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Geoj
May 28, 2008

BITTER POOR PERSON

SHISHKABOB posted:

but everywhere around for miles to see was rednecks. So IDK.

This is literally every state once you get about 5-10 miles outside of the major population centers, HTH.

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Kro-Bar
Jul 24, 2004
USPOL May
More from Oklahoma!

Here's a lovely couple settling in for some sort of 4H event.


Uh-oh, did someone lose grandma? Don't forget to set a meeting place when you're at the fair!



Rhonda sure is parched. Maybe some ice-cold lemonade will help?



There's plenty of seating if you need to take a breather.



Some of the rides here are gosh-darn scary!



Stop for a selfie with your friend!



Even the local PD are getting in on the fun. Don't forget to thank the boys in blue for their service! :patriot:

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




As awesome depressing as those photos are, Oklahoma is not part of the Midwest. Thank you, god bless.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Infidel Castro posted:

As awesome depressing as those photos are, Oklahoma is not part of the Midwest. Thank you, god bless.

Even the musical Oklahoma is depressing

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer

Infidel Castro posted:

As awesome depressing as those photos are, Oklahoma is not part of the Midwest. Thank you, god bless.

Oklahoma appears to take the worst parts of Texas, the Midwest, and the South and jam them all into an ill-fitting par of jorts and disturbingly tight tube top

ghlbtsk
Apr 19, 2005

these bath mats
are
GORGEOUS

Kro-Bar posted:

Partying at the Oklahoma State Fair.


Michael McDonald really let himself go.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Monkey Fracas posted:

Oklahoma appears to take the worst parts of Texas, the Midwest, and the South and jam them all into an ill-fitting par of jorts and disturbingly tight tube top

Yeah it has all the suck without anything good. Southern states at least do things right for stuff like LA creole cuisine or texas BBQ

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUNrHWZaVs

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug
