You can thank the auto industry for Michigan. And Ohio wins nerdiest because they go to the library a lot? must not have heard of the internets yet...

Ohio: Nerdiest State. I'm surprised there hasn't been a Comic-Con there... Mississppi (My state): Obesity. Way to make me feel good about myself! {Thyroid problem :( } I wonder what Ghostpig has to say about his state...

I live in New York, ours is the worst at making budgets, last year our state budget was like 6 months late or something

I saw this on graph jam today but it was also what your state is best as. According to the map Minnesota has the "Best Heart Health".
But according to "The Worst" Map, Virginia has the most Motocycle deaths but with an obiviously easy solution.

Oh god! I'm gonna have a heart attack!

Hooray I live in the oldest state, my life expectancy prospects are looking pretty good. P.S. Iowa is way better than Minnesota (sarcasm)

Illinois, my state, is the worst at keeping our governor's out of prison. Something like 4 out of the last 5 have been sentenced for something. Also, Chicago (where I live) is constantly in the running for the title of Murder Capital of the World. Its won that title more than a few times.

My home state of Arizona seems about right, actually. At least it explains my borderline alcoholism ;)

So Indiana is "least green" I can think of ten things off the top of my head that are far worse than that (i.e. bestiality and violence towards women - GO CANADA).

Haha Unemployment for Michigan! Its not so true Well, were I'm living at anyways.
You know what Michigan sucks at? Keeping stable weather. This year, no. It's been all snow and no sudden sun. Also, they suck at Pro Football. Stupid lions... at least we have Red Wings! To me, hockey is the only sport that counts

P.S. New Mexico isn't ALL that anti-social. I should know, I was born there. What sucks was growing up in the citie everyone thinks the first alien landing was. If you still don't know, its Roswell

Apparently, corporate taxes?

Whoever put nerdiest state as a bad thing, deserves a big smack with the banhammer.

i aren't a big dummy!

I can vouch for the tornadoes in Minnesota seeing as last summer one was half a mile away from my house! I guess it was the lowest category you can get but still did some damage to a lot of stores and etc. around here.

Connecticut is just plain boring. The best thing about Connecticut is leaving it to go somewhere else.

MO - Bankruptcy. That actually makes a lot of since. I think I know 10 friends who have gone through that >.>

27. Nebraska: highest rate of women murdered annually

36. Oklahoma: highest rate of female incarceration

Well, now we know where the rivalry came from....

Worst at binge-drinking, eh? At least we have a good reason to, what with the Packers being in the Super Bowl and all.

I never thought of this before.

Louisiana - Let's weigh the pros and cons, shall we? (Oh boy, you asked for it.)

PROS: Great seafood, hurricane parties, awesome Cajun folks, uh... Saints games are fun, hmmm... I've only seen snow 5 times in my entire life, what else... Peyton Manning? He seems like a nice enough guy. OK, spent 15 minutes and I came up with 6 things. That's about right. Oh, and Richard Simmons. Make it 7.

CONS (here we go): 90-100 degree heat with 85% humidity 10 months out of the year, top 3 in murders every year, bottom 3 in education every year, Brittany Spears, music scene = nothing but cover bands, those hurricane things knocking out power for 2 or 3 weeks every year, the politicians, and the fact that most everyone with any smarts manages to move away (I've tried and failed 3 times) thus leaving pretty much everything that's not in New Orleans to devolve into Tom Goes To The Mayor scenery but with Gummo characters.

Basically, if New Orleans is the a-hole of the country then the rest of the state is the rash you get from not wiping properly.

But being #1 in gonorrhea? Well now that's something, innit? Now that I think about it, I'm going to call this a pro. Because you see, my neighbor, who never tends to his howling puppy and lets the thing howl and cry outside from the time I get home until the time I take sleeping pills and finally black out... I never knew the odds of him dying from gonorrhea were actually so good. Go Pelican state! Nature always seems to have a way of fixing itself, doesn't it?


Well that was a heartwarming little rant that I don't feel bad about never going to apologize for. But since this is Game Informer, just to keep the video game subject matter of this website in line with this post: River City Ransom and Double Dragon are two really awesome games and are due for a franchise reboot. Who's with me? All the awesome people? That's right.

Washington has tons of Bestiality? Wow, that's just gross.