Tell Me Why Your State Is Better Than My State?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Of course, this will be hard considering my state is the great state of New York.

Basically, we have everything that every other state has, plus we got attitude, baby!

So put up or shut up.

:)

[Romulus]

1. Virginia

because it's *not* NY! :P

(although I'm moving to that lesser state north of the Potomac this weekend, but it's still better than NY)

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. second in the nation in death penalty cases?

Sorry, not better than NY - no death penalty cases in decades.

[Superfly]

22. That's a good thing!

Plus we have beautiful beaches, sensible gun laws, amazing mountains and the longest continuous stretch of the Appalachian Trail.

The wineries in VA are amazing, UVA is a good football school, and we have a very level-headed governor.

I love VA.

[renegade000]

68. and northern virginia just is an awesome place to live...

besides the whole major terrorist target thing...heh

[LynneSin]

2. Because we are the first state AND we're tax free

Gotta love Delaware!

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. booo...hisssss

Delaware sucks.

:)

Actually, you would live in a cool state if they didn't have so many shady corporations there who leech off the public. Delaware is like it's own little offshore tax haven.

Sorry, not better than NY.

[LynneSin]

9. Yeah and?

Delaware has to attract business just like anyone else. Would you prefer we just let those companies go to Bermuda instead? And there are other states out there that have the same benefits including New Hampshire and Oregon.

We are doing nothing that isn't legal and keeps these corporation tax dollars here in America.

And on an edit note: Next time you buy a pack of smokes remember in Delaware that's about 3 packs.

[THUNDER HANDS]

12. i think we should ban offshore tax shelters first

then we can ban the state of Delaware later.

:)

[thermodynamic]

29. Please explain this, anyone!

With your logic, Minnesota should be one gigantic oddly-shaped ghost town. Yet it isn't. Using your Corporate Logic(tm), explain why Minnesota isn't.

The idea of profit above all else is just wrong. It helps a small handful while pissing on everybody else, or hadn't you noticed?

And any American corporation that bases itself outside the US in order to avoid paying JUST taxes is a traitorous entity. They want all the benefits America offers without paying a damn penny for them. That sure as hell makes them something disgusting, "traitor" seems to fit nicely as they're putting themselves above the country that's nice enough to house them in.

[thermodynamic]

17. I'd rather pay taxes!

:wow:

Our forefathers ditched England because of taxes. Except the taxes went to the King's pocket.

Today, our taxes go to any number of needed services. Many of which are worthwhile. I want those services supported.

We should all pay our fair share.

[LynneSin]

44. Oh we pay taxes

Don't get me wrong there - we pay them just like anyone else.

We've just worked it out that there is no sales tax. WE are not alone, New Hampshire and Oregon are also tax free.

[Superfly]

19. Booooooo-rrrrrrrriiiinnnnngggg

Boring. That pretty much sums up DE.

Plus, the drivers in DE must be half asleep. Very frustrating when you are trying to catch a Ferry from Lewes to Cape May, only to be stuck by some country-bumpkin doing 10 mph under the limit.

The only good thing about Wilmington is that it's 20 miles from Philly.

OK, I will give you one thing. I love your license plates. Black and white! Did I say "boring" yet?

[sujan]

3. you win

Utah sucks

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. ah

finally, an honest chap.

:)

[sujan]

14. well

Well they say, "It's a great place to live, except for the people." I hope that doesn't include me.

[Itascapark]

4. Well...

My state is New York State, the greatest state on the planet, so it's going to be hard for you to come up with reasons your State of New York is better than mine...but go ahead, if you think you got the stuff.

[MaineDem]

8. Well.....

Aside from the seacoast and the mountains and the lakes and the wonderful people, Maine has...drum roll...

A Democratic Governor, a Democratic House (bless you Maine Mary) and a Democratic State Senate!!! Throw in 2 Democratic Congressmen and you have a pretty darn good place. (And we're working on the Senators.)

:-)

[Itascapark]

11. Whoops!

I think he may have us!

[THUNDER HANDS]

18. Maine is my second favorite state

I'll give Maine its props, that's one kick-ass state.

