r/AskReddit • u/af1xd • 29d ago

What is the worst US state and why?

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u/mahoujosei100 29d ago

By most objective measures, it's Mississippi. Highest poverty rate, lowest life expectancy, poor infrastructure, some of the worst education, poor health care access and quality...

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u/[deleted] 29d ago edited 24d ago

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u/40ozSmasher 29d ago

What did you experience that changed your mind?

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u/[deleted] 29d ago edited 24d ago

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u/Akantis 29d ago

My job moved down there and it was an absolute nightmare at every level. And I grew up in West Virginia, so my standards were already pretty low.

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u/pandemicshutdown 29d ago

Damn.

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u/Nigerian_bus_ride1 29d ago

Lol your name is pandemic shutdown that's an awesome name

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u/heluhowyalldun 29d ago

Dude yours is Nigerian bus ride. Nice!

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/holopaw 29d ago

Hey what’s up Jorge!

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u/Enano_reefer 29d ago

Awww am I a woman!?

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u/I_lenny_face_you 28d ago

Now imagine if the account was 2 years old or more. S P O O K Y

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u/Ande64 29d ago

Double damn

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u/ricosmith1986 29d ago

3x1-1

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u/mechashiva1 29d ago

Makes the night Abe Lincoln got shot look like a peanut

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u/CatumEntanglement 29d ago

Damn is right. I wasn't expecting such a clean kill via r/murderedbywords in this thread, but here we all are.