What Every State is Worst At: Part 2

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Reader’s Digest

Amanda Tarlton

Updated: Jun. 07, 2022

Montana

Worst: Internet access — That makes up for the fact that they have the worst Internet access of all 50 states (for cat lovers, at least). On the bright side (you know, the side lit up by super fast Wi-Fi), Montana became the first to enact its own net neutrality law earlier this year so there’s hope yet.

Nebraska

Worst: Road rage — But they must not teach good driving skills or anger management in the Nebraska public school system—based on data from social media, Nebraska is the worst state for road rage per capita.

Nevada

Worst: Public schools — But unfortunately, the school system in the Silver State has not climbed to the top. Instead, it sits at the bottom, where it’s been dubbed the worst in the entire county thanks to lack of funding, poor test scores, and the second lowest graduation rate.

New Hampshire

Worst: High college tuition — The student debt struggle is very real in New Hampshire, where college students face the highest average tuition costs in the nation.

New Jersey

Worst: Property taxes — New Jersey has the steepest property taxes in the country, with a whopping average cost of $8,696 compared to the national average of $3,399.

New Mexico

Worst: Car theft — For the second year in a row, the state has been guilty of the highest rate of stolen vehicles.

New York

Worst: Food safety — But think twice before you take a cream cheese-filled bite of that bagel—New York had the most cases of food poisoning last year, namely of norovirus.

North Carolina

Worst: STD rates — They might be bringing more than avocado toast and trendy eateries to North Carolina, though. STDs have been on the rise all across the state and it now has some of the highest rates of diseases including syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea.

North Dakota

Worst: Binge drinking — The state ranks as the booziest in the nation with almost 25 percent of adults drinking excessively on a regular basis along with the most alcohol-related driving deaths.

Ohio

Worst: Job creation —While Cleveland was ranked 15th for jobs just two years ago in 2016, it’s plummeted to the very bottom of the list this year.

Oklahoma

Worst: Walking — Unfortunately, though, you won’t be able to walk off all that BBQ, since Oklahoma City received the worst walking score in the nation. With fast traffic and a lack of sidewalks, there’s definitely some, well, steps that need to be taken to improve the city’s walkability.

Oregon

Worst: Rate of sex offenders — It isn’t all fun and (drinking) games in Oregon, though. The Beaver State has the highest number of sex offenders (676) per 100,000 people and a shocking 42 rapes per capita.

Pennsylvania

Worst: Gas taxes — And what Pennsylvanians are saving on shooting their own dinner, they’re spending at the pump. The state suffers the highest gasoline taxes.

Rhode Island

Worst: Depression rates — The state has the highest rate of depression in the country.

South Carolina

Worst: DUI rates — Tea isn’t the only kind of brewed beverage that South Carolinians are enjoying, however. The state has the highest total number of deaths from drunk or impaired driving.

South Dakota

Worst: Child mortality rate — Unfortunately, the younger generation in the Mount Rushmore state isn’t faring so well. With 47 teen and child deaths per 100,000 people every year, it’s leading the nation in child mortality.

TennesseeWorst:

Childhood obesity rates — But are Tennesseeans spending too much time in front of their screens instead of staying active? Maybe so, when you consider that Tennessee is the top in child obesity, with 38 percent of its kids either overweight or obese

Texas

Worst: Dental health — Those teeth that they are sinking into their new ventures aren’t so clean, though. Texas has the highest percentage of adults whose poor oral hygiene negatively affects their life.

Utah

Worst: Workplace equality — But things aren’t so great in the workplace. Utah has the worst male to female executive ratio along with the highest gender pay gap.

Vermont

Worst: Fast food restaurants — That’s because Vermont has the lowest number of fast food restaurants per capita, with just 1.9 drive-thrus per 10,000 people. We bet the real reason residents of this New England state are always smiling is because they’re also the healthiest.

Virginia

Worst: Speeding tickets — But before you speed off to the polls to vote or weave your way through D.C. traffic, consider this: Virginia is famous for some of the country’s most expensive speeding tickets (the maximum is $2,500!).

Washington

Worst: Air quality — If you’re gasping for air while you pedal, it might not just be because you’re getting a good workout—Washington often has some of the worst air quality because of how smoke from California’s wildfires carries up the coast.