Now, where do you hide all your black people?

:)

[sigmaphinothing]

10. The line of cars with New York and MA license Plates

Backup up at the tolls to get in to my state every friday night may be some indication.

[ret5hd]

13. well, i'm in texas and we got...

oh, never mind.

[LuLu550]

15. Your state is my state ...

and I'm in a New York State of Mind...
LuLu

[Green Mountain Dem]

16. as a neighbor of New York.....

we have access to all that NY has to offer....AND we have Bernie, Jeffords, and Leahy...and of course Howard !!!!

[THUNDER HANDS]

21. you're not really a state though?

I mean, what is there, 300,000 people in Vermont?

There's more than that in my congressional district.

:)

[Green Mountain Dem]

26. actually we would prefer....

NOT to be a state.... and maybe we will consider becoming a Province of Canada if things go sour in 2004 !!!

[democrat in Tallahassee]

20. cause Jeb bush is our governor, so there!

n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

23. okay you got me

How can NY compete with a governor and his crackhead daughter?

[Birthmark]

24. I can't

I live in Florida. We're better than Mississippi...maybe.

As a native of Albany, NY. I fully believe that NY is the best state. :)

[Gman]

25. Texas

I rest my case.

[northzax]

27. well, it's not a state...but

The District of Columbia. why, you ask?

1: George Bush hates the place.
2: Ann Coulter hates the place. (and lives in NY, by the way)
3: George Pataki.
4: Alphonse D'Amato.


We don't have senators or congresscritters to embarrass us.

[demnan]

31. I'd go with D.C.

You don't even need a bumpersticker in DC to make a political statement. The license plate says it all:

"Taxation without Representation"

I live in Virginia, but I really think New York state is prettier and has better Senators. And in Virginia I wouldn't live south of the Occoquan River.

[LuLu550]

33. what about

Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton??
LuLu

[northzax]

46. both of whom spent millions of dollars

so they could live in DC? great folks.

[VelmaD]

28. I'm in Texas...

and we've got Democrats with a spine...FINALLY!

Darth Velma

[lastliberalintexas]

37. You nailed it Velma!

We have some kick ass Dems who are showing the rest of the party what fighting for justice is all about. Many of these people have put their political careers on the line (and some will lose next time around) to fight the good fight.

And, we're headed back to the D column. Give us a few years, and then you'll actually want to elect Texans to national office again. Dunnam or Villareal for President anyone? :-)

[VelmaD]

41. or Raymond

I have the political equivalent of the world's biggest crush on Richard Raymond after seeing him at the House Redistricting committee hearings.

And amen on Villareal. I was there at the end of the regular session the night the House voted and his remarks that night touched me. He sounded so tired and so disappointed and you just wanted to hug him and tell him it was all going to be ok. :-) Can't remember the last time I saw a pol display so much quiet emotion. It was stunning.

-V-

[carolinayellowdog]

30. January is the only month with daily highs under 50...

at least in the eastern half of the state. Our mountains are higher, our beaches are the best on the Atlantic coast, we have 5 times as much coastline as NY, and our race relations are friendlier. The cost of living is lower too. But yours is a great state, which I have recently crossed 4 times enjoying the scenery. So don't be too mean in reply and ruin my favorable impression of New Yorkers.

(N)CYD

[THUNDER HANDS]

34. north or south?

I once had my drivers license taken away from me in South Carolina when I covered a football game at the Citadel. I tried to get into a bar and the guy said 'no you can't, you're not 21' and took my license and wouldn't give it back!

It wasn't a fake ID, it was my actual license and I was 20 at the time. I figured he'd give me a break. But I said 'I'm leaving, please give me back my license.' and he just stood there looking at me.

South Carolina sucks.

[carolinayellowdog]

45. North

Hence the (N). Most of SC does suck, but Charleston's architecture beats any NC town.

[amazona]

51. are you serious? I would have called the police

South Carolina can be seriously uncool but bouncers do not have the right to steal your driver's license and later sell it to some illegal immigrant or what have you. That is a little bizarre!

