Every state's least favorite state

[True Dough]

Even if you don't want to bother trying to figure out what the map below is telling you, what is your least favorite state?

[Walleye]

1. I live in Delaware, I don't hate New Jersey but it's drivers are the rudest in the world and ours are the most polite

New Jersey’s actually beautiful stay with a lot of wonderful people.

[malthaussen]

2. Florida hates Florida, LOL.

As to the question asked in the OP, it's a toughie, but I think Texas wins that one.

-- Mal

[SARose]

5. Now wait just a doggone minute...

Who else are y’all gonna make fun of - Delaware? Connecticut? You know you love us.

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas.

Jeff Foxworthy

We love y’all too!😬

[Wonder Why]

16. Oh Yeah?

If everyone is behind your car driving slowly in the left hand lane, you live in Florida.

If you are 79 and the 10,000 people in your condo are older than you, you live in Florida

If you spend half your year in a more northern state, you live in Florida.

If you retired in another state and changed from liberal to conservative at the same time, you live in Florida.

If you haven't figured out how to remove a hanging chad, you live in Florida.

If you always eat dinner at 4pm, you live in Florida.

If you always eat dinner at 4pm to save money and you have $10M in your retirement fund, you live in Florida.

If you emigrated from Cuba and want to stop immigrants now, you live in Florida.

If you always drive a Cadillac or Ford LTD, you live in Florida.

If you refuse to pay a dime for future maintenance of your condo because you're waiting for the hurricane so the insurance will cover it, you live in Florida.

If you spent your career as a NYC police officer or firefighter and now live in another state, you live in Florida.

If you hate Native Americans and are glad they were driven out of your state but live in a place called "the villages", you live in Florida.

If you are proud that you were able to scale Mt. Dora, you live in Florida.

[SARose]

17. Lol

Damn! You win.🤣

[Wonder Why]

22. Nah! Tie.

[Timeflyer]

20. You got it.

[2naSalit]

11. Saw that!

[2naSalit]

13. Same with S. Carolina!

[catbyte]

3. Well, I do have a dim view of Ohio, lol, but a lot of that has to do with the Michigan/Ohio State

rivalry. But then there's Gym Jordan and JD Vance...

Yeah, Ohio sucks.

[Sanity Claws]

4. I'm in NY and think TX might be NY's most hated state

We make fun of NJ but don't hate it.

[EverHopeful]

34. Although many of us do dislike NJ drivers

And, yes, we do make fun of it.

Why is there so much depression in NY?
Because the light at the end of the tunnel is NJ.

[unc70]

6. Who does SC hate?

In your data, which state does SC hate? My eyes aren't very good, but it appears that SC might hate Ohio. That seems strange to me

[dweller]

9. Nebraska, no it's Ohio

😐

And nobody hates NC ?
🤔



✌🏻

[paleotn]

10. Looks like they hate Ohio for some strange reason.

[Marthe48]

23. A lot of Ohioans vacation in SC

Probably SC sees a lot of bad examples.

[Irish_Dem]

41. Ohioans keep their economy going.

[marble falls]

54. That and New Yorkers buying guns from SC.

[doc03]

7. People in Ohio love Myrtle Beach SC and say how friendly people are there yet they hate

Ohio, interesting. Myself the Confederate States.

[Freddie]

8. Nobody hates Pennsylvania!?

Our food is too good.
I’d say we hate NJ and NY equally.

[paleotn]

12. Northern New England and Mass. Can't argue with that.

I do love Boston, love Cape Cod (off season), love the concentration of top notch universities, love the cutting edge biotech, but please leave the Mad Max driving at home when venture to your northern neighbors. Above all, don't tailgate. Outside of Burlington (Mass north) it's considered extraordinarily rude.

[MyMission]

14. I live in NC... bless your heart!

I enjoyed the map, and the concept.

Interesting how my state doesn't hate anyone. After thinking about that I realized why.
Its all about commerce and tourism, and appearances.

[OldBaldy1701E]

62. You must not live near any of the borders.

I grew up in NE North Carolina. One of our favorite jokes was this: How can you tell when you have driven into Virginia?

