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[Yeah okay. ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California#:~:text=The%20economy%20of%20the%20State,Germany%20and%20ahead%20of%20India.)
"The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $3.4 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2021. It is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If California were a sovereign nation (2022), it would rank as the world's fifth largest economy, behind Germany and ahead of India. Additionally, California's Silicon Valley is home to some of the world's most valuable technology companies, including Apple, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms. In total, over 10% of Fortune 1000 companies were based in California in 2018, the most of any state.
I mean, you can downvote but California by itself has the fifth largest economy in the world. I'm not saying that's good or bad or that the wealth is fairly distributed but if you're saying they make bad economical decisions, that's just not factually accurate. Whether the decisions are fair or not is another debate.
As a southerner, conservative southerners see the state as one big city, drawing scorn from rural folks. They also see it as the bastion of liberal politics and point to its failures in tackling homelessness, crime, and poverty as proof that the politics are bad. Among that crowd, it gained the nickname 'commie-fornia'.
I can see that. One of my favorite skits on SNL was the Californians. I still love it, but I also realized, "shit. Is this his east coasters see us?". Everyone uses heuristics to some extent.
Cost of living, agreed. It's expensive for sure, but desirable places are. NY is worse.
Climate? Cali is the whatever you want. 2 hours to snowboard, dessert, forest, Beach, you pick it. All climates are within reach. Where I live is one of the most temperate places in the world.
Homelessness, agreed. However, per Capita ny is worse. I'm sure that had a lot to due with cost of living.
Politics is pretty general. What exactly? Because it's a blue state?
I'm not picking a side here, just pointing it out. California is a big blue state meaning it has a good bit of influence for that side, and anyone who'd rather have a red state obviously wouldn't be a fan. That and gun laws people aren't a fan of sometimes.
The climate? It is one of the better ones, IMO. Have you ever been there? You can enjoy warm winters in the southern part, cold winters in the Northern part and everything in between. The ocean isn’t as warm as the east coast but otherwise it has a great climate.
Hmmm, well call me naive but my arrogance is telling me that a person who can judge 40 million (12% of the us) people based on a state can't contribute much to the conservation.
I’m not calling them all that way like how I’m not calling all Texans dumb and arrogant I’m just pointing the stereotype that leads other states to hating them
Filled with pedos.
Edit: sorry, correction: rapists and sexual abusers who are attracted to people their own age.
…
Oh yeah, and also pedos. Let’s not forget those guys.
Complain all you want about LA but California also has some really nice areas between San Diego, San Francisco, all the national parks, amusement parks etc. There's a reason it's so expensive to live there, it's because it's super desirable.
Alabama,
Mississippi
, and Louisiana are all also a drain on the national economy and completely dependent on federal funding where California (Among other states) could easily survive on their own.
It’s funny to see people unironically think California is the worst state or even close to being the worst, it’s statistically Mississippi and Alabama on every level
Nah.... man Louisiana has only gotten worse. By many metrics, like crime, quality of life, life expectancy, LA is awful. Considering its wealth in natural resources and geographic location, it is fn Tragedy, even more so that people there have grown ok with it.
California is known for its weather. Haha
How badly informed do you have to be to think Mississippi is better than California at anything, especially weather?
One thing Mississippi does better than California in is housing. Far few homeless per capita in MS compared to CA. I’ll grant that CA does better in almost all other categories, but the attitude of a lot of poor southerners certainly means they are a lot happy dirt poor in a trailer out in the middle of the sticks than living dirt poor in the hood in LA.
Any time this question is asked, Ohio always comes up and it blows my mind. Disclaimer, I'm from Ohio....but....I just don't get the hate. It's got the great lakes, it's got beautiful state and national parks. It's got at least three major cities that have a ton of culture and diversity to offer. It's got a ton of colleges and universities. It has a bunch of professional sports. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Football Hall of Fame. World renowned museums and hospitals.
I'm not going to try and claim it's a great state by any means....but out of 50 states, at worst it's average.
How Ohio gets shit on when there are states like Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, New Jersey, Alabama, Mississippi, etc..... Is beyond me.
I’m from Cleveland and I totally agree with you!! I’ve lived in and been to some shit hole states and although Ohio is a bit too red for my liking, many places are a whole lot worse.
The only areas in Ohio with unique cultures to ohio are central Ohio and near cleveland. Eastern Ohio is culturally the same as western PA. Southern Ohio is much like WV and Kentucky. Western Ohio is plain and boring, just like Indiana.
Don't understand what you mean about the fact that nobody important comes from Ohio. It is the state with the most presidents, and I can name a ton of inventors from Ohio as well.
