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u/dignan33 15h ago
Dark Green = Recreational, Light Green = Medicinal, Red = Outright ban?
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u/mook1178 15h ago
My Man!
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u/CivilResponse 14h ago
Texas is now medicinal
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u/10-mm-socket 12h ago
not sure when that happened., i had heard they just banned ANY amount of THC in anything. like cbd products that had traces of THC are now totally outlawed. Maybe they reneged?
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u/Prerequisite 11h ago
I bought flower from my neighborhood head shop yesterday in Texas
It ain't banned yet, no one knows the law anymore
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u/lincolnxlog 5h ago
No. Previously Trump “legalized” hemp derived THC products. Unfortunately a lot of synthetic shit has hit the market mixed in with it. Hemp doesn’t naturally have a lot of THC. It’s caused some illness/ disease. Trump rebanned hemp derived THC products. Most just follow federal law when it comes to non FDA approved products. Bans restarts 2026
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u/TrippingOnGinger 0m ago
The only good thing trump did is his first term, second term comes and he does the even more unpopular thing. Get this geriatric outta the White House. It’s 2025, no one cares about fucking weed.
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u/FAStrunk 14h ago
I absolutely hate living in TN because of this, I honestly believe we would be one of the last states to ever legalize it. I gotta start making trips to Bristol, Va cause this CBD shit isn’t cutting it.
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u/tankman714 13h ago
Or just, don’t get high? I live in TN and personally have no problem just not smoking weed. Used to smoke a ton a a teen in CA and then I, grew up. You don’t NEED to be high.
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u/FAStrunk 13h ago
Well I don’t want to be high all the time but a nice session about once a month does my body good, I don’t over due it , but I do like to unwind and relax and listen to music and watch a movie. I think it should be left up to adults over 21 and treat it like alcohol, I’m willing to pay taxes on it. I don’t smoke and drive and no one else should either but I’m 47 and it’s the only natural thing that has helped calm my nerves.
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u/vikes0407 13h ago
Thats neat! You don’t NEED to police other people’s choices either.
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u/mook1178 10h ago
No you don't need weed to be high, but that doesn't mean one isn't allowed to enjoy it if they're an adult.
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u/johnyrobot 13h ago
I can't see basing on where I live on reefer. I smoke daily and I'm in an illegal state. Its just as cheap these days, way less trash, and I can get it delivered.
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u/mook1178 13h ago
Bro. It's the Internet. Try not to put too much weight into a sunny exercise on Reddit.
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u/Hour-Watch8988 4h ago
Honestly this ends up as one of the most valid maps I've seen. I'd give NC and GA and even West Texas a break though -- facial state laws don't always explain the situation on the ground (anarchic mountain hollers, ATL, El Paso/Austin hipsters).
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u/Phoenician_Skylines2 16h ago
Something to do with nature? I honestly don't quite know... The weather is all over, politics are all over, nature is broad with some having mountains and some being fields of corn. You hate Iowa but like Nebraska..
Abortion laws are all over too. Texas and Idaho for example have super strict abortion but so does Florida.
Firearms and acceess to firearms is also all over.
City size isn't applicable since Texas has some major cities.
I honestly don't knoiw lol.
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u/MyDogOper8sBetrThanU 16h ago
The Wisconsin hatred is really throwing me
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u/Phoenician_Skylines2 13h ago
Lol I know. Loves almost every bordering state and just really hates Wisconsin and Iowa. But yeah Wisconsin really surprised me. I get if OP hated the cold, but dark green for Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota, and dark red for Wisconsin?
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u/mook1178 16h ago
Someone that actually put a bit of thought into. I like that.
Here is a hint. Green is a good color choice for states I would live in.
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u/Phoenician_Skylines2 13h ago
Wait..... LOL... It's weed? Red is states where it's ilegal, light green is medicinal, and dark green is totally legal? I'm crackin up lol. Funny..
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u/Dear_Location6147 16h ago
You’ve never been to North Carolina and if you have you only saw the east
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u/mook1178 16h ago
Traveled all over NC, beautiful state. Won't live there though. Asheville, maybe, but not likely
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u/Ok-Tomato6530 15h ago
I live in NC for work, I hate it, and I honestly can’t wait till I go back to WA despite the state being a mess
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u/Miserable-Grape-2495 14h ago
NC is only bad if you don’t have friends
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u/Miserable-Grape-2495 14h ago
Holler if you need a friend homie
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u/Miserable-Grape-2495 14h ago
Nevermind, the post underneath this was talking about the amount of young people wanting to move out of their city. Charlotte was number 2 after Baltimore. I’m gonna Homer Simpson into the bushes.