West Virginia

Worst: Smoking — West Virginia is also the state with the most smokers. In fact, nearly 1 in 4 adults in the wild and wonderful state light up a cigarette on the regular.

Wisconsin

Worst: Racial equality — But just because the cities are safe, doesn’t mean they’re equal, at least when it comes to race. In Wisconsin, the unemployment rate for people of color is almost triple that of white people and people of color are 11 times more likely to be incarcerated, making it the worst state for racial inequality.

Wyoming

Worst: Technology jobs — That could explain why it also has the lowest percentage of high-tech jobs, with the technology industry making up a measly 2 percent of the entire workforce.

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210 thoughts on “What Every State is Worst At: Part 2”

    1. Hell, they started with the school crap in June!!! It’s insane!!! Another oddity – Lifetime keeps showing Christmas movies – has been for at least a month now! WTF??!!??

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      1. A homeless woman with her young daughter who has been living in her car, parking in a certain area. The cops pool their money – they had been seeing her around for a week – and they gave her a bunch of food and a fistful of cash before later taking them both to a good shelter. Poor woman – IDK if there may have been drugs involved or not but she seems to be trying really hard to provide for her child. She had a job in a mill and was promised a different job with the same company in a different town; when she got there, there was no job.

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  26. hubby shot a groundhog trying to get into the garden. dang we only have tomatoes and peppers in there since something ate the zucchini i tried to grow…but they do make holes in the yard and that’s dangerous

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    1. A groundhog is the primary reason I even own a weapon! You may remember…when I first moved in here (pre-fence/gate days), I went out back to get into my truck and saw an animal underneath, lying flat on the ground. I couldn’t tell if it was alive or dead or what it was, exactly, so I retrieved a broom and poked at it. It scuttled to the far side, up against the front passenger tire and wouldn’t move from there until I had poked at it for about 5 minutes. I put the broom back and saw it scuttling away towards the lilac bush as I came back. It was acting so strange – normally, around here, they will run from people immediately – and I was worried it might be rabid. So, while I was in Norfolk, I visited a sports store at the mall, who had a sale going on, and picked up my 380. Which I’ve never fired…..ROFL – once I got the fence and gates up, I’ve not had any more in my back yard, or front yard, for that matter.

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        2. I have horse wire with 2″ X 2″ squares around the yard and on the gates – waaay too small for a groundhog!

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  27. A DeSantis event in Iowa, organized by the super PAC, is starting in about 10 minutes and the (small) room is still pretty empty — about 25-30 voters here. pic.twitter.com/ORPzvNwPPK

    — Nancy Cook (@nancook) July 27, 2023

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  29. Very strange….I’ve got nectar, jelly, bird seed out and not one bird in sight!!! Yes, it’s hot but not THAT hot – 100 and humid but still….this has been all day.

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    1. Union Railway Battery to protect workers, 1861.

      British Railway transporting British troops in Egypt, with a Hardenfeldt machine gun, 1882.

      Russian MBV-2, Antiaircraft, WW2

      German captured MBV-2

      Russian TM-3-12 on display outside Moscow

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    2. Polish Armored Trains after German invasion

      Polish Drasines, used to escort trains

      Captured from Germans, Panzertriebwagon, used by Polish forces in 1942.

      Slovakian Resistance Hurban Trains, 1942

      Russian Anti-aircraft and a TM-3-12

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  33. people are supposed to start paying their rent again. these people demand the gov’t absolve their rent debt. it never ends. if your rent was put on hold for over a year and a half…what did you do with all that $$???

    sync
    July 27, 2023 5:12 pm

    Under a tenant protection package passed early this year, tenants have until Aug. 1 to repay the debts incurred between March 1, 2020 and Sept. 1, 2021

    About 100 people led by the Keep LA Housed Coalition gathered in Downtown Los Angeles this week to call upon Mayor Karen Bass
    and the City Council to cancel rent debts or provide further protections for tenants who can’t pay back rent.

    They said lingering struggles from the pandemic, coupled with inflation and L.A.’s high cost of living, make it nearly impossible for many to pay their debts.

    If no further actions are taken to prevent landlords from removing tenants come Aug. 1, eviction filings will soar.

    https://therealdeal.com/la/2023/07/26/la-tenants-have-until-aug-1-to-pay-18-months-of-back-rent/

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  34. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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