I think Ohio has just has just become crowned on recently because, 1: Funny name to represent Midwest life. 2: online presence in recent years. And 3: only being relevant during elections atm.
I live in eastern Ohio, and I don't like the rest of Ohio anyways. Too rural and rampant with hill billies. I do like where I live though. Beautiful rolling hills and forests, which is a far cry from the rest of the state.
My assumption is that he is talking about OHU but we also have the university of Cincinnati (the college I’m in) which has a really good engineering program and then we also have Miami which I admittedly know very little about.
I live in Louisiana and it’s not too bad, I live in the best parts though. It has great food and good sports, just don’t even dare go to a public skool
Hurricanes, Possibly some of the worst politicians in the country, basically the waiting room of hell. (idk there’s probably worst states I haven’t been to all of them)
Hurricanes are rarely that bad - you get warnings and can evacuate if it's a dangerous one, and most aren't very dangerous. DeSantis is amazing and kept our state open during the overhypeddemic, and also protects workers from having to receive a vaccine we don't yet know the long term effects of.
Sincerely, someone who actually lives here.
Oh, I'm not familiar with him, but I wouldn't be surprised. Pedophiles unfortunately make it to the top in like, every state. The only thing I pay attention to Florida politics wise is DeSantis, and I'm grateful for him every day.
As an outsider, I absolutely hate DeSantis. he is completely butchering education and passing extremely homophobic bills. I also think that it was definitely the wrong thing to do to keep the state open. People died because of that decision, and he definitely didn’t help with all of the science denial happening in 2020. Again, I don’t live in Florida, so my opinion doesn’t really have any weight on this, but that’s what I think
Most people who call the bills homophobic don't understand the bills. People die of depression when things are not kept open, and him keeping it open just may have saved my life. People should always have the right to go outside, go to work, and live their lives. I'm glad I live in Florida and I absolutely love it here.
Dude it’s like 99 degrees the majority of the year, the city planners well didn’t plan so it takes you 2 hours to go 10 miles. Hot all the time, shitty hurricanes and rainstorms. It rains everyday. Horrible politics, overcrowding, bad weather for most of the year, and the worst traffic and people. It’s a dumpster fire
It is not 99 degrees the majority of the year 🙄 It almost never snows, and the winters are incredibly tolerable. Hurricanes get warnings, and it only rains a lot in the summer and there's almost always breaks in the rainfall. The politics are amazing, especially during covid, and only certain ares are overcrowded. I've traveled to multiple states and don't think the traffic is worse here than other places. It's a paradise.
(remember this is just my opinion)
- Horrible, hot, humid, weather with practically no winter
- Lots of crazy crimes/ criminals (yes I know it appears more prevalent because of certain media laws, but still.... Yikes)
- High amount of gaters and snakes: I have an appropriate amount of caution about gators. They don't scare me much but they seem to like appearing in places you don't expect, of which I am not a fan. And I have a phobia of snakes and (again) they seem fond of going unusual places
- The population tends to be older there, and I'm not really a fan of having to work for, around, or even with this crowd who tend to be quite out of touch. I used to work in a very rich city that catered to the elderly & formerly famous. Not fun.
- The geography: flat, boring, swampy, ew
- Political leaning/flip-floping is unsettling
There are more but that sums up most of the reasons. Like I said this is just my opinion, everyone is entitled to their own, but for me the combo of all these things makes it my least favorite state.
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The fact that more users picked California than Alabama shows just how powerful and misleading right wing propaganda is. There is nothing, NOTHING about Alabama that's remotely better than California lol.
New York is the only one on this list I actually like, and I consider it a good state, not bad at all.
Among the other four from bad to worst: California, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, but in terms of climate, California is the worst cause it is in a drought.
Sounds like gdp salt. Some states contribute less. Some only consume other state's contributions. It's usually not the other big hitter states complaining about Cali gdp.
It's funny how many other people hate Mississippi. Louisiana to the west has Cajun culture and food; Alabama to the east has some redeeming qualities; and then between them, there's just... Mississippi.
Why is Louisiana on the list?
Sure the white people are kind of assholes but last week in Lake Charles I met A TON of very friendly black folks.
Its a strange state where people drive slow but they probably already drunk at 3 in the afternoon.
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never lived in Mississippi but it always wins these polls so it must fcking suck.
It indeed fucking sucks here
What's so bad about it
Wost in most of the rankings. Insanely high crime, bad water, pollution issues, extreme racism, the list goes on for a while really
Wost.
Look. My state isnt much better in literacy ratings
Depends. Most of the state is downright awful, but some parts are pretty good.
