Based on a balance of population density, climate, general beauty, things to do, and how batshit the people/government is.
Of course i live in Iowa which I both love and hate depending on the day
+1 for turning the Midwest green. The most rural you can with the least amount of psychos and most climate protection.
Please red the West coast+ Colorado. I will trade you Wv for those three. Fuck that nazi shit.
A few counterpoints, as a former Midwesterner and now a West Coaster.... a trans person is more safe in most places on the west coast than most places in the midwest. Abortion will always be legal here while back in my old state... eh, could easily see it getting banned. The level of racism I grew up with was worse in the Midwest. Homophobia has gotten a lot better everywhere but I'll still take the west coast for this. And outside of the largest cities in the Midwest, social life is incredibly difficult to cultivate if you're not a native or aren't a member of a church. Not to mention way more hostility to both transplants and immigrants in the Midwest.
And I know these are all social issues, but those matter too and there is such a gulf in that area between the west coast and the midwest. But even if we get into more material issues... all I know is my unemployment check out here was way more generous than what people I know back in the Midwest were getting. And when my partner needed to take it easy in a difficult pregnancy, my state paid her to be at home and then after the birth spend like 3 months with the baby. Back in my old Midwest state she would have gotten jack shit until the baby came and then after 2 weeks would have to go back to work.
Now, I'm not saying socialism has a better chance of taking root here than the Midwest or even the south. I honestly don't know where I would say that has the best chance of happening. But I will say, if a comrade from another country wanted to move to the US, and that comrade was anything other than white and cishet, I would strongly recommend they live on the west coast.
Edit: to clarify, I think all of the US sucks and I agree with the idea of making it all red, so these are some pretty marginal differences between states I'm talking about here.
Nazis everywhere. Might as well enjoy the cooler upper Midwest that still has some things to do but you can fuck off to the countryside and avoid people if you want. Plus lakes and trees. Lakes and trees are fun.
The countryside or new subdivisions in the smaller towns outside urbanish areas (the towns with no public services). I've seen the multiple anti-biden flags flying in their garage or on flagpoles.
You don't understand. Jersey is a shitty state, but only we get to say that. You out-of-staters are only going off lazy stereotypes about Jersey being bad.
They're true, but still.
You'll have to come fight me I guess. If you can get across the bridge lmao
Ok, I was originally joking, but honestly, it does bother me a little bit how much the bad perception of Jersey comes down to the parts that visiters from NY are likely to see being bad. The Meadowlands isn't the entire state, by a long shot.
The whole state sucks, but it's not THAT bad. And dammit, I'm defending Jersey now, which I really don't want to do.
Say what you will, Jersey Shore wasn't filmed in Iowa comrade 😎
Well tbf if there was a workers Soviet in Central Jersey it would be a green state instead of red.
Questioning the affinity for wildfire hellstates oregon and washington
Obviously on fire now, but I much prefer living in a climate that is (generally) 50-70 year round over hot places. Looking at the coast here.
Nebraska is a hell hole true but they have public owned power and are probably set up best to survive whatever hell happens due to that
Comrade I'm from Iowa. Nebraska could be a full communist state that single handedly started the proletariat revolution and I'd still hate the state.
That is a completely justified and understandable reaction. Because it’s fucking Nebraska.
South Dakota is chock full of crazies.
North Dakota is only like 3/4 full of crazies.
