memphis helps bring down this great state now it shocked me when I first
panel to start learning about this everyone I've ever met from the state
and when I visited Nashville they're wonderful people now to be fair they do
have problems elsewhere in the state but Memphis does excel at sucking with the
fifth highest violent crime rate in the nation the Volunteer State could still
use some more people to volunteer maybe write out your neighbors or something
they might also want to stop smoking that might help the state's alarmingly
high rate of premature deaths according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention for every 100,000 people in Tennessee nearly 10,000 of them die
before the age of 75 that is more than 30% higher than the national average
they also lead the country and childhood obesity that's not good they have bad
air quality poor health grades and other than Nashville and very few other places
to do things it's a whole bunch of nothing I mean less like hunting and
stuff like that but to like go places amusement there's really not that much
number three New York yeah it's New York just like California it sucks these days
they share some of the same issues that are driving people out of California
it's overpriced it's overcrowded and it's just kind of over people aren't
moving here like they once were the shine has left the Big Apple New York
has terrible air quality terrible weather and dangerous cities the housing
costs alone normally kill anyone's dream of moving to the Empire State now I
understand New York City plays a big part of bringing down the ability for
New York State to get on a list like this but the other cities aren't really
that great either anyway affordability health care whether
not a good place for families is what brings New York down number two Alabama
Alabama really doesn't have a lot of things you could let's say put in the
win column they boast the highest number of drunk driving deaths every single
year they lead the country in teen pregnancy their schools are always
ranked as one of the worst in the nation and I have personally seen billboards in
Phoenix City Alabama reminding people that hooking up with a close relative is
not just a bad idea but it's actually against the law the cotton state has one
of the highest crime rates in the nation the lowest concentration of mental
health providers and this is another one of those states that has very little
protection from discrimination of all kinds when it comes to health care for
pregnant women and infants Alabama has the highest infant mortality rate in the
country and with nine infant deaths out of every 1,000 live births and number
one it's a tie Arkansas and Louisiana for the first
time here on the world according to Briggs we have a tie these two states
suck so bad it was hard to separate the two of them the good news is that
they're right next to each other so if you have like one of those old school
maps it's easier to circle the two of them and right never go here in black
sharpie according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention more than 16 percent of Arkansas residents and 17 percent of
weasy Anna Polk report frequent mental distress both states share the same stat
of one third of their children live in poverty both have alarmingly high
on-the-job death rates and both have miserable weather sound good so far they
both share similar stats when it comes to drug use and arrests crime in general
is high maybe a little bit higher in Louisiana but it's pretty high in both
states remember that the I said you circle it on the map and
write never go here that's solid advice
all right so that's my top ten worst states in America for 2019 I hope you
guys enjoyed and hope you got some information I would hope you know where
not to go this year as always if you haven't subscribed please do so don't
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