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Quemado

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19. Tennessee?

Fri Nov 10, 2017, 05:50 PM

Nov 2017

I grew up in Nebraska, spent 30 years in Texas. Now, I've lived in TN almost three years and am ready to move again.

More crime and poverty in TN than in TX.

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For years Ive believed that Alabama is one of the most fucked up states of the Union [View all] MrScorpio Nov 2017 OP

I drove through the state in 2010 TBA Nov 2017 #1

It was far worse in 1965 when I drove to Alabama to MineralMan Nov 2017 #3

I drove through Alabama with my parents several years later Awsi Dooger Nov 2017 #22

Wow! That is just unbelievable - not that I don't believe you Rhiannon12866 Nov 2017 #35

Damn...just when I thought I couldnt love you even more Docreed2003 Nov 2017 #28

I missed the Selma march by one day, but got MineralMan Nov 2017 #38

Amazing.... Docreed2003 Nov 2017 #39

Wow, good memory. Alice11111 Nov 2017 #30

That shit surprised the fuck out of me as well I MrScorpio Nov 2017 #4

What struck me as I drove through Alabama were the cotton fields ecstatic Nov 2017 #42

Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi snooper2 Nov 2017 #2

Ill take your word for it. MrScorpio Nov 2017 #5

What makes you think they're staying in Alabama? Baitball Blogger Nov 2017 #6

Just checked, Alabama's state population is slowly ticking upward 5 million people total snooper2 Nov 2017 #9

Northern Alabama tends to vote blue in places. Blue_true Nov 2017 #17

I sort of lived in Huntsville for awhile. There are more decent people there than most of Hoyt Nov 2017 #31

Tennessee? Quemado Nov 2017 #19

Most of the country, outside larger urban areas Gabi Hayes Nov 2017 #25

That's not true. nolabear Nov 2017 #47

Thank you. klook Nov 2017 #53

I have a cousin and a good friend working their butts off for Jones. nolabear Nov 2017 #54

Visited all of them a few weeks ago. I thought the Ozarks in Arkansas were pretty. Then doc03 Nov 2017 #52

I lived there for three years. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2017 #7

My father was transferred to Alabama right before I was born. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #8

huge improvement juxtaposed Nov 2017 #11

As long as things stay stable I would never move from where I am at. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #13

I agree florida has great things but, it does have an underbelly just outside of pinellas juxtaposed Nov 2017 #14

+1 NCTraveler Nov 2017 #16

Flat? Blue_true Nov 2017 #18

I live in North Florida - we have 200 foot tall hills! csziggy Nov 2017 #49

First I will build it.. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #50

I like Pinellas too, but onethatcares Nov 2017 #20

It is. NCTraveler Nov 2017 #21

Some of my neighbors (Largo) are schizo or something... Sancho Nov 2017 #36

I left 35 years ago ThoughtCriminal Nov 2017 #10

Sweet Home Alabama... alterfurz Nov 2017 #12

hit the nail on the head juxtaposed Nov 2017 #15

From that Gabi Hayes Nov 2017 #26

Growing up there, Alabama does have redeeming qualities. DAMANgoldberg Nov 2017 #23

I agree with you. Some really great people and places in Alabama Elwood P Dowd Nov 2017 #44

Anybody have a time machine? Gabi Hayes Nov 2017 #24

There's a reason the Mississippi state motto is, "Thank god we're not Alabama." Pope George Ringo II Nov 2017 #27

With my banjo on my knee. Kablooie Nov 2017 #29

CNN has had on more than one Alabama Moore defender. It felt like applegrove Nov 2017 #32

some good people though... handmade34 Nov 2017 #33

Bo Jackson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Joe Lewis, Jessie Owens, Elwood P Dowd Nov 2017 #45

... handmade34 Nov 2017 #46

My dad JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #55

Yeah, but what about the other 49? Nt raccoon Nov 2017 #34

And to think, we call the Florida Panhandle LA HAB911 Nov 2017 #37

What state are you part of? former9thward Nov 2017 #40

My great grandparents fled from Chambers County 90 years ago MrScorpio Nov 2017 #43

"Pennsylvania - There's Philly, there's Pittsburgh, and a whole lot of Alabama in between." TheBlackAdder Nov 2017 #41

Yeah, well based on the reports coming out of Hollywood, B2G Nov 2017 #48

New York gave us the Dotard. yallerdawg Nov 2017 #51

There is a saying in Texas to the effect thank G-d for Mississippi and Alabama Gothmog Nov 2017 #56