It’s only apt that on this the 243rd Birthday of these United States we check in on the state of the states, particularly the two chunks (California and Texas) that dominate the economic, political and social fabric of this vast land.
As a proud globalist I have no attachments to the place I reside in physically, so the following will offend my fellow Texans (last I checked, they firmly believe that they are the chosen ones). Every year the U.S. News & World Report unleash their Best States rankings, it largely dispels all the myths that the parochial crowd boast about, yes, Texas you’re a basket case.
Don’t get me wrong, 10% of my life has been spent in the Lone Star State and due to my skin tone I have had no issues that have negatively impacted my life. In fact, I have felt a lot safer here than anywhere else I’ve lived, but that cannot erase the fact that Texas has an abhorrent firearms slaughter rate of 12.1 per 100,000. Let me put it another way, Japan has a homicide rate of 0.28 per 100,000. Furthermore, here in Dallas we've already had some 110 murders in the first 6 months of 2019, whole nations in the advanced world won't see that number in years. However, I know all too well that as humans we must walk in the shoes of others, and that’s when the self-proclaimed Texas moniker of being god’s land is trampled on.
There’s much talk in these parts that California is a communist state and Texas is a paradise for freedom, well let’s just take a look at the rankings from key indicators on where the two states driving America stand. Reminder to folks at home, if both these states were separate countries they would rank in the top ten largest nations by GDP. In other words, we globalists must take note.
Crime & Corrections: CA 23/TX 33
Economy: CA 21/TX 34
Education: CA 4/TX 15
Fiscal Stability: CA 42/TX 12
Health: CA 7/TX 37
Infrastructure: CA 32/TX 33
Natural Environment: CA 5/TX 40
Opportunity: CA 49/TX 39
Now I get what you’re saying, how can those lefty Californians with 11 million more inhabitants trounce capitalist conservative Texans. Simple answer: one state actually cares for ts impoverished. I’ll count to three for the naysayers to use their go-to line: how come California has a huge homeless problem? That comes with the territory of allowing corporations to dominate, which defeats the California is anti business doctrine. Basically, where talking about America here, there is no such thing as real progressive thinking, everything is about money. Heck, look at Seattle, they love to bang on about their liberal hippie credentials, yet it gave birth to Amazon (openly bash unions), Microsoft and Starbucks hardly independent companies that stick up for the little guy.
Here are the overall rankings (Northerners, make sure to boast about these ranking when a Southerner laughs at you over long winters)
1. WA 2. NH 3. MN 4. UT 5. VT
6. MD 7. VA 8. MA 9. NE 10. CO
11. WI 12. NJ 13. FL 14. IA 15. ND
16. ID 17. GA 18. NC 19. CA 20. SD
21. CT 22. KS 23. DE 24. HI 25. NY
26. RI 27. OR 28. MO 29. MT 30. TN
31. WY 32. ME 33. MI 34. AZ 35. IL
36. IN 37. NV 38. TX 39. OH 40. KY
41. PA 42. SC 43. OK 44. AK 45. AR
46. NM 47. WV 48. MS 49. AL 50. LA
Leaders in each category (CA and TX are nowhere to be seen, so much for their arrogance)
Crime & Corrections: NH
Economy: CO
Education: MA
Fiscal Stability: TN
Health: HI
Infrastructure: OR
Natural Environment: RI
Opportunity: NH
Make sure you memorize this list, so when you encounter an ignorant resident of CA and TX you can quietly whisper: you ain’t no top 10 material.
As a proud globalist I have no attachments to the place I reside in physically, so the following will offend my fellow Texans (last I checked, they firmly believe that they are the chosen ones). Every year the U.S. News & World Report unleash their Best States rankings, it largely dispels all the myths that the parochial crowd boast about, yes, Texas you’re a basket case.
Don’t get me wrong, 10% of my life has been spent in the Lone Star State and due to my skin tone I have had no issues that have negatively impacted my life. In fact, I have felt a lot safer here than anywhere else I’ve lived, but that cannot erase the fact that Texas has an abhorrent firearms slaughter rate of 12.1 per 100,000. Let me put it another way, Japan has a homicide rate of 0.28 per 100,000. Furthermore, here in Dallas we've already had some 110 murders in the first 6 months of 2019, whole nations in the advanced world won't see that number in years. However, I know all too well that as humans we must walk in the shoes of others, and that’s when the self-proclaimed Texas moniker of being god’s land is trampled on.
There’s much talk in these parts that California is a communist state and Texas is a paradise for freedom, well let’s just take a look at the rankings from key indicators on where the two states driving America stand. Reminder to folks at home, if both these states were separate countries they would rank in the top ten largest nations by GDP. In other words, we globalists must take note.
Crime & Corrections: CA 23/TX 33
Economy: CA 21/TX 34
Education: CA 4/TX 15
Fiscal Stability: CA 42/TX 12
Health: CA 7/TX 37
Infrastructure: CA 32/TX 33
Natural Environment: CA 5/TX 40
Opportunity: CA 49/TX 39
Now I get what you’re saying, how can those lefty Californians with 11 million more inhabitants trounce capitalist conservative Texans. Simple answer: one state actually cares for ts impoverished. I’ll count to three for the naysayers to use their go-to line: how come California has a huge homeless problem? That comes with the territory of allowing corporations to dominate, which defeats the California is anti business doctrine. Basically, where talking about America here, there is no such thing as real progressive thinking, everything is about money. Heck, look at Seattle, they love to bang on about their liberal hippie credentials, yet it gave birth to Amazon (openly bash unions), Microsoft and Starbucks hardly independent companies that stick up for the little guy.
Here are the overall rankings (Northerners, make sure to boast about these ranking when a Southerner laughs at you over long winters)
1. WA 2. NH 3. MN 4. UT 5. VT
6. MD 7. VA 8. MA 9. NE 10. CO
11. WI 12. NJ 13. FL 14. IA 15. ND
16. ID 17. GA 18. NC 19. CA 20. SD
21. CT 22. KS 23. DE 24. HI 25. NY
26. RI 27. OR 28. MO 29. MT 30. TN
31. WY 32. ME 33. MI 34. AZ 35. IL
36. IN 37. NV 38. TX 39. OH 40. KY
41. PA 42. SC 43. OK 44. AK 45. AR
46. NM 47. WV 48. MS 49. AL 50. LA
Leaders in each category (CA and TX are nowhere to be seen, so much for their arrogance)
Crime & Corrections: NH
Economy: CO
Education: MA
Fiscal Stability: TN
Health: HI
Infrastructure: OR
Natural Environment: RI
Opportunity: NH
Make sure you memorize this list, so when you encounter an ignorant resident of CA and TX you can quietly whisper: you ain’t no top 10 material.
