# Most over-rated state to live in? (US only) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 21, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377 "2012-03-21T05:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/1 "2012-03-21T05:06:28Z")
I vote for Colorado. Everything Colorado offers Utah offers even better. The skiing is better and WAY? closer than most of Colorado. The weather is better. The women are much more attractive and the “notch” (the only part of Utah worth occupying) is very clean and, as long as you aren’t a holy roller squashed by the Mormons it’s a pretty easy place to live. The large number of military bases in CO brings the area down IMHO (this coming from an active duty officer). Your opinions? ETA: Colorado does have a much better selection of beer though. I guess I forgot that. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/2 "2012-03-21T05:08:12Z")
> [@](#): > > The women are much more attractive And you get marry more than one! Seriously though, pictures are required for such a claim. In other words, cite? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/3 "2012-03-21T05:14:10Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > And you get marry more than one! > > Seriously though, pictures are required for such a claim. In other words, cite? Hehe… I actually did get married in Utah but my wife is not a Mormon surprisingly. She is hot though so I guess that proves it? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/4 "2012-03-21T06:14:23Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > I vote for Colorado. Everything Colorado offers Utah offers even better. The skiing is better and WAY? closer than most of Colorado. The weather is better. The women are much more attractive and the “notch” (the only part of Utah worth occupying) is very clean and, as long as you aren’t a holy roller squashed by the Mormons it’s a pretty easy place to live. The large number of military bases in CO brings the area down IMHO (this coming from an active duty officer). > > Your opinions? > > ETA: Colorado does have a much better selection of beer though. I guess I forgot that. Typical display of the massive Utah inferiority complex. Everything in Colorado is bigger, and cooler, more modern, and way, way less uptight. Denver \>\> Salt Lake City. Boulder \>\> Provo. Colorado has 53 14ers. Utah has zero. Colorado has Aspen. Utah has ??? Anyway, the answer to this question is easy. Texas. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/5 "2012-03-21T06:30:01Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Anyway, the answer to this question is easy. Texas. True, Colorado and Utah are both way better than Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/6 "2012-03-21T07:04:29Z")
A state just below Michigan, I won’t mention its name. But it has a certain city with a certain football team. Some people “act” like they’re a really big deal, but they are nothing really. This team is not named for any noble, ferocious animal but a thorny, poisonous capsule that falls abundantly from the trees in their yards. Like litter. Refuse. Trash. Just like the team plays. I might admire their attempt to make the best of an unfortunate situation by naming their team after the pesky fruits and although I am sorry they are stuck with all of them, I just cannot manage to do that. (I could mention their team colors but would prefer not to.) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/7 "2012-03-21T07:21:45Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > The women are much more attractive > [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Seriously though, pictures are required for such a claim. In other words, cite? Not sure if this is what the OP had in mind, but I can personally attest that the most drop-dead gorgeous woman I have seen in my life was the flight attendant on a little 20-seat puddle-jumper out of Cedar City a few years ago. Most over-rated? Every four years, New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/8 "2012-03-21T07:38:43Z")
Louisiana. The French Quarter is like twelve blocks in New Orleans. Take that away and what’s left? West Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/9 "2012-03-21T08:49:34Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Anyway, the answer to this question is easy. Texas. That doesn’t count, the OP specified “US only” ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/10 "2012-03-21T08:56:22Z")
Since it keeps coming up, why is Texas overrated? Yes, Bush came from there. Now that we got that reason out of the way, what are the others? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/11 "2012-03-21T09:37:56Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Since it keeps coming up, why is Texas overrated? > > Yes, Bush came from there. Now that we got that reason out of the way, what are the others? Only two things come from Texa… I’ll stop here ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/12 "2012-03-21T10:01:11Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > ETA: Colorado does have a much better selection of beer though. I guess I forgot that. That would have been my counterpoint. I’ve never lived in CO but many of my favorite beers come from that state (mmmm…Yeti…) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/13 "2012-03-21T12:25:58Z")
Arizona. Dry heat, my ass. It’s freaking HOT. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/14 "2012-03-21T12:55:31Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Since it keeps coming up, why is Texas overrated? > > Yes, Bush came from there. Now that we got that reason out of the way, what are the others? It started long before Bush. Lyle Lovett recorded "That’s Right (You’re Not from Texas) in 1996, and it’s been around far longer than that. Texas got very huffy when Alaska became a state and they couldn’t claim to be the biggest. Texans brag about their state, probably because it was a independent country at one point. The “everything’s bigger in Texas” meme has been around for over a century, and the bragging Texan was a common figure. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/15 "2012-03-21T12:58:30Z")
New York: its Connecticut at 3X the price. Mississippi: you can live in the 3rd world-in the USA! Minnesota: hot humid summers (and jillions of mosquitos from those 10,000 lake), with frigid winters ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/16 "2012-03-21T13:02:48Z")
I lived in Florida for about 17 years. When people tell me they can’t wait to retire and move to Florida, I have to question their sanity. “No state income tax!” is the cry. OK, but I found that the sales taxes (state and county) the gasoline tax, property taxes, and probably other fees I’ve forgotten were collectively higher. And insurance rates are obscene, both home and auto. Heck, when we moved 8 years ago, a gallon of milk cost a buck more there than here. I only return there because my husband’s folks haven’t been able to sell their place and move… ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/17 "2012-03-21T13:09:11Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > A state just below Michigan, I won’t mention its name. But it has a certain city with a certain football team. Some people “act” like they’re a really big deal, but they are nothing really. > > This team is not named for any noble, ferocious animal but a thorny, poisonous capsule that falls abundantly from the trees in their yards. Like litter. Refuse. Trash. Just like the team plays. > > I might admire their attempt to make the best of an unfortunate situation by naming their team after the pesky fruits and although I am sorry they are stuck with all of them, I just cannot manage to do that. (I could mention their team colors but would prefer not to.) Like many from your god-forsaken wasteland of a state, you have missed the point altogether. Does every U of M fan buy into this infantile name calling b.s. that your football team’s coach wants to engage in? 'Cause y’all played OHIO just last week and how did that turn out? I missed it, I was busy watching OHIO STATE win. The OP asked for most over-rated state to live in. I would love to see where either Ohio or Michigan are over-rated? Between the two states, Columbus is the nicest place to live but is hardly over-rated - over-looked maybe. To actually answer the OP, both Texas and Florida. Any state that lists as among its chief attractions the lack of a state income tax as a primary selling point is trying to overcome some pretty damming negatives. Heat, humidty, bugs, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, Jerry Jones, gators (the animals, not the college or its fans), armadillos (they look cute but can carry leprosy), and snowbirds. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/18 "2012-03-21T15:48:03Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > A state just below Michigan, I won’t mention its name. But it has a certain city with a certain football team. Some people “act” like they’re a really big deal, but they are nothing really. > > This team is not named for any noble, ferocious animal but a thorny, poisonous capsule that falls abundantly from the trees in their yards. Like litter. Refuse. Trash. Just like the team plays. > > I might admire their attempt to make the best of an unfortunate situation by naming their team after the pesky fruits and although I am sorry they are stuck with all of them, I just cannot manage to do that. (I could mention their team colors but would prefer not to.) Leprechauns fall from trees? Utah has Moab and some national parks that seem worthy of visiting, so while I’d prefer Colorado, it certainly has some other great things not mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/19 "2012-03-21T16:00:36Z")
If anything, Texas is underrated. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377/20 "2012-03-21T16:00:50Z")
Yeah, I’d love to know how Mississippi qualifies as an “overrated state.” National punchline more like it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-over-rated-state-to-live-in-us-only/616377.md?page=2)