<p>Yes, I agree, we Californians are both crazy AND hot.</p>
<p>But “overrated” ??? Never.</p>
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<p>Oh that’s funny. But can you even ask which has the ‘ugliest’?</p>
<p>That said, as a CA native and resident…it’s a great place to live, but move your business elsewhere.</p>
<p>As a California resident, native AND business owner…I hear yah.</p>
<p>West Virginia has bad food and is ugly and dumb. Why am I not surprised?</p>
<p>Like all surveys- how scientific et al… </p>
<p>California is a nice place to visit, but wouldn’t want to live there for many reasons. Texas- not even worth visiting… Change Florida to be more like Washington state- education/politics and now you’re talking… So many places off the radar for so many who live in the most populated areas. West Virginia has some beautiful scenery, again a nice place to visit but not live, especially in winter. Florida is a good place to be old in.</p>
<p>Sometimes the only reason some states don’t get the most… rating is not because they’re truly better/ worse but because perceptions have some other states a bit more… Also, what we value and how we rank various categories depends on what we were raised with. Eons ago I once talked to a woman in Indiana who missed the wide open spaces of her home state of Wyoming while I missed the hilly terrain with trees and lakes of Wisconsin.</p>
<p>One thing I have noted in moving from WI to FL is the difference historical demographics has on the daily life. People settled in places most like home- north Europeans to the north and Mediterranean and tropical people to the hot south. This influenced local cultures and even if the great immigrations were a century ago you can see it in the foods and restaurants. Greek, Italian, Cuban culture in our part of FL. This means different cheeses, sausages and baked goods in the grocery stores compared to WI. Due to the influx of Northerners many of the familiar foods can be found, but only one brand or style whereas - who knew how many varieties of other foods could be so prominent on the shelves.</p>
<p>My home state is special because it represents the culture of my ancestors.</p>
<p>Looks as though lots of New Yorkers and Californians responded.</p>
<p>We have nothing better to do. ;)</p>
<p>It would be interesting to see how north and south Californians differ, if at all. Perceptions of the state vary based on which part you are considering. What if the state were split into two- how would each half rank I wonder. Actually the same could be done to other states- is the NYC area representative of the rest of the state in people’s (including New Yorkers) minds? Does Chicago represent Illinois? What if we redrew state borders? So much fun can be had with what ifs.</p>
<p>Which state is the stateliest?</p>
<p>Kansas was voted as having the worst scenery. Whoever voted for KS clearly has not driven from Kansas City to Colorado via I-80 something (84? Idk) in Nebraska. It’s like driving I-70 through Kansas, but about 500 times worse.</p>
<p>Darn- we went through Nebraska homeward bound and not Kansas once having done both Dakotas and Iowa coming or going on past trips. The distances are LONG west of the Mississippi, and flat, treeless… Tornadoes in MN and MT after we went through them, not the states one most thinks of. </p>
<p>While we’re at it. It isn’t fair that all of those little northeast coastal states got be just because they were the originals. The rest of us would combine most of them into perhaps two- north and south of NY and PA.</p>
<p>Florida is on track to surpass New York in population within a few years. Florida will be the 3rd most populous U.S. state soon, behind California and Texas, after passing New York in number of residents.</p>
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<p>Having done it too many times to count, I agree. The first time was interesting…after that…not so much. No wonder the speed limit is 80 err close to 90.</p>
<p>Is there a category for “most overlooked state”?</p>
<p>Some of us come from places that nobody notices and nobody seems to have a particular opinion about – unless they live there.</p>
<p>Like Maryland.</p>
<p>We had a friend who moved from Wyoming to Florida. He started telling folks he met in Florida he came from Montana because when he had said Wyoming folks said they’d never heard of Wyoming!</p>
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<p>Enjoy your obscurity…it prevents an overrun of the overly eager trying to achieve the impossible dream. That said…happy to send you a good number of CA ‘citizens’.</p>
<p>Ahh Texas. One of the few states that makes Oklahoma look normal.</p>
<p>OMG some of the best food I’ve had has been in Alaska! Fresh salmon and halibut are just the tip of the iceberg.</p>
<p>Yes, on Alaskan food…Loved the Rabbit Creek Inn and the Double Musky (not sure either are still in business) amazing rabbit and moose steak.</p>
<p>Guess it’s just ‘lower 49’ snobbery.</p>
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<p>Yeah, well the word in that sentence that most people associate with Alaska isn’t “halibut” or “salmon.” It’s “iceberg.”</p>