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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 12:52 PM Original message |
IS there a worse state to Live in besides MIchigan? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maine. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Really? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Maybe I should say "Northern Maine". |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Hey, come join us! |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I would in two seconds if I could. I have a sister in the Portland area |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I just dated a girl from Maine. She battled depression. It was a rough deal. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Dealing with depression here where there are so few distractions |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. my ancestors were from Maine |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I've got a three storey barn connected to my house. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I thought northern Maine was mostly wilderness. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Not so far north... in Bangor. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Crim son! |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I agree I'd be much better off if I were south. Or north, to |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. not offended at all! sometimes I hate it here. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
83. I love Maine |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. I like Michigan |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I like Michigan, too |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. My grandma lived in Detroit. I grew up considering that city the greatest place on earth |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I live in A2 Michigan. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I live in A2 too |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. It's not a question of abandoning...it's a matter of making a living |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. well, the economy is in the toilet. |
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Scarlett17 (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 11:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Our economy is definitely at crisis stage. . . |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. I have been out of work in A2 |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Agree 100 percent. Michigan is uniquely affected by the "global economy" |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
76. Is that Ann Arbor? Nt |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. The food in Louisiana makes up for any shortcomings. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. From what I hear, Arizona (never been there) |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Plus, they gave us John McCain |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well I am sure Michigan has lovely qualities. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Duh HIGH Ah. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
77. Yeah, but Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Museum. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes - it is called "Arizona" |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Florida. Big bugs, heat and humidity almost all year 'round. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Aw, c'mon! That's an exaggeration. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
73. No exaggeration as far as I am concerned. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. take a look at this website and see if you still feel that way: |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not to slur the state of Idaho, but.... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. Upper Idaho is beautiful..a lot like...Michigan :) but w/o the great lakes |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mississippi |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Same question. Why do you see MS so bad? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. It is too cold for me. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I can tell you right now that wilkepedia has it wrong when it |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I was in Biloxi in July. |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
63. I got stationed in Biloxi starting in July... |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Having just driven across the country from MN to CA |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I'd like to live in Nebraska |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. My wife wants a compression algorithm for Kansas. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. And mycritters2 happily accepts. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
78. I like flat, too. Easier to walk, ride bikes, no hills you can't see over |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Somewhere in that long drive through Nebraska is a corporate hog farm just off the highway |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. North Dakota? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. I take it you are referring to the economy and job market there? nt |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes. Love the lakes, the people, and the occasional cougar. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes, most definitely. But if I tell you which one, it'll start a flamewar |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Georgia |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
68. There have been truly frightening threads about the condition that TX |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
79. Oooh, I hadn't heard that. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. If you like warmer weather |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. Michigan is a lovely state and I have had some very good times there. |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. Sorry you're not enjoying our state right now. |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. I know-just lamenting. I had a meeting with an out of state contractor today |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I have to say... |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It pissed me off and sort of set the tone for the day. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
82. I agree with you, 100%, JacksonWest... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. That's ridiculous. Sure the auto day has declined but there is plenty |
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caty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. I love Michigan. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
72. Florida is the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner of the USofA |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #46 |
81. With SC a close second |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
59. Hmmm |
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Mrs. Ted Nancy (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Oklahoma is a harsh place to live |
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GenDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. I like Michigan |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #60 |
75. The northwest suburbs of Detroit are quite pretty. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. Spend an afternoon in Vega, Texas and you'll kiss the ground in Michigan. |
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haf216 (911 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
65. There might be hope, |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
66. yep |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yup. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
69. I hear South Dakota sucks hardcore. nt |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
70. Texas |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I'll second that |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
74. Yeah, Florida, Mississippi, W. Virginia, Indiana, |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
80. Wyoming - Cheney and Allen Simpson country |
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