Submitted by 200Fathoms t3_125yun2 in Maine
Man—we're not far off from those heathens in California and Oregon. And the rest of New England is right on our heels.
Unlocked article:
From the study mentioned in the article:
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200Fathoms OP t1_je6qj9s wrote
Coasts rule! Or at least the NE and NW coasts...
Oniriggers t1_je77j5k wrote
I’m heading to Florida soon, my first outside New England trip since covid. I’m only going because it was a free trip basically, I wouldn’t pay good money to go on my own…
cerebralailment t1_jea9yi0 wrote
You are gonna love it - Florida is great
Tacticalaxel t1_jeahd61 wrote
Florida is a shithole
cerebralailment t1_jeamwhm wrote
Sounds like something a reddit pleb who's never been would say.
Tacticalaxel t1_jeas9wp wrote
Been there recently. Broken cars and tire carcass everywhere, soulless suburbs, concrete, strip malls, and chain restaurants. Disney is the most genuine place in the state. And that's not mentioning the government.
cerebralailment t1_jeauewm wrote
Nice what part did you go to? I was in Jacksonville not long ago, near Orange Park - was nice. Went and hungout in Ormond Beach, also very nice.
"Tire Carcass" and Broken Cars didn't see any of those.
Oniriggers t1_jeaq5p3 wrote
It’s been about 15 years since my last Florida experience but I’m the right demographic so I should be fine….
GuppyGB t1_je7pfik wrote
I thought this was going to be about people's interpretation of how tight and loose objects are, like pickle jar lids and lug nuts.
derpmcperpenstein t1_je7g32q wrote
Also thankful to live here. I have friends in Cali. Sounds like an entire different country to me.
200Fathoms OP t1_je7qsi8 wrote
But apparently not. We're loose like them.
Zealousideal-Sky746 t1_jecmme5 wrote
you didn't read the article.
deerockxrandall t1_je7twxj wrote
Why doesn’t it feel “loose” though?
rdstrmfblynch79 t1_je85sf8 wrote
Hillary and biden "carrying" all the loose states seems incredibly disingenuous when maine actually contributed electoral college votes to trump. Wonder if the author even knows about maine's non-all for 1 system....
I wonder what the north's looseness rating is though because some of the stuff like natural disasters and resources entirely buck the trend of being tight
Also I'm pretty surprised (and almost skeptical) about the dakotas. Plenty of natural resources, didn't think they were susceptible to disaster or environmental stuff not at all densely populated. Are they fat as fuck and dying early or something?
lintymcfresh t1_je87g5h wrote
yes, they’re poorer and in worse shape than we are in the northeast. this is a tremendous mess of “research” either way you put it.
nuevoguero t1_jeacg1h wrote
I mean if New York or California could split their electoral votes they would've contributed a lot more than just one vote for Trump...
ButtStuff-69 t1_jecdkh9 wrote
From the linked study in the article:
tightness (many strongly enforced rules and little tolerance for deviance)
versus
looseness (few strongly enforced rules and greater tolerance for deviance)
SavageNachoMan t1_jef9wuu wrote
So California is the loosest state? And yet one the scientist’s assertions is that loose states will exhibit: lower incidences of disease, lower mortality rates, lower population density and less homelessness?
That doesn’t seem to check out.
Next-Ad6082 t1_je6qci9 wrote
Interesting, thanks for posting!
I was interested in seeing that as an image, so I retrieved this from the paper:
https://preview.redd.it/ar0kgkvi3sqa1.png?width=1940&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=5390b1a652dfe38b50f97a95b2ea9f1d496f3c14