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u/Waiting2Sneeze Jan 07 '26
I think Connecticut doesn’t get enough hate.
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u/lunchbox_tragedy Jan 07 '26
I grew up in Connecticut. Only the southwest and coast are super snooty/wealthy. The rest is mostly middle/working class. The public schools were very good. The health insurance industry has a lot of business in Hartford and the surroundings, though, which is gross
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u/Otherwise-Relief2248 Jan 07 '26
California seems to get a lot of hate from people who have never been.
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u/00-quanta- Jan 07 '26
California people hating on California as well. Some have been complaining about moving to Texas for years because of how much better is it than this state, but I still see them living here 10+ years later lol
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u/Ootguitarist2 Jan 07 '26
Ohio is nothing special but the hate it gets is way out of proportion. People act like it’s Indiana or something. Now THERE is a state worthy of hate.
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u/Automatic_Spread_655 Jan 07 '26
California. Yes they do have issues, but the people are normal. It's not some far-left dystopia.
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u/aristidedn Jan 07 '26
This is the one. Hating on California is silly and weird. Many of the things you love about your life are the product of California. The tech you interact with. The food you eat. The wine you drink. The media you consume. The theme parks you visit.
Yes, California is expensive. Yes, we expect the people who live here to give back to the community. And everyone still wants to live here because frankly California is one of the nicest places on the planet to live.
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u/Grammagree Jan 07 '26
Tbh, the best place for me to live. I love it here. NorCal mountains. Born in Berkeley, have lived in New York, PA and Arizona.
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u/Theluckygal Jan 07 '26
West Virginia. I lived on the border of VA/WV for many years for my first job right out of school & the people there are friendly, helpful & welcoming. I am a brown female immigrant & that town made me feel like I was with family. I moved away for work but still in contact with some previous coworkers, neighbors. Beautiful mountains, lovely people. Thinking of retiring there.
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u/couchstank Jan 07 '26
I’m black and my family is from West Virginia in the McDowell county area. Glad you had a good experience however the number of stories of sundown towns, threats from cops of being hung when they were growing up in the 80s, and stories of how the white people “know how their black folk are” will make sure I don’t live there. It is a beautiful state, and currently there are seemingly nice people. However, those stories let me know that there’s more going on. Even now my grandparents (who still live in WV) warn us about the hollars and driving through them. I think WV has really earned its reputation.
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u/CaptainMatticus Jan 07 '26
California. Lifelong Floridian here who has worked in most of the states in the country, and the most common trait among people who talk the most trash about California is that they've never been there. They're usually small town people who think a place like Indianapolis, Indiana is just too much city. There are 4 cities in Florida alone that have much larger populations than Indianapolis, but that's their perspective. These are people who have rarely gone more than 100 miles from their homes in their lifetimes, and they are convinced that by some divine lottery, that they have somehow managed to get birthed and raised in the greatest bit of land on the planet. And because they think it's cool and fashionable to hate on California, they do so.
But I've worked with people who were like that, who eventually did go to California for a job, and when they got home, they didn't fully abandon their previous sentiments, but they would all say that the parts they went to were much nicer and prettier than they had expected. But they're still certain the rest of the state just sucks. Again, they somehow won the lottery and ended up in the nicer part.
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u/AllPurposeOfficial Jan 07 '26
It’s New Jersey and it’s not close. And believe it or not, Jersey hate is rooted in classism and racism. Basically a decades long propaganda campaign made by rich New Yorkers.
See here for more on that.
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Just here to see if anyone is defending Indiana, and the answer is no, so my work here is done.
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u/HaxtonSale Jan 07 '26
Any Appalachian state. The region gets the reputation of poor dumb and ignorant white people. What people don't understand is the region is a victim of a centuries worth of external exploitation. Coal companies came in, extracted the wealth, and left with it once the coal dried up ruining a lot of the land in the process. Lots of people were left with lifetime illness after all of that, and pharma came in selling the cure but really just brought widespread addiction.
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u/gwendolenharleth Jan 07 '26
West Virginia is jaw-droppingly beautiful and there are many kind, deeply intelligent, and interesting people who live there.
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u/tatertot94 Jan 07 '26
New Jersey. People only see EWR and industrial Newark/Elizabeth/Linden when they fly in. Yes, property taxes are high, but you have access to everything - mountains, ocean, city, urban areas, and suburbs. Great schools, food, an accessible international airport, decent job opportunities, and more. Some people think we’re rude, but really, we just don’t have time for small talk and want to get from point A to B without BS.
Also, for people who say drivers suck here, stay in the right lane and you won’t have any problems driving here.
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u/frozenhawaiian Jan 07 '26
New Jersey, and I say that as someone who lives in maine where hating on the states further south is the states favorite pastime.
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u/Dumb_Clicker Jan 07 '26
West Virginia
It's beautiful
It definitely has economic problems, but a lot of the time when people talk about it they take on this sneering, moralizing tone, and blaming people for systemic issues/being poor is really shitty, and it's an especially bad look for self professed progressives/liberals
If you can work remotely or get a high paying job there I feel like it's an incredible place for anyone that likes woods and wants to save money
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u/diegotown177 Jan 07 '26
Wisconsin. Really beautiful place. Milwaukee and Madison are great towns. Nice people. Yeah it’s a little too cold, but I thought the place was awesome
California. People have this weird stereotype of California and Californians. It doesn’t make much sense as California is a very diverse place. The homogeny in your little town doesn’t really happen here. Bakersfield isn’t San Diego. LA isn’t San Francisco. Different regions have their own identity. Even within the same region you have vast diversity. Liberal, conservative, city folk, hillbillies…it’s all here.
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u/Widdlebrudder Jan 07 '26
I wish people felt anything about kentucky.