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Texas tops the list of America's 10 worst states for quality of life in 2024 (www.nbcdfw.com)
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[–] 73 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

"10. Arizona"
"9. Kansas"
"8. Louisiana"
"7. Missouri"
"6. Tennessee"
"5. Arkansas"
"4. Oklahoma"
"3. Alabama"
"2. Indiana"
"1. Texas"

Blue Bad.

eta - numbering went totally strange, so enclosed each in "

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I’m surprised Mississippi isn’t on that list. I assume this is 1 at worst because while I have no doubt Arizona and Kansas suck major ass, they can’t be worse than Tennessee and Alabama.

    Also surprised Indiana made the list. Godsawful hellhole sure, and impressively so given its neighbors, but I always pictured it as a mundane shittiness. I think of Indiana like I think of Iowa, firstly I don’t, but when I do it sucks but not like, on par with Alabama and texas, more in a “yeah it’s like the bastard child of Michigan and Iowa” there’s nothing to do in the farmland or suburbs, and gang violence in the former industrial areas, all with none of the remotely effective policy of Illinois, Ohio, or Michigan.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I have a bud who lives there. Lots of straight up drugs and bigots, some of the recent laws they passed are straight up backwards. I think it mostly pops up because of the drug issues though, he always talks about seeing people on crack and meth.

    The university there is probably holding the state up a smidge both the others you mentioned.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've seen eta used a lot, like you did. For me, it always meant "estimated time (of) arrival". What does it mean in your context?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    New to me as well but seems like "editing to add:"

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why not just write "edit:"? It's one extra character

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I learned to touch type on underwood typewriters, learned cobol, basic, pl/1, fortran (watfor/wat5!), and fed a thousand punch cards to a mainframe or something to print 2 words.

    Reddit made me do "eta".

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This homogenizes the entire states. KC, Austin, Bentonville, and Fayetteville are all desirable places to live.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tulsa and OKC as well. The countryside is flat, windy and hot as fuck, so if you like going outside a lot it's probably not for you, but both metros in OK are pretty nice.

    As for Arkansas, Little Rock is severely slept on. Not as pretty as Fayetteville and Bentonville, obviously, but I was surprised in visiting recently how much it had grown since I had lived there.

    Of course, in all of those places, the fact remains that you're living in goddamned Oklahoma or Arkansas, and that's an experience I simply don't recommend.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    OKC is the worse city I’ve ever visited. Decatur, TX is better and that’s not a compliment to Decatur. Little Rock is nice, and absolutely nothing like god awful OK. I do not understand how people can live there. At least Kansas is pretty.

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