re: Worst SEC state?

Depends on what you like. If you like big cities and nightlife, New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta are for you.

If you like a lot of tourism traps, such as Disney World, Sea World.... I prefer Universal Studios myself; than Florida is for you.

If you like ocean and beaches, than SC, GA, FL, AL, & MS are for you.

If you like mountains, waterfalls, hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting than Tennessee & Alabama are for you.

I was born and raised in North Alabama on the largest lake in the state. All my life, I've had boats & campers. Learned to water ski early.

Loved camping & fishing. A 20 minute drive to a beautiful state park, and 2 other state parks close by.

Would wake up in the morning, walk out on my front porch and view the mountain and lake, then walk a couple of blocks to the lake for early morning hiking.

Lake Guntersville, Alabama, small town listed on the national register of historic places, where they close main street down for the homecoming parade each year.

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You truly are the worst poster on the board.

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That's like standing in an open septic tank and trying to point out the stinkiest turd.

There's a lot of good with every SEC state: whether it's beaches, natural beauty, great cities, etc. I just don't see a lot of good in Mississippi. Other than Biloxi, which is basically a tiny, overwhelmingly depressing form of Atlantic City, I don't view Mississippi as much other than a bunch of rest stops on the way to New Orleans

Objectively speaking using numbers, the SEC states from worst (1) to best (11) are:

1. Mississippi (1.33)
2. Arkansas (1.67)
3. Alabama (4)
4. Louisiana (4.33)
5. Kentucky (4.67)
t6. Tennessee (6.33)
t6. South Carolina (6.33)
t8. Texas (9)
t8. Florida (9)
10. Missouri (9.33)
11. Georgia (10)

The smaller the number, the worse the state is. The above list is an average based off of ranking the states in poor, fat, and stupid.

Poorest:
1. Mississippi
2. Arkansas
3. Alabama
4. Kentucky
5. Tennessee
6. Louisiana
7. South Carolina
8. Florida
9. Missouri
10. Georgia
11. Texas

Fattest:
1. Arkansas
2. Mississippi
3. Louisiana
4. Alabama
5. South Carolina
6. Texas
7. Kentucky
8. Tennessee
9. Georgia
10. Missouri
11. Florida

Dumbest:
1. Mississippi
2. Arkansas
3. Kentucky
4. Louisiana
5. Alabama
6. Tennessee
7. South Carolina
8. Florida
9. Missouri
10. Texas
11. Georgia

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Indonesia, Hawaii, Thailand and the like would be considered gorgeous. Gulf shores is basically only good for a quick and inexpensive beach trip, which is perfectly fine. I love me some Florabama.

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Exactly.

If the South could drive 4 hours to something like this, anything in Alabama would be an afterthought, and definitely MS...

You're ranking usually have Missouri, Florida, Texas, and Georgia around each other. Like my last thread...when you're state is 6+mil in population and growing..that usually is a good sign about your state.

Is the state growing in population or just a lot of ppl in west St. Louis? As an otr truck driver I don't see much in Missouri

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Florida and Arkansans are on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of national perception.

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Agreed.

Except the national perception is not what you want it to be.

#2 most visited State
#29 most visited State
#45 most visited State (only 5 states visited less, yikes)

You pick which is which from FL,LA and Arkansas.

Well I guess Missouri is technically "growing"