Check in if you are stupid for where you live

[RB TexLa]

Poll question: Check in if you are stupid for where you live

A few different threads have had posts declaring how stupid people are for where they live and how such people should be deprived of services and/or the ability to purchase insurance. Of course the posters making the claim are always way too smart to live in such a stupid place. I guess since so many of us are stupid we can at least declare our stupidity together.

[rzemanfl]

1. I would live in a dessert, but I fear getting fat. n/t

[RB TexLa]

2. Damn spell checker

[peace frog]

22. I hear Creme Brulee is nice this time of year

Mmmmmmmmm....

[Cabcere]

3. I'm stupid, I live near Freeper-types.

Oh, wait...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. "There is no safety in the cosmos." - Alan Watts

[Bicoastal]

5. Well, I live in New York City!

Aside from some heavy rain and snow in the winter, and awful humidity in the summer, no natural disasters to speak of. Nothing bad EVER happens here!

...oh, wait...

[RB TexLa]

7. I had only been thinking of natural disasters but I've seen people say others

are stupid for living there too.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. I loved living in NYC and take offense that this should be one of the choices. eom

[RB TexLa]

15. I didn't make the choics. They're from the people who have said people are stupid for living there

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. I have been here at DU for close to 4 years now and I have never heard a New Yorker

say that NYC was a stupid place to live. I have only heard positive things. Do you have any links?

[RB TexLa]

27. It's people that live somewhere else that say the person living in NYC or on a coast is stupid

and they are smart for not living in said place.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

31. But the poll is asking about "for where you live". You made the poll up, not me.

Your poll answer.
I'm stupid, I live in NYC

[RB TexLa]

36. Yes, it's sarcastic in that we are agreeing with them as to how stupid we are for where we live

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

37. Right........ nt

[silverojo]

33. I, for one, don't like NYC at all

Many NYC people have this nauseating attitude that NYC is the center of the country, if not the universe. America consists of 300 million people; NYC is just a fraction of that. In fact, the first time Hillary offended me was after 9/11 when she said, "New York IS America." No, Hillary...New York is PART of America. Those of us who donated time, money, and necessities to the victims of 9/11...WE are America. We're the America that rises to the occasion when people are in need, whether they're in New York or New Orleans.

Personally, I think it is stupid to live among skyscrapers that block one's view of the sky, to live among rude people and heavy traffic, and so on. The majority of us don't live there and don't want to live there. We like smaller cities, or suburbia, or small towns. Less than 3% of America's population lives in NYC.

Of course, there is that 3% willing to put up with living in NYC, and more power to them. I'm just saying, there are a lot more people in this country who don't want to live in NYC, and I'm among them. So it's pointless to be offended by the poll, when (statistically speaking) 97% of America apparently thinks it would be stupid to live in NYC, when they're obviously happy where they're currently living. :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

34. The poll question was for people who live there. eom

[NYC]

11. There's a fault line in Manhattan.

Seriously. I just can't remember exactly where. Do you remember that earthquake tremor we had a few years ago?

[DemoTex]

6. The only thing dangerous close to me is Bob Jones "University."

But BJU is more scary than dangerous. Otherwise (and other than the R/W political environment), I absolutely love Greenville, SC! In fact, the cocky R/W in control here is duller than the Texas R/W, and the small coterie of us lefties is sharper, out of necessity.

[datadiva]

8. San Andreas Fault n/t

[REP]

13. Moved to the San Andreas fault from the New Madrid fault

At lease we're built for it here and have fewer tornadoes, icestorms, hailstorms, blizzards, floods...

( I wasn't directly on the New Madrid, but close enough and now I'm in Free WiFi View)

[EFerrari]

26. SA fault AND tsunami zone. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. I'm about 35 miles from an active volcano and surrounded by forest.

Call me "Stupid but happy".

[BuyingThyme]

10. I live under the sea in a pineapple.

[sufrommich]

14. LOL!!

[1gobluedem]

16. I live in a great place

My town is so liberal that Republicans don't even bother to run for office. We don't have earthquakes, raging wildfires, hurricanes, killer tornadoes, tsunamis, nor'easters, tropical storms, blinding blizzards, or choking drought. We have four seasons (somewhat adjusted thanks to global climate change), lots of fresh water, trees, and decent rainfall. Nobody lives less than 100 miles away from a Great Lake. Aside from the state's major industry suffering because of trade imbalances, this is a pretty darn good place to live.

[RB TexLa]

17. Maybe, just maybe one day those of us that are stupid might could be as smart as you

Who am I kidding, I'm sure you'll let us know that we could never ever in our wildest dreams be 1/10th as smart as you.

[1gobluedem]

20. You asked, I answered...

I've actually never actually said someone was stupid for where he/she chose to live. But I love where I live and will talk it up whenever possible.

[Demeter]

23. You Got That Right!

And tornadoes are rare and over-rated here. Michigan forever! Lots of fresh water, and the border is 40 minutes away to Canada, and the right wingers are more like 4 hours away in Grand Rapids....in the island paradise that is Ann Arbor...

[Wiley50]

18. If Theocratic Totalitarianism comes via martial law, I'm stupider than all of the above

I live in red state Tennessee in the buckle of the bible belt.

If that happens, "libruls" will be the new jews

[Kermitt Gribble]

19. Just moved

to Florida's gulf coast 2 months ago. I must be really stupid because in western PA(where I used to live) a RW radio host informed me all the time how it is stupid for people to live on the coast. Also how he's tired of paying insurance premiums for these stupid people. Oh, and how it should be mandatory for people to live 90 miles from the coast. Oh, and how New Orleans should be bulldozed over. (It was wonderful to have him as the only talk radio in the area-freakin moron-Dan Rivers on 570 WKBN out of youngstown, oh if anyone is interested in listening to his bs-www.570wkbn.com for live stream)
I haven't run across this on DU, I thought it was a repub thing.

[Berry Cool]

21. I'm stupid because I live near Cleveland

and everyone just KNOWS what a terrible, horrible, awful, never-wanna-go-there place Cleveland is! :scared: :sarcasm:

[Lilith Velkor]

24. Two letters: DC

:dunce:

[NOLALady]

28. I guess I'm stupid for living 45 minutes from New Orleans.

But, I like it here and I'm not going anywhere.

[Art_from_Ark]

29. The place I'm at is crawling with faults

so I guess that means that I and the other 30 million residents of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area are really nuts :crazy:

[eridani]

30. You left out volcanos

--so I had to check fault zones.

[Swamp Rat]

32. I'd rather drown wearing a pink tutu while pawtyin' at da Mardi Gras

Sho' me a safe place on da Oyth, and dat's where da next asteroid will hit. :D



Laissez les bon temps rouler!

[Perry Logan]

35. I live in Texas, so I don't even have to tell you I'm stupid.

Just kidding. Texas is full of awesome people.