# What thing(s) about your state/province really annoy you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855 "2003-10-22T06:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/1 "2003-10-22T06:26:34Z")
I live in Pennsylvania and I’m constantly made aware of things about this state that really just rub me the wrong way. For instance, the part of PA that I live in has a lot of dairy farms. So you can’t go 2 miles out of town without being greeted by the noxious scent of cow excrement. I also don’t like the politics, I’m a democrat, and most of PA is rabidly Republican (I have literally seen people foaming at their mouths 🙂 ) The condition of the Interstate that runs through our town-let (I-81) is in deplorable condition. The state re-paved the last 2 miles before the Maryland border to make the difference in maintenance level less obvious/embarassing. And then the real kicker: the fact that I now know things I’m embarassed to say I know. Things like the fact that dairy-cow urine smells worse than regular bovine urine because of the milk-producing process. The list goes on, that’s probably the most disgusting. Finally, there’s the _complete_ absence of _anything_ to do, though I suspect most places are like that. The saving graces about Pennsylvania are that food and clothing are not taxed and that it’s not so far off the beaten path such that places of interest are more than 5 hours away. So what irks you about your state and what do you like about your state? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/2 "2003-10-22T06:58:07Z")
[ul]😛 [sup] **Mississippi here, my only gripe is that there isn’t anything to gripe about down here.** [/sup] 😃 [sup] **I’d add to PA, by saying it also is inhabited by yankees, except I have a son and daughter-in-law-to-be living there.** [/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/3 "2003-10-22T06:59:40Z")
What I hate about British Columbia: A commonplace and unjustified faith amongst many of its inhabitants in our general superiority/good fortune in comparison to the rest of Canada. Assertions that Alberta, or even (say it ain’t so!) _Saskatchewan_ have an edge over us when it comes to arts, culture, & even basic _entertainment_ are met with frank disbelief. Never mind the more easterly provinces. But that’s the way it is. Theatre? In Vancouver? It is to laugh. I’m always stunned when I’m visiting other provinces and there are _several_ promising-looking plays running _concurrently_. Hey, and lots of live music – and any other number of engaging activities! What dizzying novelty! My theory is that our pretty mountains and easy access to the Pacific make us complacent – folks just settle for a bottle of wine and good stare out the window, where folks in the rest of Canada or compelled to find something to _do_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/4 "2003-10-22T07:03:32Z")
Hey, **kniz** , I’ve _been_ to Mississippi, you must like Kudzoo(sp?) and bugs if you have nothing to complain about. Last I heard, scorpions were making a move into Mississippi as well. I did like my stay there, it was nice and flat and I don’t like biking up hills! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/5 "2003-10-22T07:05:40Z")
[This is the kind of thing that makes me burn](http://www.cbc.ca/artsCanada/stories/nodancing091003), by the way. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/6 "2003-10-22T07:10:58Z")
Hey, **kniz** , I’ve _been_ to Mississippi, you must like Kudzoo(sp?) and bugs if you have nothing to complain about. Last I heard, scorpions were making a move into Mississippi as well. I did like my stay there, it was nice and flat and I don’t like biking up hills! ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/7 "2003-10-22T07:14:21Z")
(Grumbles something unintelligible regarding unintentional double-post) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/8 "2003-10-22T07:30:17Z")
Big sucky billboards ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/9 "2003-10-22T07:37:35Z")
Well, **Frank** , you must have visited the _ **Delta** _ where it is very flat. I’m near Tupelo in what they call _ **Hill County** _. Matter of fact I love kudzu, just as long as it is down the road growing on someone else’s house. I don’t grow cotton, so the boll weavils don’t bother me much, either. There is one thing that does bother me and that is there are no rocks in this state, except up in [**Tishamingo County**](http://www.ohwy.com/ms/t/tishomin.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/10 "2003-10-22T07:41:12Z")
No, I was near Tupelo, in fact. Columbus, MS is where I was. You know where Blaze AFB is? And look, compared to PA, that is _flat_. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/11 "2003-10-22T07:41:59Z")
Washington - The ugly women. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/12 "2003-10-22T07:49:23Z")
ACT, Australia. You can’t buy alcohol to take away after 11pm. Silly. ---
**Author:** ![Call\_me\_Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/13 "2003-10-22T07:54:23Z")
Eh, you can only by alcohol from certain places in PA. There are a certain number of ‘liquor licenses’ available in every town, and those are the only places that can legally sell alcohol. Moot point, I’m under 21 (the legal drinking age in the US). ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/14 "2003-10-22T07:57:37Z")
Our brand new Governator. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/15 "2003-10-22T07:58:45Z")
Football fever The Bible-Belt-ness Nonchalant attitude towards roadkill Northeastern U.S.-style culture is at a minimum (lack of a good Kosher deli [to my knowledge], no prominent jazz radio to be had, hot as hell, etc.) The fact that it’s Tornado Alley (more accurately, Moore, Okla. is) The newspaper lists very far to the right, as does a good bit of the news coverage ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/16 "2003-10-22T08:06:12Z")
Just [get](http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/889008/ishihara-0-12.html) [rid](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/707389.stm) [of](http://www.japantoday.com/gidx/news147820.html) [the](http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/ishihara_shintaro.shtml) [governor](http://www.ezipangu.org/english/contents/news/naname/ishihara/ishihara2.html#Anchor-42831) and everything would be pretty nice, as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/17 "2003-10-22T11:48:48Z")
Tennessee: Football-as-religion 9.5% sales tax (but yet, no income tax). [Rocky Top](http://www.utk.edu/athletics/tn_songs.shtml) (scroll down for lyrics AND audio links). ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/18 "2003-10-22T12:16:35Z")
[ul] [li]We rank among the highest in gas prices.[/li][li]The state of affairs in our education system is pitiful. Teacher salaries are less here than in most other states. The schools are always overcrowded and every 2-3 years a bond election is held to get more schools built. Even when the bonds pass (they need a 2/3 majority to pass and most of the time they don’t) it doesn’t alleviate overcrowding issues. Many of the schools are in need of maintenance and the money just isn’t there to fix them.[/li][li]Many of our highways are in need of repair, and again, the money just isn’t there. When driving on I-84 coming into Idaho from Oregon, the difference was readily apparent upon crossing the border. A couple years ago they did the same thing **CmF** said they did in Pennsylvania, and repaved the first few miles past the border to ease the embarrassment factor.[/li][li]It’s too hot in the summer.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/19 "2003-10-22T12:25:37Z")
Maryland is located very far away from everyone I know. It’s humid as hell and has a lotta bigots. That’s all I can think of that I don’t like. However, I’m from Alberta, land of King Ralph and his court of Redneckia. Although the PC party has done what it said it was going to do as its election platform, they’re going overboard now. It’s great to be fiscally responsible; the intolerance toward gays, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855/20 "2003-10-22T12:27:06Z")
PA resident here. One thing about this state makes me more pissed off then anything else. PennDOT :mad: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thing-s-about-your-state-province-really-annoy-you/208855.md?page=2)