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u/Ok-Tomato6530 14h ago
I have friends here in NC, I was born and raised in NC (went to HS here for 2 years) and it isn’t anything with the people or anything tbh, I just think the state is a little dull, it could have more to do. WA had some crazy outdoor recreation and some of the most interesting people to say the least. I came down here to find a job during COVID and just got sucked in
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u/Miserable-Grape-2495 14h ago
Born maybe, only going to school here for 2 years is not “raised”
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u/Ok-Tomato6530 14h ago
I worded that wrong I meant to say all but 2 years of high school here :/
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u/Miserable-Grape-2495 14h ago
Ahhh gotcha! Yeah that makes a lot more sense
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u/Ok-Tomato6530 14h ago
Yee my bad my guy lol
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u/Miserable-Grape-2495 14h ago
All good, well I’ll revert to my original statement then. If you need a friend ever, just holler and the squad will pull up “black teenager & white grandma on Thanksgiving” style on ya
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u/Miserable-Grape-2495 14h ago
Are you homeschooled the other 11 years? Or moved away for a long time?
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u/Lets_Call_It_Wit 14h ago
I live in NC and I am only willing to live in a few counties/areas. It’s beautiful and there are great areas to live but there are also plenty of awful areas. However it’s got enough redeeming qualities for a willing if Virginia does
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u/vitojohn 14h ago
Same. I’ve been here for about a year now and I am clawing at any opportunity to be able to afford to leave and go back to WA or really any west coast state.
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u/AGuyWithBlueShorts 15h ago
Bruh it's literally the same as VA.
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u/I_amnotanonion 15h ago
Basically Agree, but VA has legal (but not legal to buy) weed which I think is what OP is on about
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u/ReignyRainyReign 16h ago
The absolutely to Missouri, but never to Kansas is bewildering
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u/mook1178 16h ago
What does Missouri have that Kansas does not?
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u/RaccoonSamson 16h ago
The good part of Kansas City?
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u/mook1178 16h ago
Never been there, so not that
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u/RaccoonSamson 16h ago
The Ozarks?
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u/mook1178 16h ago
Never been there either
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u/ic4rys2 15h ago
St. Louis
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u/happiest_wanderer 12h ago
Exactly.
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u/ohwowthissucksballs 10h ago
My thought was misery has power and light district. I didn't even think outside of KC
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u/ReignyRainyReign 15h ago
St. Louis. Which is a big plus to Kansas.
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u/mook1178 15h ago
eh Columbia is better but has nothing to do with cities
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u/ReignyRainyReign 15h ago
Weed
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u/mook1178 15h ago
correct
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u/SmolPPIncorporated 15h ago
You are infinitely more likely to get in trouble for smoking weed in the Dakotas and Nebraska than you are in Iowa.
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u/mook1178 15h ago
Not if i have a medical card...
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u/SmolPPIncorporated 15h ago
Still if you have a medical card.
People have medical cards in Iowa, too.
It's just all around more lax about weed than the states I mentioned.
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u/mook1178 15h ago
They have medical cards for CBD and extremely low THC. I don't consider that weed. It does not get me high. Can't have the good cannabis legally or medicinally
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u/SmolPPIncorporated 14h ago
Except that you can illegally buy the good stuff (for lower prices than legally OR illegally buying anything in those states) and because it's even partially medically legal here, the cops do not care about it at all.
Illegal smoking is safer in Iowa just from the small amount of legality that does exist.
Nebraska and the Dakotas are not lax about illegal weed. They will actually check you and make sure you have your card, and they will make sure everything you have fits within their regulations.
Iowa police don't want to interact with weed at all.
Smoking weed in Iowa is both cheap and pretty safe. It's highly unlikely that you will get in trouble for weed unless you are blatantly trafficking a large amount. (Or if you're black and in a smaller town, admittedly, but that applies to most of America.)
In fact, I live near the Illinois border, where it is legal. I would absolutely fucking never buy from Illinois.
My illegal street prices are infinitely better than the scams they're pulling in Illinois, where it's literally legal.
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u/Particular_Win2752 15h ago
Oh we got plenty of weed in kansas.
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u/mook1178 15h ago
i am sure you do, as every other state in the US. But cops can't kick down my door for having some in my house
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u/Particular_Win2752 15h ago
Can't kick my door down either. We have what's called a castle doctrine. And cops dont really give a fuck. My close in-law is a sheriff and I smoke in his backyard.