[phillybri]

32. I won't stick up for Pennsylvania....

Because even I'll admit that outside of the cities, it gets a little strange.

However, Philly is right up there with New York. That being said, I have to give it to NYC as the greatest city in the world....

[THUNDER HANDS]

35. I don't think there's anything worse

than driving through Pennsylvania. God that state just goes on and on...

[ohmyman1]

36. land of enchantment

New mexico!!!! The Great Southwest. I have been to the northeast, northwest, the southern part of the country. As a Registered Nurse I can live where ever I please. I choose New Mexico. You either get it or you don't.

[THUNDER HANDS]

39. sorry

too many aliens flying around for my tastes.

[wellstone_democrat]

71. I'm next door to NM

and I envy you! I LOVE New Mexico

[realFedUp]

38. Selling California on eBay....

or as Steve Young said if he becomes governor, he'd sell
Bakersfield.

Larry Flynt might have the right idea...adding more slot
machines...in fact, let's have one per household. No more
debt, no more cuts in programs, no more teacher layoffs...
and plenty of programs for Gamblers Anonymous. Works
for Nevada.

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. It's simply because I live here, in my state, which of course makes it

better than your state. ;)

[UrbScotty]

42. I live in Michigan!

We are the home of Jennifer Granholm :-), while you're tne home of George Pataki. :puke:

[THUNDER HANDS]

48. yeah, but....

At least our college basketball team wins.

:)

[redeye]

43. California

1. a) Stanford and CalTech are better than Columbia and Cornell.
b) In the top 51 universities in the US, you'll find 10 California universities of which 6 are public, but only 6 NY universities of which 0 are public.

2. Our governor is a very moderate Democrat and not a very moderate Republican, and in 2 months' time we may get a Green governor :D.

3. We don't get frostbite in winter.

4. In coastal NoCal, we don't burn in summer.

5. San Francisco has a better anti-war-protesters-to-people ratio than NYC.

6. The day after the war on Iraq began, San Francisco had riots, whereas New York City had none.

[THUNDER HANDS]

47. yeah, well...

We have the best Attorney General in the country.

We have the best two senators in the country.

We have the Hamptons.

We have Niagra Falls.

We have Manhattan.

We have the Yankees and their dozens of championships.

We have more sports teams in greater concentration than anyone in the country.

We have the best hotels.

We have the prettiest women.

We have great hunting, fishing and leisure activities.

We have the greatest theater.

and last but not least....We have NO EARTHQUAKES.

[ParanoidPat]

69. Don't forget we also have more miles of left coast....

....than any state in the union! :)

[amazona]

49. Louisiana, it's cheaper ?

I assume that our climate is much better too, as it is a once in a blue moon or less thing to get snow or ice.

[THUNDER HANDS]

50. sorry

no basements and everyone is buried above ground?

Not for me bub, I like the idea of being six feet under.

:)

Your state does get extra points for Huey Long and Mardie Gras though.

[HawkerHurricane]

52. My Dad is from New York

he says it's a great state to be from.
Since if you're FROM there it means you aren't there now.

Everything that every other state has, huh?
How about...
Tallest mountain in the lower 48? (Mt. Whitney)
Lowest point in the US? (Badwater)
Tallest trees? (Redwoods)
Oldest living things? (Bristlecone Pines)
Biggest Trees? (Sequioas)
1st National Park? (Yosemite)
Tallest waterfall in US? (Yosemite Falls)
AND
A Democratic Governer
2 Democratic Senators...
In fact, all statewide offices but one are Democrats!

[tjdee]

53. Here in New Jersey we use the best of NY like a cheap hooker!

Um, LOL, I am not sure exactly why I said that.

But in Jersey, although we're overpopulated (which is a big problem), we have TWO Dem senators and a Dem governor. Being relatively free from wingnuts, we are free to go about our day to day life knowing that our civil servants aren't completely screwing us every day. We are free to devote our time to music and laughter and malls. ;-)

We get the perk of being right next to the greatest city in the world, NYC! And we can leave when it gets too busy and ridiculous. Our smokers, for example, can still smoke in a smoking section of a restaurant.

