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Kablooie

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29. With my banjo on my knee.

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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