re: "Americans, if you had to trade an American state out, which state would it be?"

California:
Beaches
Mountains
Deserts
Redwoods

Yeah, let's get rid of that...

None of what you said makes it any less diverse. I don't think you understand what diverse means. I've never acted as though everyone in NY lives in peace and harmony with each other.

I just re read your post and you clearly think diverse= not racist. Just FYI, diverse means "to show a great deal of variety; very different."

Clearly NY is diverse. And yes I understand racism is abundant.

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Where would Alabama's subsidies from the federal government come from then?

I love how tons of southerners talk about how much they "hate" liberal states like California and New York, when those states are the ones that keep states like Alabama afloat.

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I hear that line a lot, i.e., "Rich states subsidize poor (mostly southern) states." It usually gets extrapolated to say "Blue states subsidize red states".

Honest question: Where is the data to support that the actual balance of payments is blue states paying more and red states taking more? I have looked (for a whole almost 2 minutes), but couldn't find it.

EDIT: Never mind. I found this. As they say, TGFMs.

EDIT 2: Then again, I want to know more about the specific methodology before I accept this. Looks like states like Texas get penalized for having large military bases, and I am not sure what value a blanket category like "federal funding" does. Welfare and medical research are both "federal funding", but hardly the same thing when it comes to measuring dependence.

cas - A question was posed which required naming 2 states. I made my choices based on political reasoning. Of course the majority of the State, area wise aren't like the major cities in their viewpoints. However, their political clout is because of the major cities population and those two states are the most influential on Federalism and infringing on State Rights overall. And of course I don't have all the right answers. Just 95% of the time or so.

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Looks like we got some guys that have never left the southeast.

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Been to Virginia, DC, Maine, Ohio, Illinois, Utah, Colorado, California, Alaska, Indiana and a few other places. Most have great geography and was fun to visit. However, my list of Cali and NY weren't based on geography. If it were, then I'd quickly say Indiana and perhaps Iowa. Those are dull, flat and horrible drives.

I like this one:

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Let's keep Florida, but relocate the Floridians.

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