In one of the more pessimistic listicles out there, the website Swifty.com found at least one way in which each state was the worst in the nation and made a whole slide show out of it.
I guess every state needs to be humbled every now and again, and there are plenty of listicles out there yelling from the hilltops about how great Maine and its many picturesque cities and towns are.
Might as well indulge a list that plays up our weak spots, too.
That said, all things considered, the thing Swifty discovered Maine’s the worst at could be, well, worse.
Apparently, Maine has America’s fewest heliports. In the world of reverse superlatives, that’s not as bad as what some other states have.
While heliport numbers are easy enough to quantify, some states’ rankings were pretty subjective. Idaho was tagged as having the country’s rudest drivers, for instance, because I guess the Swifty research team has never been to New York.
Georgia was labeled as having the least ethical legislators while Kansas was knocked for having the least attractive scenery.
Some of these “worsts” didn’t even seem all that bad. Maryland, for instance, has the fewest prison inmates over the age of 50. Quantifiable enough, but nothing Maryland folks should necessarily hang their heads over.
Washington? Fewest “Beliebers.” Until somebody announces some correlation between numbers of Justin Bieber fans and state GDPs, I doubt Washingtonians will lose much sleep over that one.
Some statistically provable ones that are, in fact, bad? Well, Alaska apparently has the nation’s highest Chlamydia rate and Indiana has the most meth incidents, among others.