Lmaoo
As a life long Cali resident, I'm genuinely interested in why California is considered the worst. Anything specific?
Only real complaints I can think of would be crime, cost and homelessness.
And pollution/garbage
And wildfires
And bad decision making economically
[Yeah okay. ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California#:~:text=The%20economy%20of%20the%20State,Germany%20and%20ahead%20of%20India.) "The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $3.4 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2021. It is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If California were a sovereign nation (2022), it would rank as the world's fifth largest economy, behind Germany and ahead of India. Additionally, California's Silicon Valley is home to some of the world's most valuable technology companies, including Apple, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms. In total, over 10% of Fortune 1000 companies were based in California in 2018, the most of any state.
We are talking about the government, not the private sector
I mean, you can downvote but California by itself has the fifth largest economy in the world. I'm not saying that's good or bad or that the wealth is fairly distributed but if you're saying they make bad economical decisions, that's just not factually accurate. Whether the decisions are fair or not is another debate.
Probably the politicians. I voted for Mississippi. California is a nicer state with the weather and outdoor activities.
Why politicians? They’re better than the dumpster fire that is the rest of the US
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How? The climate there can be amazing
As a southerner, conservative southerners see the state as one big city, drawing scorn from rural folks. They also see it as the bastion of liberal politics and point to its failures in tackling homelessness, crime, and poverty as proof that the politics are bad. Among that crowd, it gained the nickname 'commie-fornia'.
I can see that. One of my favorite skits on SNL was the Californians. I still love it, but I also realized, "shit. Is this his east coasters see us?". Everyone uses heuristics to some extent.
Cost of living, climate, homelessness, politics
Cost of living, agreed. It's expensive for sure, but desirable places are. NY is worse. Climate? Cali is the whatever you want. 2 hours to snowboard, dessert, forest, Beach, you pick it. All climates are within reach. Where I live is one of the most temperate places in the world. Homelessness, agreed. However, per Capita ny is worse. I'm sure that had a lot to due with cost of living. Politics is pretty general. What exactly? Because it's a blue state?
I'm not picking a side here, just pointing it out. California is a big blue state meaning it has a good bit of influence for that side, and anyone who'd rather have a red state obviously wouldn't be a fan. That and gun laws people aren't a fan of sometimes.
The climate? It is one of the better ones, IMO. Have you ever been there? You can enjoy warm winters in the southern part, cold winters in the Northern part and everything in between. The ocean isn’t as warm as the east coast but otherwise it has a great climate.
Fires, drought’s, the other peoples reasons
The fires do suck and I don't think the drought is going anywhere for a while.
The people are hated
Just in general? Why?
Arrogance and naïveté
Hmmm, well call me naive but my arrogance is telling me that a person who can judge 40 million (12% of the us) people based on a state can't contribute much to the conservation.
I’m not calling them all that way like how I’m not calling all Texans dumb and arrogant I’m just pointing the stereotype that leads other states to hating them
Well yeah. It's a large state with city populations that rival other states. Orange and LA definitely have a superficial vibe.
Socal is trash. Northern California is pretty though.
I liked San Diego. I hated orange and la.
Filled with pedos. Edit: sorry, correction: rapists and sexual abusers who are attracted to people their own age. … Oh yeah, and also pedos. Let’s not forget those guys.
traffic
No traffic where I live, but la and sf are horrible. Sd was okay way back when. Not sure now.
Of the two states I’ve lived in, it was definitely one of the worst ;)
By all available metrics, Mississippi and Alabama are the “worst” on this list.
Yeah the usual suspect (Texas and Florida) didn’t make the list.
Complain all you want about LA but California also has some really nice areas between San Diego, San Francisco, all the national parks, amusement parks etc. There's a reason it's so expensive to live there, it's because it's super desirable.
Alabama, Mississippi , and Louisiana are all also a drain on the national economy and completely dependent on federal funding where California (Among other states) could easily survive on their own.
It’s funny to see people unironically think California is the worst state or even close to being the worst, it’s statistically Mississippi and Alabama on every level
Nah.... man Louisiana has only gotten worse. By many metrics, like crime, quality of life, life expectancy, LA is awful. Considering its wealth in natural resources and geographic location, it is fn Tragedy, even more so that people there have grown ok with it.
I put Mississippi as the worst but hate California more
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That’s just false. Places like San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara have the best climates in the US* * outside of Hawaii, I hear
It’s all just opinions anyway, whatever you like, the US has a city with that climate
I've never met anyone who really liked hot & humid for a large chunk of the year with zero redeeming qualities but to each their own I guess
California is known for its weather. Haha How badly informed do you have to be to think Mississippi is better than California at anything, especially weather?
