r/AskReddit • u/af1xd • 29d ago

What is the worst US state and why?

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u/cubitzirconia47 29d ago

That's the joke in New Mexico too.

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u/wiithepiiple 29d ago

It has it's own wikipedia page.

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u/Im_a_real_girl_now 29d ago

It pairs very nicely with Mississippi Goddamn by Nina Simone .

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u/wiithepiiple 29d ago

As well as Here’s to the State of Mississippi: https://youtu.be/K7fgB0m_y2I

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u/Im_a_real_girl_now 29d ago

Oh thanks! I haven't heard that one before. I only lived there a few years and it's cruel bounce between wanting to laugh or cry when I hear these songs. It so easy to make fun of the south but so many innocents get caught in the manufactured ugliness that's built into the South.