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Which State is the Armpit of America?
Arthur Wildfire! March

Posted on 08/07/2002 4:23:30 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March

Ok fellow freepers. The aristocracy had fun deciding which 'hick town' was the armpit of America. Naturally it had to be rural and conservative. A tad redneck.

They were way off the mark. I would have picked New York prior to 9-11. I mean, good grief. Hellery's husband pardoned bomb terrorists to get her elected, the scandal is exposed to every New Yorker and they elected her anyway? She was silent on the issue for at least a week. But well, perhaps NY had been reborn in blood. So, I'm tempted to give them a pass.

Arkansas? Could that be the armpit of America? The home of NationsBank, Tyson Chicken, Walmart, Web Hubbell, and the Big Creep himself?

Then there is the delightful state of New Jersy, which is batting a thousand at elected scandal-swamped senators. Not only the Torch, but also Corzine.

Some might choose South Dakota. Not only do they keep re-electing Timber Tom [also called Rushmore Daschle], but they also go three days without brushing their teeth. So many choices....


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To: niki
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441 posted on 08/07/2002 11:38:38 PM PDT by MSCASEY
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To: Paul Atreides
One of the interesting things, is when I asked the gas station attendant where the family lived (after diffusing his animus with a bit of Yankee charm), he asked which one. It seems that various permutations of the family lived just about everywhere, and owned the town. Mentioning the family name however seemed to reduce his appetite for physical violence. Then a cousin popped by for gas in a red convertible Mustang, and said hey hi, I'm kin, and led me to the correct relative! I know this sound apochryaphal (sp), but it is a true story.
442 posted on 08/07/2002 11:39:13 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Lilly
Gary has nowhere to go but up I suspect.
443 posted on 08/07/2002 11:39:45 PM PDT by Torie
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To: stylin_geek
How's the job market? I'm just over the hill in the San Fernando Valley.
444 posted on 08/08/2002 12:21:59 AM PDT by Tony in Hawaii
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To: Torie
"Have you ever been to Los Gatos?"

Yes. As a matter of fact, my husband and I went to a lovely expensive restaurant there, and my husband was mugged in the parking lot. Nice place, lovely people.

445 posted on 08/08/2002 12:53:10 AM PDT by holyscroller
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To: Tony in Hawaii
Oh man you just brought back nightmares. I grew up there moved to Oxnard/Ventura area in 1996 and got out finally in 2000 altogather. Were you there in 94 when Northridge hit?
MCD
446 posted on 08/08/2002 1:03:58 AM PDT by MSCASEY
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I'm fairly well traveled, I worked in tv and have been to just about every college campus with a televised sports team east of the Mississippi and 23 out of however many NASCAR tracks there are.

I'll just lay out a few general comments.

Alabama: Pretty state (not wild about Biloxi), friendly people. Definitely gets a bad rap.

California: I already live in a commie hell-hole. Why would I want to go there?

Connecticut: Commie state crawling with storm troopers who like ringing the Governor's cash register. People on bicycles are clocked on radar.

Florida: Yellow, tepid, tap water, sharks, alligators, bugs as big as your fist, and legions of zombies from "Dawn of the Dead" behind the wheels of Caddies. What's not to like about Florida?

Georgia: Would be like Alabama if it weren't for Atlanta.

Hawaii: Waikiki looks like a Japanese fantasy land.

Kentucky: Ever heard of the Knob Creek Machine Gun shoot? You have to see it to believe it. Some day I'll post pictures......

Massachusetts: Occupied Enemy Territory. I live here. Don't come here unless you're bringing Patton's 8th Army with you.

Mississippi: "Sunday Best" doesn't look so good in Mississippi. Maybe Trent will attend the W.V. University of Pork in his spare time and learn from the master how to help that place out.

New Jersey: The Police State. I lived there for 15 years, I know.

New York: Actually has three armpits, (with all due respect, I was born there) NYC, Albany, and Buffalo. I once refused to check into a Best Worstern hotel in Buffalo because I noticed the red light twirling over the front door. Most of the rest of the state is pretty nice.

North Carolina: Western part of the state is very nice. Central part is becoming yuppie mall central.