*roll roll roll BUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITYBUMPITY!*

There were many others, but where I was, most jokes and complaints were about Virginia. I found the same when I was down in Charlotte. The jokes and complaints were about South Carolina. Here is one of my faves:

https://i.postimg.cc/7ht1vD6j/temp-Image-V2-Xmw-O.avif

Then, I lived outside of Asheville. Can you guess who they whined about? I will give you a hint: N.C. used to claim it.

Now, growing up on the Outer Banks, we complained about Ohio as well, since that was the most spotted license plate every summer. But, we did not say it out loud, because of what you said... commerce, tourism, and appearances.

However, once the season was over... whoo boy...

[MyMission]

63. I'm actually not far from SC or TN.

I'm in western NC, a tourist town, so we rely on visitors from near and far!

There is a "friction" between NC and SC, but its all the south as far as I'm concerned.
But mostly they hate Yankees, other southerners are welcomed.

I'll share a Southern joke with you.
What's the difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee?
A Yankee comes here, looks around and goes home
(Those that stay are damn Yankees!)

[OldBaldy1701E]

64. Yep! Know that one well! (n/t)

[WestMichRad]

15. Nope.

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[lark]

18. I've driven around a lot of this country, everywhere except the far north east.

I'd say Kansas is the worst, by far. There is nothing to see there, hardly any variation in the landscape, just dry dusty used up feeling plains, and the people aren't friendly. Now this is based on a "country tour" in 1978, I'm sure things have changed, but I'd bet they haven't changed much. Wyoming would be second, if not for Grand Tetons and Yellowstone it would be very close to Kansas, but friendlier. Most of it is so flat and boring.

The worst state to drive through for it's intolerance of anyone different - Texas by a mile! Only LA even comes close.

[Archae]

19. We don't hate Illinois here in Wisconsin...

Exception being "Da Bears," of course.

We're just sick of the FIB's who slam Wisconsin as a "hick state" full of dairy farmers, yet they drive up here often in their huge RV's, spending lots of money here in Wisconsin.

[Irish_Dem]

42. Ha I just made the same kind of comment.

Rich Illinois city slickers think the dairy farmers are hicks.

[Hikerchick57]

21. No one realizes Wy is actually a state...

[Marthe48]

24. Talked to a few people in Colorado

years ago, but they hated tx more than California.

[Paladin]

33. I'm a Texan who hates Colorado.

That comes from working in Colorado for a few years. Jeez, all that fucking snow. The only things I miss about Colorado are the elk herds and fly fishing for trout.

[Marthe48]

36. My younger brother moved there right after h.s.

He made his life out there. My Mom moved out there and stayed on after he died. My older sister lived out there for awhile with her kids. My older brother moved back and forth between Ohio and Colorado for as long as my Mom lived there. The Durango area was popular with vacationers.

[Paladin]

52. None of your family had to work for the same prick that I did in Colorado.

All of you should count yourselves lucky.

[Marthe48]

53. Glad you got away

Not on topic, but when I got a job, the first thing I did was write a resignation letter, and file it in my papers. It was very emowering

[Paladin]

57. That's a damn good step to take.

I'll pass it on to friends and family who aren't retired.

[BluesRunTheGame]

55. When I lived in Colorado we hated Texans.

Colorado was a popular vacation destination for wealthy Texans and we found them annoying.

Recently, Californians have been cashing out their overpriced homes and moving to the interior west. This, of course, runs up the cost of living and creates a variety of problems. That’s why the “hate” has shifted to California.

[Arthur_Frain]

25. Don't really hate Texas up here in the north country

They're just such an easy mark these days that they're the butt of all our jokes, so I get how one might think we do.

[Croney]

26. Some hates seem sports-related. Yes, LSU country hates Alabama.

We in Mass. might like NYC but we hate the Yankees more.

That's as far as I took that theory.

[Irish_Dem]

29. Yes Ohio/Michigan rivalry is about football.

[yellowdogintexas]

35. Indiana and Tennessee both hate Kentucky over basketball. It has been that way for years

Mississipi, Louisiana and Arkansas hate Alabama because of football.