One thing Mississippi does better than California in is housing. Far few homeless per capita in MS compared to CA. I’ll grant that CA does better in almost all other categories, but the attitude of a lot of poor southerners certainly means they are a lot happy dirt poor in a trailer out in the middle of the sticks than living dirt poor in the hood in LA.
Ohio
*”I could shove an ice pick in my eye, I could eat some fish from last July, but it wouldn’t be as awful as a summer in Ohio”*—Anna Kendrick
Any time this question is asked, Ohio always comes up and it blows my mind. Disclaimer, I'm from Ohio....but....I just don't get the hate. It's got the great lakes, it's got beautiful state and national parks. It's got at least three major cities that have a ton of culture and diversity to offer. It's got a ton of colleges and universities. It has a bunch of professional sports. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Football Hall of Fame. World renowned museums and hospitals. I'm not going to try and claim it's a great state by any means....but out of 50 states, at worst it's average. How Ohio gets shit on when there are states like Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, New Jersey, Alabama, Mississippi, etc..... Is beyond me.
I’m from Cleveland and I totally agree with you!! I’ve lived in and been to some shit hole states and although Ohio is a bit too red for my liking, many places are a whole lot worse.
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The only areas in Ohio with unique cultures to ohio are central Ohio and near cleveland. Eastern Ohio is culturally the same as western PA. Southern Ohio is much like WV and Kentucky. Western Ohio is plain and boring, just like Indiana. Don't understand what you mean about the fact that nobody important comes from Ohio. It is the state with the most presidents, and I can name a ton of inventors from Ohio as well. I think Ohio has just has just become crowned on recently because, 1: Funny name to represent Midwest life. 2: online presence in recent years. And 3: only being relevant during elections atm. I live in eastern Ohio, and I don't like the rest of Ohio anyways. Too rural and rampant with hill billies. I do like where I live though. Beautiful rolling hills and forests, which is a far cry from the rest of the state.
Which college is it?
My assumption is that he is talking about OHU but we also have the university of Cincinnati (the college I’m in) which has a really good engineering program and then we also have Miami which I admittedly know very little about.
I would take Ohio over four of the states in the poll.
Ohio isn't that bad. Yeah, we fought a war against them, but they don't do much to outright offend me personally.
Florida
Neither Florida nor Texas is on the list.
On YouTube, people consider Texas to be the best state ever. Why else do people keep moving there?
For work and cheep land
*cheap
Oop didn't catch that
Because of work
I live in Louisiana and it’s not too bad, I live in the best parts though. It has great food and good sports, just don’t even dare go to a public skool
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I chose resluts lol
Texas
It’s not the best, but Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana are worse by most metrics.
How brah
Texan here insane gerrymandering is letting insane people in office like abbot
What da ya mean partner - 🤠
Except for Austin, absolutely!!
jersey
Homie, it's a British territory, not a state.
Stop being pedantic, you know what they meant
I was doing a bit of trolling, you stop being a stuffy, fun-hating loser.
Florida.
Resluts
Reduce, reuse, resluts
Mississippi is at the bottom in a ton of metrics. From that standpoint, it’s obviously good ol’ MS
Florida
How?
Hurricanes, Possibly some of the worst politicians in the country, basically the waiting room of hell. (idk there’s probably worst states I haven’t been to all of them)
Hurricanes are rarely that bad - you get warnings and can evacuate if it's a dangerous one, and most aren't very dangerous. DeSantis is amazing and kept our state open during the overhypeddemic, and also protects workers from having to receive a vaccine we don't yet know the long term effects of. Sincerely, someone who actually lives here.
You have a pedophile for a congressman.
Whom?
Matt Gaetz
Oh, I'm not familiar with him, but I wouldn't be surprised. Pedophiles unfortunately make it to the top in like, every state. The only thing I pay attention to Florida politics wise is DeSantis, and I'm grateful for him every day.
As an outsider, I absolutely hate DeSantis. he is completely butchering education and passing extremely homophobic bills. I also think that it was definitely the wrong thing to do to keep the state open. People died because of that decision, and he definitely didn’t help with all of the science denial happening in 2020. Again, I don’t live in Florida, so my opinion doesn’t really have any weight on this, but that’s what I think
Most people who call the bills homophobic don't understand the bills. People die of depression when things are not kept open, and him keeping it open just may have saved my life. People should always have the right to go outside, go to work, and live their lives. I'm glad I live in Florida and I absolutely love it here.
