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Maybe you need to look at your own life and values before you start picking the population of an entire state apart. You will never find happiness as long as you are so negative.
This world, this state, your neighborhood are all very diverse, that is part of what makes America so great! ![]() It has been my experience that people who do nothing but find fault with everything around them are essentially a very unhappy person. You won't find happiness in your surroundings. True happiness, contentment and peace don't come from others. I lived in Texas for 15 years, while there I met some really nice people, some really strange people as well as highly educated and those not as well educated. Every state just as every race has trashy people, none are exempt! I liked the one person who suggested you become part of the solution rather than just criticizing and complaining. It is easy to point out the problems of any society but it is much harder to be part of the solution! Your post aggravated me enough to cause me to join just so I could comment! Thanks because I think I will like many of the people who are part of this group. ![]() I'll pass on the white and red wine, but a fuzzy navel would be nice. Oh and pass a cup of meth while you're at it please and thank you! ![]() |
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Welcome to the forum Calistria. I am sure you will find a lot of great threads through City -Data. Keep posting.
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![]() ![]() Seriously, welcome to the forum, and as said, your words are very good. ![]() BTW, there is a saying that fits kinda good w/ one of your [and others'] statements: "Instead of pointing a finger, offer a helping hand". |
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Thanks for the warm welcome and kind words.
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Since this post is still active I'd figure I'd chime in again, especially after my recent trip to Louisiana which seemed quite improverished.
List of states in rank of richest to poorest: # 37 - Missouri ($42,841 average median household income) # 46 - Louisiana ($39,337 average median household income) Source: http://www.wtnrradio.com/story.php?story=257 List of states in percentage of people over 25 with a bachelor's degree or higher: # 33 - Missouri - 24.1% # 44 - Louisiana - 21.3% Source: ACS: Ranking Table -- Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree Missouri is both higher-educated and has less poverty than Louisiana. Meth is still a large problem in Missouri, however the number of meth lab busts has dropped by 1/2 within the past few years. DEA drug fact sheets for MO and LA: DEA Briefs & Background, Drugs and Drug Abuse, State Factsheets, Missouri DEA Briefs & Background, Drugs and Drug Abuse, State Factsheets, Louisiana Louisiana also has more people in prison despite its lower population, and most drug stats are about the same disregarding meth. All this goes to show that the original post is statistically unfounded. |
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As I sat here and read the 15 pages of post, I must say that I have a tear in my eye. I was born and raised in good ole Missouri I have always known that I love this state more than any other place, but where else would people defend their turf more than in MO? I was fuming when I read the post. How dare someone who has lived here for such a short time slam so hard on a community. I have been to the Farmington/Park Hills area and my first thought was that the OP really needed to get her nose out of the air and look at the beauty that the area has to offer. Then I thought no, I am sure that the "outdoors" is really not her cup of meth, I mean tea. As far as the drugs and welfare, is she driving the backroads to find this stuff? Farmington is a booming town I haven't seen the drugs and "welfare" although I know it is probably there as it is in EVERY town and city in the US. want to clarify that I too have a college education, I have traveled all over the eastern and southern US and have lived in Europe. The last trip that I made to Louisiana frightened me. I thought that we had low income folks here, but it seemed that the "shacks" went on for miles there. Maybe it was just the part of the state that we were in, but it really opened my eyes, yet while I was there I was able to see beauty in the landscape. Maybe OP needs to get a degree in compassion and seeing the good in people not how they look on paper. I know if I had to call on someone in the middle of the night I would call the compassionate friend not the one with the degree.
Last edited by firemen02; 05-07-2008 at 10:07 AM. Reason: It just didn't make since ;-) |
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