I could spot most of the sports related ones right away especially the collegiate ones.

[Irish_Dem]

37. In Ohio we don't even say the word Michigan.

We just say "that school up north."

[Marthe48]

43. I saw a show a few years ago about a border dispute between Oh and Mi

over the area that now contains Toledo: https://www.history.com/news/the-toledo-war-when-michigan-and-ohio-nearly-came-to-blows

It seems mostly about sports now. (saw a bumper sticker when I was going to O.S.U. "Muck the whole state of Fichigan" lol)

[Irish_Dem]

44. Oh yes.

All kinds of slogans with perforative and vulgar comments about Michigan.
This is standard.

[Iggo]

45. If it was sports based, CA, TX, FL, and NY would all be tri-colored.

[elleng]

27. TOO SILLY!!!

[rsdsharp]

28. Iowa hates Nebraska? Hell, the western third of the state IS Nebraska.

[Jeebo]

30. There's a pattern.

Most of the hates seem to be for neighboring states. Familiarity breeds contempt, I guess. Following that pattern, the reason Hawaii doesn't seem to hate anybody is because they're so far away from everybody else. Why does Alaska hate Texas? Does it have something to do with them being the two biggest states geographically?

-- Ron

[Tree Lady]

47. Well the hate for CA is because people move with more money

from selling their house and drive up cost of houses for all the neighboring states.

We moved from CA to WA not with extra money but still got from a few people the hate CA thing. We changed plates as fast as we could. When we moved from WA to OR no one said anything.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

31. I've lived in KY my whole life and never heard 1 person say they hate TN.

There's football and basketball rivalry, but that's about the end of it, so far as I know.

[highplainsdem]

32. I suspect at least some of the "hate" is college sports rivalries, which often lead people to trash nearby states.

[Irish_Dem]

38. New Jersey hates everyone.

[Irish_Dem]

39. Why does SC hate Ohio?

[Irish_Dem]

40. Wisconsin hates Illinois.

Because all the rich people from Chicago come up to Wisconsin and buy up
lake front cottages, sashay around acting too big for their britches.

(That is what my cousins in Wisconsin say.)

[Skittles]

46. FIB

when I went to high school in northern Illinois, WI called us FIBs (fucking Illinois bitches) - and were were only buying nickel beer

[Irish_Dem]

50. Yep this is exactly what the farmers hate.

Rich people from Chicago flashing their money around.

[Skittles]

56. heh - well it wasn't so much flashing

as it was making the age requirement - if I remember correctly, it was 21 to drink in Illinois and 18 in Wisconsin

[Irish_Dem]

58. We probably don't want to talk about drinking in Wisconsin. :(

[Skittles]

59. LOL

I hear ya - I did live in Wisconsin for a stint when I was a kid, it was my favorite pit stop as a GI brat.....fond memories

[JoseBalow]

48. California, LOL!

[electric_blue68]

49. I've had a liberal friend in Texas for 4 decades, and transplanted liberalish Texan friend for about 20

years. And a newer liberal on line transplanted Texan acquaintance. So they give an outsider a better pov.

Some of my favourite relatives are from Northern New Jersey and they're good drivers!

I have some iffiness towards "The South" bc of Jim Crow etc, was also taught about racism up here in NYC when I was a kid.
Also iffy about Idaho since for decades hearing about the RW racists up there.

Everywhere else I'm either neutral to quite positive having had brief stops or longer day to 2 - 3 day visits in my two very big trips mostly by bus ('79) to AZ, NM, CA, then the next year ('80) AZ, NM, SD, CO. Shorter stays in Mich. Many good visits to Non-State DC. Plus positive trips to all the NE States as a kid to 16 yr old. 👍

[OAITW r.2.0]

51. The Dakota's hate each other.

[rurallib]

60. Glad I found this again. I want to comment on Iowa

I think eastern Iowa's least favorite state is western Iowa and vice-versa.

[DFW]

61. Hawai'i:

No other states within 2500 miles of here. What's not to like!