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I guess the bottom line of what I'm saying through all this is despite what the polls say to me Georgia seems the logical choice. Why? Because going by the OP's criteria Georgia has everything Minnesota has (except a whole lota lakes and digit (fingers,toes that is) killing cold weather) plus a lot more.
Natural Scenery: Minnesota scores with lakes but other than that Georgia has all that Minnesota has plus bigger Mountains, the Ocean, beautiful interesting Swamps. And all in a smaller more compact area.
Culture: Georgia has more history which equals more culture, Way more diversity which in my book equals more culture. We already established Georgia's musical scene historically and present day blows Minnesota out the water. Georgia has CNN, TBS, TNT, TMC, The Cartoon Network, The Weather Channel. Minnesota has nothing like any of that.
Education: Georgia has higher ranked Universities. Georgia's low SATs and high drop rate out only proves we have too many knuckle heads that don't take advantage of the education we have available here (a bad thing yes). I attended a pretty typical Georgia High School and scored in the 80 percentile on the SAT (top 20%) I had a classmate that scored perfect on the SAT another was accepted to the Naval Academy (He had to have written recommendation from his State Representative in addition to excellent academics and athletic achievement for this) One 2 years my senior is a judge and one is an Air Force Major (impressive rank for his age). When I attended college in Ohio my English 101 and Economic class's were a cake walk in comparison to the college prep classes I took at this High School. Plus Georgia has the HOPE scholarship so those who do take advantage (like yours truly again) can attend college free of tuition as long as they maintain a B average. Minnesota has nothing like this.
And Alabama doesn't come close to Georgia in that category either ^.
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Yeah. I'll say it again. Using the OP's criteria, Georgia has everything Minnesota has except a bunch of lakes and Double digit below freezing weather. Plus Georgia has alot more. The only reason someone would vote Minnesota is if they are biased
Nonmetal min. prods. 81.0 million
Cereal grains 42.1 million
Gravel 21.7 million
Metallic ores 13.2 million
Waste/scrap 11.9 million
Don't forget that MN is home to the Mesabi Iron Range, which means a lot of ore gets moved around. Also, there is granite and coal moving actoss the state from other states. Lots of weight.
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GEORGIA SUCKS, according to this poll. Despite all of your bickering you still can't sway people's votes. The only reason Georgia could win a poll is if they went up against a foe that was as thick as they are or moreso. Keep on drooling GA, you'll get that pooch if you try hard enough!
Yeah. I'll say it again. Using the OP's criteria, Georgia has everything Minnesota has except a bunch of lakes and Double digit below freezing weather. Plus Georgia has alot more. The only reason someone would vote Minnesota is if they are biased
Or, they'd prefer to get a better high school education and graduate.
Or, they'd prefer to live a healthier environment.
Or, they'd prefer to get a higher paying job.
Or, they'd prefer to be less likely to become a victim of crime.
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Or, they'd prefer to get a better high school education and graduate.
Or, they'd prefer to live a healthier environment.
Or, they'd prefer to get a higher paying job.
Or, they'd prefer to be less likely to become a victim of crime.
Believe me, there are not 79 voteres who picked MN out of bias alone. There are MAYBE 10 of us who post regularly, and you have 20 to 30 easily. So maybe there's 60 GA haters out there and you can only blame yourselves for that, since you make every thread about ATL or GA and make everywhere else seem as if they belong in a different stratosphere than you. Maybe if you were cooler about vs. polls or just participated in a positive way you'd see "fairer" results.
Yeah. I'll say it again. Using the OP's criteria, Georgia has everything Minnesota has except a bunch of lakes and Double digit below freezing weather. Plus Georgia has alot more. The only reason someone would vote Minnesota is if they are biased
LOL!!! How old are you? Let me guess - 14.
I'm from the south and I voted Minnesota, not because I'm biased, but because I actually like MN. I have nothing against GA, but MN does it for me. End of story.
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....He went to college, Blackout....but I'm trying to find out where because he thought Econ 101 (101!!!!) was a breeze compared to his HS (hey, mine too, but what are you bragging about?).
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