r/AskReddit • u/af1xd • 29d ago

What is the worst US state and why?

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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/CHSummers 29d ago

My wife had a job interview in West Virginia, so we watched some of the PR videos produced by the West Virginia folks in charge of attracting companies to relocate there.

I’m pretty sure this is true all over the South, but the message was basically: “Cheap electricity, low business taxes, and we have crushed the unions! There will never, ever, ever, ever be any workers’ rights here! Come to West Virginia!”

On the plus side, it was very green.

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u/stephers831 28d ago

Cheap electric?? My electric bill is $200 a freaking month on budget and AEP just got another raise.