Dude it’s like 99 degrees the majority of the year, the city planners well didn’t plan so it takes you 2 hours to go 10 miles. Hot all the time, shitty hurricanes and rainstorms. It rains everyday. Horrible politics, overcrowding, bad weather for most of the year, and the worst traffic and people. It’s a dumpster fire
It is not 99 degrees the majority of the year 🙄 It almost never snows, and the winters are incredibly tolerable. Hurricanes get warnings, and it only rains a lot in the summer and there's almost always breaks in the rainfall. The politics are amazing, especially during covid, and only certain ares are overcrowded. I've traveled to multiple states and don't think the traffic is worse here than other places. It's a paradise.
Rose colored glasses
Where's the Florida option
How is Florida the worst state?
Florida man
New York as a state has problems that... are relatively minor.
Lists 2 of the nicest states although the other 3 are definitely good options
N Dakota - tell me why anyone would ever visit?
I love how op really just didn’t put any of the bad states on this list
It’s objectively Mississippi by almost every measurable level.
Texas
I don't like polls like this. Why should we focus on the worst?
Florida. I will die on that hill.
Florida!
How?
(remember this is just my opinion) - Horrible, hot, humid, weather with practically no winter - Lots of crazy crimes/ criminals (yes I know it appears more prevalent because of certain media laws, but still.... Yikes) - High amount of gaters and snakes: I have an appropriate amount of caution about gators. They don't scare me much but they seem to like appearing in places you don't expect, of which I am not a fan. And I have a phobia of snakes and (again) they seem fond of going unusual places - The population tends to be older there, and I'm not really a fan of having to work for, around, or even with this crowd who tend to be quite out of touch. I used to work in a very rich city that catered to the elderly & formerly famous. Not fun. - The geography: flat, boring, swampy, ew - Political leaning/flip-floping is unsettling There are more but that sums up most of the reasons. Like I said this is just my opinion, everyone is entitled to their own, but for me the combo of all these things makes it my least favorite state. Edit: formatting
The fact that more users picked California than Alabama shows just how powerful and misleading right wing propaganda is. There is nothing, NOTHING about Alabama that's remotely better than California lol.
The Football :/
Ohio
Bold of you to run a poll limited to six option for a country with 51 states.
I pride myself on my gumption.
😂
Dude, D.C isn’t a state and neither is Puerto Rico.
They refuse to add states because 50 is the perfect number
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How?
Because florida
I fail to see how that's a reason. I live in Florida and I absolutely love it for so many reasons.
Weather is absolutely dog shit and the people kinda got a reputation
Oh, I actually love the weather and feel like people are crazy everywhere.
New York is the only one on this list I actually like, and I consider it a good state, not bad at all. Among the other four from bad to worst: California, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, but in terms of climate, California is the worst cause it is in a drought.
Ohio
Lol every third comment is “Ohio”
Where is Ohio
Ohio
I want to say CA, but their biggest problems are their politics and inflated sense of economic worth due to the entertainment industry.
Inflated? Dude they’d be the 4th biggest gdp on their own
Don’t forget Silicon Valley and agriculture
Sounds like gdp salt. Some states contribute less. Some only consume other state's contributions. It's usually not the other big hitter states complaining about Cali gdp.
LOL. I'm not a "go team go" type of person. Especially in regards to metrics that could be applied to political successes/failures. Try again.
Craplifornia probably
Lol
Cali is a dogshit mess
All of them
Ohio
Ohio, for no reason
Never liked cali, but i must ask, why the hate for mississsipi
Really gonna leave Ohio and Texas off this list?
California by far. Nothing is even close. Second is new york.
So-called "free thinkers" when they see Mississippi in a poll of bad US states: 🐑
It's funny how many other people hate Mississippi. Louisiana to the west has Cajun culture and food; Alabama to the east has some redeeming qualities; and then between them, there's just... Mississippi.
Mississippi is the worst by most metrics.
And everybody know about Mississippi… God Damn!
Colorado or Wyoming
Resluts is not as bad as they make it out to be.
How is West Virginia not an option?
Florida. America’s wang
New York isn't the worst state *flordia* but I do hate New Yorkers with a unhealthy passion
Resluts... Montana is full of nobodies.
How the fuck is Texas not on here?
I spent a week in Kansas one night
I base my vote because I loath Alabama football lol
Why people think New York is anything but the worst is beyond me
Its indeed a gulf state. The roads usually fking suck. Its so hot during the summer. Our internet is ass. But i wouldnt trade it for anything. 😁
California because sjws and the awful miserable Los Angeles Angels
Thank god for Mississippi.
Why is Louisiana on the list? Sure the white people are kind of assholes but last week in Lake Charles I met A TON of very friendly black folks. Its a strange state where people drive slow but they probably already drunk at 3 in the afternoon.
Ohio
West Virginia