r/AskReddit • u/af1xd • 29d ago
What is the worst US state and why?
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Mississippi is so shit that Arkansas' unofficial state motto is "#49 in everything, thanks Mississippi!"
632 u/cubitzirconia47 29d ago That's the joke in New Mexico too. 393 u/wiithepiiple 29d ago It has it's own wikipedia page. 8 u/poptart2nd 29d ago in 2018 Mississippi had a poverty rate of 19.8%, while Puerto Rico had a poverty rate of 43.1%; American Samoa had a poverty rate of 65% in 2017. gotta reach into colonized territories to compare favorably isn't a good look
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That's the joke in New Mexico too.
393 u/wiithepiiple 29d ago It has it's own wikipedia page. 8 u/poptart2nd 29d ago in 2018 Mississippi had a poverty rate of 19.8%, while Puerto Rico had a poverty rate of 43.1%; American Samoa had a poverty rate of 65% in 2017. gotta reach into colonized territories to compare favorably isn't a good look
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It has it's own wikipedia page.
8 u/poptart2nd 29d ago in 2018 Mississippi had a poverty rate of 19.8%, while Puerto Rico had a poverty rate of 43.1%; American Samoa had a poverty rate of 65% in 2017. gotta reach into colonized territories to compare favorably isn't a good look
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in 2018 Mississippi had a poverty rate of 19.8%, while Puerto Rico had a poverty rate of 43.1%; American Samoa had a poverty rate of 65% in 2017.
gotta reach into colonized territories to compare favorably isn't a good look
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u/Pyrhhus 29d ago
Mississippi is so shit that Arkansas' unofficial state motto is "#49 in everything, thanks Mississippi!"