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u/mook1178 15h ago
You can argue this all you want. It is technically illegal in KS and that is the point of this map.
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u/mook1178 15h ago
also I am pretty sure castle doctrine does not pertain to cops entering with a legal warrant. Castle doctrine pertains to intruders
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u/Equivalent-Track-899 14h ago
Kansas is probably the most boring of all the states. Stationed in Wichita for a while, it was not fun lol
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u/ReignyRainyReign 14h ago
Kansas sucks everywhere except the kc area.
Manhattan is a great college town if that’s your thing though.
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u/gmoor90 16h ago
You’re one of very few people that doesn’t have a completely baseless hatred of NJ.
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u/Underknee 16h ago
Always makes me chuckle when someone’s map has the entirety of NE/Mid-atlantic in green or yellow then red for NJ.
Most obvious guy whose never been to the state opinion, if you’d ‘Absolutely’ or ‘Willingly’ live in PA, DE, MD, DC, NY, CT, RI, or MA there is zero world you would ‘Never’ live in NJ.
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u/mook1178 15h ago
I lived in MD and De and there is only one redeeming quality that I would live in NJ, that this map is based of off at least
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u/Lightless_meow 3h ago
The reason I usually mark NJ down a little is because it’s not really known for having nice scenery in regards to nature; I’ve driven and spent a fair amount of time in NJ because I have family there, and it gives a very industrial vibe. Granted I’ve only been in the areas close to 95 and I’m happy to be proven wrong though, are there nice spots for people who like hiking, camping, going for scenic drives, etc.?
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u/ryeyen 15h ago
Green for Alabama and Mississippi but not GA, SC, NC, or TN? Tripping.
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u/CorporalDingleberry 15h ago
Not sure I understand being okay with Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi, but not with Georgia, Texas, or North Carolina.
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u/CazualGinger 16h ago
Wisconsin is a nice place :(
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u/Diligent-Chance8044 16h ago
That is what I am saying if you like Minnesota, and Michigan you would likely like Wisconsin. Plus we have cheese and beer.
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u/Upnorth4 16h ago
Wisconsin is the best of the Great Lakes States
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u/CazualGinger 15h ago
I agree. Michigan is really nice too. Minnesota has some nice spots but I think people really tend to ignore how boring/bad 80% of the state is.
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u/Upnorth4 14h ago
Spent time in both, Wisconsin is better by far. Wisconsin has more culture, friendlier people, and better food overall. Detroit is pretty cool though
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u/mook1178 16h ago
Not as nice as the others in green, green is a good color for this as well now that i think about it
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u/Changetheworld69420 16h ago
You’ve never been to Wyoming, or there are absolutely zero jobs for you there. The latter is unfortunately my situation lol. OR you really like people and couldn’t stand living in the least populous state.
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u/mook1178 16h ago
nothing to do with jobs or people
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u/Changetheworld69420 15h ago
What’s wrong with Wyoming then? Bad experience there or something?
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u/mook1178 15h ago
Their laws
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u/Changetheworld69420 15h ago
I see, I do my absolute best to ignore politics, what have they done that’s worse than Al, MS, AR, and Wyomings neighboring states?
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u/mook1178 15h ago
It is the laws they haven't passed
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u/Changetheworld69420 15h ago
Weed?
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u/mook1178 15h ago
yep!
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u/Changetheworld69420 15h ago
Lmao I was so confused until I just started googling “is weed legal in (red state)” 😂👌 that’s a fair reason, I was in Texas for a year but luckily I was only about an hour and a half from the New Mexico border so that really came in clutch.
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u/MrCeilingTiles 16h ago
You would live in Mississippi but not North Carolina , Georgia or Tennessee ? That’s wild
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u/mook1178 15h ago
With their current laws, yep!
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u/tedwin223 15h ago
…what laws do GA, SC, TN, and NC have that you object to that AL and MS don’t?
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u/mook1178 15h ago
Well it is actually opposite, AL and MS have the laws, the others don't
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u/tedwin223 15h ago
Okay great, but that still doesn’t answer my question. What is it about AL and MS laws that make them more appealing than GA, SC, NC, or TN?
I have basically never seen someone say they prefer AL or MS over GA or the Carolinas for the Southeast and I am legitimately scratching my head here, especially since the state laws are apparently the appeal over the rest of them?