[KamaAina]

54. Your state doesn't have any live volcanoes

now that Rudy Giuliani isn't giving press conferences :evilgrin:

We've also got 2 Dem Senators, 2 Reps with (D) after their name (one is a serious DINO), and a Dem legislature which, like the Texas Dems, seems to have grown a set recently.

Hawaiian has been an official language alongside English since 1978. You should have seen the school system trying to figure out how to do "No Child Left Behind" testing at the Hawaiian-language immersion schools!

It is possible to choose between about fifteen varieties of ethnic food in Honolulu, including Puerto Rican! Bear in mind that the city proper doesn't even have the population of Staten Island.

There are actually several different varieties of "Hawaiian music", including slack-key, in which the guitar is detuned (originally, 'tis said, to suit the voices of particular singers), and another sung in a peculiarly haunting falsetto. Meanwhile, hula is considered not light entertainment, but a serious competitive sport, with even keiki (kids') competitions broadcast statewide.

Finally, if we must have snow, we can always go up to the observatories on the Big Island (Mauna Kea means "white mountain"). Not bad for a place that would barely make a decent-size New England state, in both area (around 6000 sq. mi. of land) and population (around 1.2 million)!

[baldguy]

55. It's not.

New York. 'nuff said.

[SiobhanClancy]

56. Massachusetts..

home of the Kennedys.(A little bird just whispered in my ear:"New York,home of the Roosevelts"):)

[The Lone Liberal]

57. Because we can fry an egg on the sidewalk in December

And we have the world’s greatest cow paddy tossing contest. Yeeeeehhhhhaaaaaa


OKKKKKKKKKKlllllllllaHHHHHHHHHOOOOOMMMMMMAAAAA

Where your brain will fry
Without a cloud in the sky
And that why I say
YIIIIIIIPPPPIIIIII oOOOOOOoooLeoleOle Aa

You doing fine OKKKKKKKKKKlllllllllaHHHHHHHHHOOOOOMMMMMMAAAAA OK LA (how's the rest of spelt maw?)

(here is where the choreographer has us doing that stupid dance, ye hhhhaaa)

[SOteric]

58. I didn't realise there was a temperate rain forrest in NY

where's it located exactly?

And I hadn't heard about those active volcanoes...which ones are there?

[THUNDER HANDS]

59. um.....uh.....

upstate?

nobody goes up there anyway, so they could be up there.

:)

[opiate69]

73. Damn skippy, SOteric!

Gotta love a state where within an hour or two tops, you could be at the ocean, hiking in the mountains, biking through the high desert or exploring the rain forest, depending on which direction you go.

[Kamika]

60. The president is from my state!!

beat that!

[SiobhanClancy]

61. You're from Tennessee?

:)

[Pert_UK]

62. Well......Western Australia......

Miles of wilderness, unspoilt coastline, whale watching, good beer, hundreds of wineries, off-road tracks, and a marginally less offensive asshole running the country.....

Not bad?

Mind you......I LOVE NEW YORK!!!

P.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

63. No way man, I live in NY... my state is waaaay better than yours

[Nevernose]

64. Legalized prostitution, decriminalized pot

'Nuff said.

[Insider]

65. one word: crabcakes

LUMP crabcakes :P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

66. If you're talking MD

I'll second that motion!

And Mikulski/Sarbanes are great democrats, too!

If we could just do something about Ehrhead...

[Redleg]

67. Me make Bourbon here in Kentucky.

Technically, bourbon can only be distilled in Kentucky.

[Wonder]

70. NY e fantastico magnifico pefetto

per me NY e pui meglio di tutti - io sono con te!

[PittPoliSci]

72. one man: Ed Rendell

I expect great things from him during his time as our governor here in Pennsylvania.

[PurityOfEssence]

74. Because SERENE is better than THINSKINNED and COMBATIVE

Well...you asked...

Ooops, slipping into SMUG. Time to sign off...........

[Ouabache]

75. My state we can drive 65 mph during rush hours

can you ? didnt think so.

ok, it's weak.

How about we have Dan Burton and Steve Buyer in Congress ?
Ok, maybe not the best thing to brag about.