- cross-posted to:
- texas@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- texas@lemmy.world
Original article - CNBC - These are America’s 10 worst states to live in for 2026
The list from 10-1: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Missouri, Utah, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee.
On one hand I dont like these list, because even if everyone was doing their best, someone will always be at the bottom.
On the other hand, I mean, what did you expect. These list have always been a thing, and these places are always at the bottom by a far margin, why bitch now?
They have to disclaim it as leftist propaganda because to do otherwise would leave room for the upper class to possibly start feeling some empathy for the poor. These states are all places where christian fascism has its strongest grip, and part of maintaining that grip is constantly insisting that all problems that exist in the glorious uberstate are either A) the fault of non-whites / non-christians / gays / communists etc., or B) not really problems, just the fevered imaginings of the Liberal Media that Hates America. Am I gonna listen to what NBC, a company from New York City, has to say about my state? C’mon now.
A huge number of upper class Tennesseans will take any fig leaf offered that lets them believe that everything is mostly fine in TN, just a few ragtag “urban types” making things difficult for the rest of us. It makes it a lot easier to convince yourself that your lifestyle has no negative consequences, it’s just lazy poors who don’t work as hard at their dad’s gravel company as you do.
It’s a shitty and self-sustaining situation, which is why articles like these rarely have much impact. We’ve all already decided who we’re gonna blame when stuff like this gets aired, and we just go through the same motions when it does.
People forgot those Pace Picante commercials when all the cowboys yell in angry unison when the new cowboy reveals his salsa was made in…
“NEW YORK CITY!?!?!?”
For the longest time I just thought “New York City” was what everyone called it to differentiate it from the state. I didn’t know it wasn’t used by people from NYC until I was a teenager / young adult. Similarly, I didn’t know that it was kind of a disparagement. Once I started paying attention to it I noticed that if the city is being referred to in a positive or neutral context, it’s usually “New York” or NYC (pronounced en-why-see), but if it’s a negative context then it’s much more likely to be called “New York City”. Like calling a wayward child by their full name.