Back in January, I posted this map:
and CCO [High Praise!] said:
Let’s see the map again in July or early August and see how many say “hot”.
Well, it’s been a pretty cool summer so far, but it’s August now, so let’s give it a shot.
Now, I’m far too lazy to do all 50 myself, so I’ll ask for help. Just do your home state & leave your results in the comments (you can do more than one state, if you want, but that’s your call).
I’ll start:
When I Google “Why is Wisconsin so”, my top autocomplete result is “cold”.
Your turn.
Ohio is still “important”
Pennsylvania’s top result is still ‘haunted’, but several of the first few results are in reference to this map. The next three results are ‘humid’, ‘corrupt’, and ‘backwards’.
Why is New Mexico so enchanting?!?! I think someone in the tourism industry must be bolstering that result. NM is ok, but I grew up here so maybe I’m just a little disenchanted.
KY is still the same, “why is kentucky so poor” followed by boring, humid and racist.
My top result for Texas was conservative. Followed by awesome and hot.
Why is Georgia so humid.
Florida – hot
Alabama – racist
South Carolina – racist
Tennessee – awesome
Michigan – poor
When I tried Wisconsin I got “boring”. SAT
Interesting that Massachusetts (as Ed “Ice Cream Man” Markey calls the “Brain State”) has results that don’t include Massachusetts but does include an Octopus. Thought this link was interesting, looking into why Gloucester is easily deceived by Oba I mean Edmund… http://www.boston.com/yourtown/specials/why_is_massachusetts_town_so/
P.S. Used Bing first, Google is for progressives
Top result for Washington was “depressing” followed by “liberal”. Top result for Iowa was “boring” followed by “windy”.
NC is still “cheap.” (Tell that to the folks in the corners of the state paying 30 cents more a gallon for gasoline–no joke; 65 miles away it’s at least 20 cents more a gallon, same chain of stations, same state excise tax.)
And yeah, I saw less rain when I had to go to Fort Lewis (south of Seattle) for two weeks to support ROTC camp back in 1996; but maybe that was unusually dry for Washington as July and the start of August have been wet here. We’ll keep praying for Hurricane Bertha to split the difference between here and Bermuda, and I’ll guess we’ll be okay. Years like this one (as oppose to 2008, e.g.) show the truth to grandpa’s saying that “dry weather will scare you, but wet weather will ruin you.” Of course, on the gripping hand, there’s the Flood of the Century that came after Hurricane Dennis hit us (twice!) and Hurricane Floyd followed it. It wasn’t flooded everywhere; it’s just there were floods everywhere you wanted to go–including their houses for some people.
Why is Alaska so… ‘Expensive’, ‘cold’, ‘important to the us’, and ‘far away’.
California is still “so expensive”, but if you start typing “Why is California…” the top search return is “broke”!
I got “liberal” and “rainy” as the top two results for Washington. Interesting that it apparently depends on either who you are or where you are.
Praline, were you on Bing? You are distorting the results if you use a different search engine. I did Bing and got what you did.
Why is Tennessee so… 1. backward. 2. racist.
Why is North Dakota so… 1. cold. 2. flat. 3. boring. 4. conservative. 5. windy.
Hey! those are North Dakota’s best qualities! (Cold, flat, boring, conservative and windy – keeps the Riff-Raff out!)
In Google I get the following for my original home state of Indiana
Regarding that second one, folks might want to come down to the southern part of the state where we couldn’t afford Ice Age glaciers like them rich folks up north could.
Of course, as I start typing it, I get: “why is indiana jones ride closed”
Why is Missouri so (1) racist, and (2) Southern. Hmm.
Why Is New York so:
1 dirty
2 cold
3 big
4 famous
Why is Maryland so
1 Democrat, 2 Expensive, 3 Corrupt, 4 Awful ?
Oh. Sorry. Those are my questions.
Why is Minnesota so 1.cold 2.liberal 3.great 4.healthy
Why is Missouri so humid….. “summer, duh”
@16 Apostic-
for indiana i got “…called indiana”. followed by “famous for racing” and “boring”.
Why is Iowa so humid?
@9 It is indeed windy here. It’s also, I suppose, boring. I prefer to regard it as peaceful, which is a big part of why I choose to live here.
Why is New York so:
1. dirty
2. big
3. far away
4. expensive
5. amazing
When I change it to “Why is New York State so”:
1. expensive
2. liberal
#10 for Pennsylvania is “conservative.”
Without Philly, PA would probably never go Dem.
Think New Jersey would take Philly if we threw in Taylor Swift?
Michigan comes up poor, humid, cloudy. . . and then awesome!
Indiana – should have been ‘cold’, Indianapolis having just had its coldest July on record.
As for ‘Republican’ – Indiana voted Obama into office in 2008. That was pretty cold also!
I just tried again with using “Why is NC so…” and I got “humid.”
Do you get different results with the abbreviations?
Why is Nebraska so … corny.
Utah is still so… Mormon, then dry, and then boring.
Arkanas: poor (Hello! Ever hear of the Waltons? The Tysons? Poor? I think not.)