# Nevada ranked "Least American State" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454 "2015-07-17T21:10:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/1 "2015-07-17T21:10:15Z")
> **[Las Vegas News | Breaking News & Headlines | Las Vegas Review-Journal](https://www.reviewjournal.com)** > > The Las Vegas Review-Journal is Nevada's most trusted source for local news, Las Vegas sports, business news, gaming news, entertainment news and more. Considering the nonsensical bullshit they used to reach this “conclusion”, I, as a proud Nevadan, have no problem with this. Fug y’all! ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/2 "2015-07-17T23:13:11Z")
A state built on hookers, blackjack and booze? That’s the American Dream!!! Clearly those people are %insert\_current\_US\_boogeyman%!!! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/3 "2015-07-17T23:18:42Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > A state built on hookers, blackjack and booze? > > That’s the American Dream!!! > > Clearly those people are %insert\_current\_US\_boogeyman%!!! Hell, your governor should be Bender Rodriguez. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/4 "2015-07-18T05:14:46Z")
WOOT! We’re #1! We’re #1! I always knew that if we tried hard enough for long enough that we could win this competition! We gave 110% at 3:7 odds with a 4½ point spread, unless we were taking another card for our bet of ALL ON BLACK plus a few free drinks, a cheap steak and a couple of high class dames, and it paid off in spades! Now somebody get the limo and let’s get these jet skis out on the lake! WOOHOO! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/5 "2015-07-18T11:46:54Z")
These ranking are all bullshit. They are a perfect example of chaos theory: you can get wildly different results depending on what you’re measuring and and depending on how you weight what your measuring. The more variables, the more variable. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/6 "2015-07-18T22:40:38Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > These ranking are all bullshit. They are a perfect example of chaos theory: you can get wildly different results depending on what you’re measuring and and depending on how you weight what your measuring. The more variables, the more variable. “Lies, damn lies & statistics.” Much easier to say IMO. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/7 "2015-07-18T22:52:46Z")
Woohoo! Long live Nevada! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/8 "2015-07-19T22:00:03Z")
So we don’t have any astronauts. Ya know what else we don’t have? Last Call. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/9 "2015-07-20T01:31:03Z")
Northern Nevada is having absolutely wonderful weather and has been for weeks, so who cares? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-ranked-least-american-state/725454/10 "2015-07-20T06:28:40Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > So we don’t have any astronauts. Ya know what else we don’t have? > > Last Call. > > 😉 It is my god-given right to buy whiskey at 4am on a Sunday. > [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > Northern Nevada is having absolutely wonderful weather and has been for weeks, so who cares? YMMV, I like the rain, but it was pouring 2 weeks ago. So much that whatever service is on my phone BLARED a “flood warning” (zero chance of that near me).