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    Quote Originally Posted by chopdrew View Post
    Honestly, I could see where the "panhandle" comment could be interpreted as me saying that. That's my bad.
    Nope. Just messing around.

    I can see how everyone being uber sensitive nowadays could make you think your comment was possibly offensive though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Walmart is the largest employer in almost every single Southern state. Due to being poor, Southerners can't afford to shop at Walmart. As a result, dollar stores are the only retailers that are growing in number.

    These are facts. Sorry if they are offensive.
    Where you live, baw?

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    Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
    Where you live, baw?
    Nevada. Possibly the worst state in the Union. And Kansas exists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    Nevada. Possibly the worst state in the Union. And Kansas exists.
    no chance any state is worse than mississippi
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    Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
    no chance any state is worse than mississippi
    I’ve travelled pretty extensively in forty-seven of them, and Indiana has very little to redeem it outside of Three Floyds Brewing in the Chicago suburb of Munster. But Mississippi is pretty low on my list, as well (apologies to its residents on these boards), alongside my birthstate (Florida) and the non-Cleveland portions of Ohio.

    Nevada is actually pretty dope, outside Clark County—but you have to like desolate landscapes and Reno/Tahoe (both of which I do, fwiw).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
    no chance any state is worse than mississippi
    Watch it! Any place that birthed miss state university can't be that bad. I realize though that ole miss comes close to canceling out the greatness of miss state

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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    I’ve travelled pretty extensively in forty-seven of them, and Indiana has very little to redeem it outside of Three Floyds Brewing in the Chicago suburb of Munster. But Mississippi is pretty low on my list, as well (apologies to its residents on these boards), alongside my birthstate (Florida) and the non-Cleveland portions of Ohio.

    Nevada is actually pretty dope, outside Clark County—but you have to like desolate landscapes and Reno/Tahoe (both of which I do, fwiw).
    It is what it is. Basically an odd mix of wannabe PNW granola eaters and wannabe Bay Area elites in Reno/Tahoe, an absolute zoo in Vegas full of SoCal wannabes, and a huge empty state sprinkled with ignorant rednecks who haven't spent a day outside whatever county they currently live in. Essentially a "red" poor and uneducated state that has been out-voted by 2 "blue" educated and wealthy population centers...like most states.

    The weather is decent, no real congestion, and a six figure salary sets you up pretty well here despite the money constantly coming in from the CA coast that drives up real estate prices.

    I can be to an international airport or hunting in the mountains in 10-15 minutes from my house, so it has a bit of the "best of both worlds" feel to it that I appreciate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    Nevada is actually pretty dope, outside Clark County—but you have to like desolate landscapes and Reno/Tahoe (both of which I do, fwiw).
    I drove from Vegas to Zion in Utah for some hikes, and the Nevada outside of vegas gets real pretty real quick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
    I drove from Vegas to Zion in Utah for some hikes, and the Nevada outside of vegas gets real pretty real quick.
    Go hunting up north, and be at the top of a 10,000' mountain when the sun comes up. You can literally see 100 miles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    They also require no education or skills for employment...which is the real reason.
    They also are paying for any employee who wants to go to college.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    They also are paying for any employee who wants to go to college.
    Yes, I'm sure many Walmart employees have navigated life in such a way that they work at Walmart and are then going to complete a college degree lol.

    Are you some sort of middle manager at Walmart or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post


    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/th...ate-2017-01-26

    More than just the south.

    Had no idea universities were the largest employers for so many states including California
    That is a little surprising, but I know in Wisconsin (not sure about the others) that all of the state universities in Wisconsin fall under one university system. In Minnesota, it's bifurcated between the University of Minnesota and a different statewide system with a half dozen-or-so campuses (or would that be campi?). If you have a single system with a lot of different campuses, you can rack up the employees in a hurry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    Watch it! Any place that birthed miss state university can't be that bad. I realize though that ole miss comes close to canceling out the greatness of miss state
    Never been to Starkville, but I've been to Oxford and that campus is absolutely gorgeous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    That is a little surprising, but I know in Wisconsin (not sure about the others) that all of the state universities in Wisconsin fall under one university system. In Minnesota, it's bifurcated between the University of Minnesota and a different statewide system with a half dozen-or-so campuses (or would that be campi?). If you have a single system with a lot of different campuses, you can rack up the employees in a hurry.
    Ditto Montana (as well as Arizona, Illinois, and Florida). Probably skews that map appreciably for a host of states—but I’d think sector data, versus individual employer, would be more useful anyways.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    Ditto Montana (as well as Arizona, Illinois, and Florida). Probably skews that map appreciably for a host of states—but I’d think sector data, versus individual employer, would be more useful anyways.
    States are sectors...

    Make the sectors small enough until the sector you’re in looks good. Then stop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    States are sectors...

    Make the sectors small enough until the sector you’re in looks good. Then stop.
    Yea, I meant more “public vs private” or “retail versus agrarian”. But maybe I should’ve said “interesting” instead of “useful”.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    That is a little surprising, but I know in Wisconsin (not sure about the others) that all of the state universities in Wisconsin fall under one university system. In Minnesota, it's bifurcated between the University of Minnesota and a different statewide system with a half dozen-or-so campuses (or would that be campi?). If you have a single system with a lot of different campuses, you can rack up the employees in a hurry.
    16 state universities make up the UNC system - not sure how far down the state's list the system falls.
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    When I worked at EWU I used to go to the Big Sky tournament in Reno. I thought Reno was a dump. I like Vegas though. Now that I'm in Mississippi, I love Oxford. Tons of nice local places to eat. I haven't eaten at a big corp chain hardly at all in the 6 months since I got here. Haven't been to Starkville yet. Best part of living here is I can watch every Braves game on tv without having to buy MLBTV. This is the first year in its existence that I have not subscribed. Only commenting bc the thread was discussing Nevada and Mississippi at some point in different posts. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4maddux_cy's View Post
    When I worked at EWU I used to go to the Big Sky tournament in Reno. I thought Reno was a dump. I like Vegas though. Now that I'm in Mississippi, I love Oxford. Tons of nice local places to eat. I haven't eaten at a big corp chain hardly at all in the 6 months since I got here. Haven't been to Starkville yet. Best part of living here is I can watch every Braves game on tv without having to buy MLBTV. This is the first year in its existence that I have not subscribed. Only commenting bc the thread was discussing Nevada and Mississippi at some point in different posts. lol

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    That's because downtown Reno is a dump. Just a bunch of casinos that don't have the money to be over the top exhibitions folks are used to seeing on the strip in Vegas.

    Nobody with any money spends any time downtown unless it's for one of the god awful events they like for some reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    That's because downtown Reno is a dump. Just a bunch of casinos that don't have the money to be over the top exhibitions folks are used to seeing on the strip in Vegas.

    Nobody with any money spends any time downtown unless it's for one of the god awful events they like for some reason.
    My wife had a conference there once and hated it. Said it was frozen in 40 years ago decor.

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