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[deleted] t1_javx2zq wrote

Reply to comment by FuckSteveMills in CT number 1 in taxes? by dubauoo

I'm sure they are beautiful places to see but as far as living?

Alaska is a weird case because it gets oil money. Utah is crazy cult people. Oregon is probably fine around Portland but go inland and it gets bad. Wyoming is....who knows. SC and NM are just straight up shitholes.

There are probably perfectly nice towns in each of those states(if you have the money) but overall they are horrible places to live for various reasons ranging from crime to poor education to inferior hospitals to lack of services and whatever else.

People in this sub constantly complaining about taxes without realizing that we have it pretty good is what gets weird in this sub.

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FuckSteveMills t1_jaw2tya wrote

I’ve been to all those places and they’re not shitholes or 3rd world countries lmao. Life exists outside CT. Go see the country or just be stereotypical nutmegger and assume everywhere else is a completely inferior shithole because you live in the high class society of CT

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welcomebackjelly t1_jaw4174 wrote

Haha if you suggest that there are other states to live in that aren’t CT, all hell breaks loose

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FuckSteveMills t1_jaw4mh9 wrote

There’s a reason retirees move to other states

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welcomebackjelly t1_jaw6b02 wrote

I mean I love it here but I’ve lived in all sorts of states and loved them all. Great parts to every state. I raised my kids here, and I’ve been spending more and more time at my other houses. Not sure how much longer I’ll keep my ct house

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UhaRugger1 t1_jaw9vu9 wrote

I've lived in a couple different areas of NM. One being Albuquerque. I enjoyed Albuquerque but they do have some problems. The other being the "shit hole" the other poster was referencing. The majority of the locals didn't have past a 6th grade education and that 6th grade level was not comparable to CT or any northeastern state. A friend was a teacher in that particular town. Her 3rd graders were reading at a 1st grade NM education level. She had also taught 1st graders and would get kids who didn't even known letter sounds. I'm not talking a few kids. I'm talking full on entire classes of kids not able to make letter sounds because this was their first experience with school. At the time they had no kindergarten and no pre school. The lack of funding was astounding. People complain about lack of funding for schools in New England, they have never seen what happens when a state can't fund their schools. The majority of NM is a beautiful state, along with the other states on that list, but they have systemic issues. One may not care if they don't have kids but you should care. An educated society helps all. Those kids will grow up and have to work. Do you really want poorly educated people running the local government or working as aids in elderly homes.

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SuperYoshi19 t1_jawnz0e wrote

The capital building of South Carolina flew the Confederate flag until ten or so years ago. No thank you.

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Bobinct t1_jaw1fmf wrote

Wyoming is ruled by the fossil fuel, timber, and cattle industries. Complaining about pollution there is damn near illegal.

I'm not kidding about ruled either. They exercise full control over the state legislature.

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[deleted] t1_jaw4kzv wrote

It's less than 600k people in an area 40% larger than all of New England. I feel like if it was really an amazing place to live more people would live there.

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Ds87878 t1_jawjgv0 wrote

Willing to bet you’ve complained about beef prices but then lobby on the internet to shut cattle farming down. They feed the country so simmer down.

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Bobinct t1_jawobaq wrote

Don't really eat much beef anymore. I could manage without it.

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kimwim43 t1_jawawwf wrote

I gave you an up vote. But then reminded it when you went on to say ppl constantly complaining about the taxes. No. We aren’t. I don’t mind one red cent of the taxes I pay, I know I have a very high quality of life in this state, and that isn’t free.

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Soul_blazer84 t1_javy1e5 wrote

Imagine saying it’s fine around Portland????? But bad everywhere else.

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[deleted] t1_jaw0ju2 wrote

Dude, lay off the Fox News and go outside.

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Soul_blazer84 t1_jaw7qkc wrote

Lol who mentioned Fox News? Walmart is literally closing all its Portland area stores because of crime I wouldn’t say Oregon is fine in the “Portland area”.

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Ds87878 t1_jawjary wrote

Spoken by somebody who sounds like they’ve never left CT.

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