Mississippi also just has really bad infrastructure. Like water is a concern in places there
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Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 10 months agoYou’re not wrong.
Mississippi is typically ranked very low due to a history of poor public education standards as well as being a battleground for civil rights. Not much has changed.
Fortunately for Mississippi, Florida man is working overtime towards the enshitifcation of their own education system.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 months ago
BurntPunk@kbin.social 10 months ago
Growing up in Alabama we used to joke that the unofficial AL state motto is “Well, at least we ain’t Mississippi” and Mississippi’s motto is “Well, at least we ain’t Missis…AW DAMMIT”
philoneous@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ditto for Louisiana, it was always “well at least we aren’t Mississippi “.
jscummy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’ve also heard “Thank God for Mississippi” as a slogan for any of the underperformer states
uncle_bagel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Typically what happens when you rank 51st in most quality of life stats (which usually include DC alongside all 50 states).
TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Louisiana has the highest violent crime rate. It is the last state I would live in.
Acronymesis@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You ain’t kiddin!
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