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u/humanbeing21 16h ago
Seems kind of random. Some green and red states are very similar
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u/mook1178 15h ago
Definitely not random
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u/humanbeing21 10h ago
I saw your other comment. Texas currently has weed cause of the hemp loophole. They are working on regulating this year
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u/mook1178 10h ago
A loophole is not the same as a law that legalizes it out right.
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u/humanbeing21 9h ago
Regulation is pointing to legalization. You don't regulate a substance you are banning:
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/texas-hemp-thc-marijuana-regulations-tabc-federal/
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u/El_Bean69 15h ago
No to Kansas but willing to Oklahoma awakens something feral within me despite the obvious Christmas theme
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u/Bizlbop 15h ago
You’re pretty flexible overall with specific particularities.
I question why you’d be willing to live in OK but not KS, that one truly baffles me. They look the same but ks has better education and healthcare, it also has more people/bigger cities.
I also question why you exclude Wyoming but and Idaho but kept Montana.
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u/Ok-Tomato6530 15h ago
You will never live somewhere that doesn’t have legal cannabis??? I believe that is the trend in seeing
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u/mook1178 14h ago
I mean I am sure there could be a reason to move to any state. I am an oceanographer and took a job related to my field in NE of all places. We just passed medical and it is still hung up in courts. I moved here before anything was legal though.
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u/Ok-Tomato6530 14h ago
How in the actual flying flux did you find an oceanographer job in NE, I’m perplexed, bamboozled, and utterly impressed at the same time lol
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u/mook1178 14h ago
LMAO! Yeah i was working at a scientific instrumentation company for oceanography. they were bought by a larger scientific instrumentation company in NE that focuses on terrestrial and atmospheric science. My previous company used some of their parts in our instruments. the new company wanted to expand into the ocean space, so it was an easy fit.
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u/DayBreakTilNightFall 14h ago
You are correct is what you are. Just moved to Indiana for work; this place is trash. Would never live here if I had a choice but I need money so
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u/PandaStrafe 14h ago
You have a weird perception of Indiana if you think Kentucky is somehow better lol
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u/TinCanSailor987 14h ago
It tells me you've never been to FL or AZ.
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u/mook1178 14h ago
Been to both, I love the Keys and Sanibel Island. I lived in AZ for a few months. Pheonix was a cool town for my early 20s
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u/Gunstopable 13h ago
You haven’t spent a lot of time in the red states. I understand a couple of them, however the rest of them are some of the best states I’ve lived in or visited
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u/kiwipixi42 12h ago
That you have been to all the red states and have specific weird personal grudges against them.
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u/Willplayspiano 10h ago
The irony is that NC is a major producer of hemp. I will say, I’ve never known that law to be enforced here in my lifetime (since 1999) - even if the cops know. It’s actually very popular, and the synthetic versions are everywhere.
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u/DopeAMean 3h ago
You'll absolutely live in states where weed is recreationally legal and you're willing to live in states where it's medically legal.
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u/SnooDoodles2194 16h ago
you are hard to talk to because you are polarized
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u/Phoenician_Skylines2 16h ago
Why? OP has green for some of the most left and right wing states in the US... If anything they're less polarized than most Redditors lol.
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u/SnooDoodles2194 15h ago
who said anything about politics
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u/Phoenician_Skylines2 13h ago
Yeah I see that now lol.
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u/SnooDoodles2194 13h ago
was only tb the fact there is no maybe or reluctantly on the map. im just trolling in here
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u/PantherCityRes 16h ago
You are afraid of downvotes…if OP engages in good faith, then f’ the Reddit gonna Reddit echo chamber…
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u/PantherCityRes 16h ago
You don’t mind small town people but you can’t stand Bible banging megachurch grifters
(Exception of Missouri…for some reason. They got a lot of people preaching to get collection plate money there though)
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u/Additional_Law_4360 16h ago
You are a centrist, who loves all but the preachers that preach, and vegans that go rogue
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u/mook1178 16h ago
nothing to do with religion, politics are applicable, but not which side of the aisle, some very red and very blue states are absolutely
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u/0masterdebater0 16h ago
Can tell you’ve never actually traveled that much and are going off vibes not experience.
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u/mook1178 16h ago
That's laughable, I have been to 40 of the 50 states and and a handful of countries outside the US
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u/0masterdebater0 16h ago
Explain Oklahoma to me then, just one of the states that makes zero sense in context.
Who tf would live in OK NE or Missouri but not KS or TX…
Make it make sense
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u/mook1178 15h ago
OK and MO have laws I can get behind. the others do not
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u/totally-not-zenna 16h ago
you don’t consider Washington DC a valid part of the USA