Peaceful Programmer » state preference http://blog.raymondberg.com A Blog that Walks the Fine Line Between Usefulness and Acrobats Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:00:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A Completely Arbitrary, Ranked List of the United States http://blog.raymondberg.com/archives/149 http://blog.raymondberg.com/archives/149#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:54:18 +0000 rwb http://blog.rwberg.org/?p=149 I’ve been telling people for a while that “Maryland is my second-least favorite state, right after Texas”. Now, that’s a bit inflammatory, especially for me, but it got me to thinking about how I really do think about our great union.

The following list is an list our United States of America, ranked in an arbitrary order based on my preference.  I suppose the ranking comes from personal experience and marvel that I’ve built up over my few years on this planet.  It’s probably not even that accurate, it’s just my first pass.

  1. Minnesota
  2. Michigan
  3. Colorado
  4. Washington
  5. Montana
  6. Maine
  7. Alaska
  8. Idaho
  9. New York
  10. Georgia
  11. Vermont
  12. Virginia
  13. Pennsylvania
  14. Massachussets
  15. California
  16. New Mexico
  17. Ohio
  18. Arkansas
  19. Oregon
  20. Conneticut
  21. Oklahoma
  22. North Dakota
  23. Kansas
  24. Utah
  25. Wisconsin
  26. New Hampshire
  27. Illinois
  28. Indiana
  29. North Carolina
  30. Arizona
  31. Iowa
  32. West Virginia
  33. Rhode Island
  34. Wyoming
  35. Nebraska
  36. Tennessee
  37. New Jersey
  38. Delaware
  39. Missouri
  40. South Dakota
  41. Kentucky
  42. Hawaii
  43. South Carolina
  44. Louisiana
  45. Nevada
  46. Florida
  47. Maryland
  48. Mississippi
  49. Alabama
  50. Texas

Well, it turns out I was wrong about Maryland, and I’m definitely not sure about 1 and 50.  I’ll let you know if it changes, maybe it’ll be a series on this blog (under the category ‘state preference’).

What I’ve learned from all of this is that I don’t really dislike any state in this union. I’m a big fan of our country, and our planet too.  I used to be very bombastic about this kind of thing, but I think I’ve mellowed out. Let me know if you think I’m waaaay off, and I’m sure you do, but I’d really love to see your ordered list of the states.

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