South Carolina: Looks a little down on it's luck but nice folks. Last time I was there you could smoke cigars anywhere in the airport! Two points for SC!

Texas: The pizza joint is big enough to put in an indoor, Olympic-sized swimming pool. There's three people in it: You, and the owners.

The midwest in general: Lousy food except for great steaks. Waaaaayyyy too many "Parking Nazis." Stay out of Madison, Wisc. unless you carry around a portrait of Stalin with you.

Northwest: Some of the friendliest people with a ready smile I've ever met - assuming you're out of the big cities.

Southwest: Is this the same strip-mall we were at yesterday or is this a different one?

After all of the wise-cracking, I've met fine, patriotic, "conservative" Americans in every state I've been to. Sometimes you have to look a little harder in than in others, but they're there. This is America, right? Too bad they don't all live in the same state, I'd move there in a heartbeat.

447 posted on 08/08/2002 3:53:52 AM PDT by agitator
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To: Tony in Hawaii
I am not sure how the job market is, as I live in Phoenix. Try the classified ads here. I know about Kern County because Mom lives in Bakersfield, and I was born and raised in the area. Currently, Kern County is probably one of the more affordable places to live in CA.
448 posted on 08/08/2002 3:54:40 AM PDT by stylin_geek
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Pick any Blue state that voted for Gore and that's my vote for the Armpit of America.
449 posted on 08/08/2002 4:26:28 AM PDT by MoJo2001
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To: MoJo2001
Pick any Blue state that voted for Gore and that's my vote for the Armpit of America.

Democrats should be represented with the color red as they used to be, and the reddest state of them all per the 2000 vote is Rhode Island (by a slight margin over New York) with 61% of the voters being Gorebots. Of course, if you include D.C. (85% Gorebots) it's not even a close race.

450 posted on 08/08/2002 5:03:57 AM PDT by ravinson
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To: Torie
Have you been to Morris County? How about suburban Wilmington County in Delaware, or the hunt country north of Baltimore? Or parts of Westchester County.

No.

Have you been to Los Gatos, California? Or for that matter Alameda on the East Bay side in California?

Yes.

451 posted on 08/08/2002 6:12:38 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon
new jersey,the smell could gag a maggot on a meat wagon and remember the worry about medical trash on the shores? I did pick up an IV bag off the beach....ewwwwwwww
452 posted on 08/08/2002 6:15:26 AM PDT by linn37
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To: Don Munn
[...granola bar]

The Granola Belt....fruits..nuts..flakes.
453 posted on 08/08/2002 6:39:07 AM PDT by sidegunner
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To: Husker24
If Hollywood is the anus, what the hell is Berkley?

What comes out of an anus?

454 posted on 08/08/2002 6:42:10 AM PDT by A2J
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To: csmusaret
"Seriously, whenever I go to a mall or department store I am amazed by the lack of attractive people."

Ummm. Those would mostly be the people who moved here from up north.

455 posted on 08/08/2002 6:51:31 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost
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To: GaConfed
RE post #276: Well said!
456 posted on 08/08/2002 6:53:03 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost
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To: Husker24; scholar
"If Hollywood is the anus, what the hell is Berkley?"

This one's a no brainer.

If Hollywierd's the state's anus?
Why then, Bezerkely has to be the sphincter.

Of course.

457 posted on 08/08/2002 6:53:08 AM PDT by Landru
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To: Paul Atreides
San Fran is the sodomite armpit of America.
458 posted on 08/08/2002 7:02:57 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: goodieD
You failed to mention the millions of welfare dependent illegals, crime-ridden cities due to big drug pushing gangs, miserable educational policies and results, corrupt politicians and clintinoid judicial idiots at every level. Then add extreme taxation with hugely incompetent representation--and it's all in Kalifornia. Mercy!

For another state with severe problems-- all brought on by nearly fifty years of nothing but RATS in power, you have to add HAWAII. The place is the toe jam of the world.

459 posted on 08/08/2002 7:20:05 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: crystalk
How can you have Wyoming so far from the top? Spectacular scenery and arguably the most conservative state in the nation.

The winters are tough though.

460 posted on 08/08/2002 7:26:22 AM PDT by GunsareOK
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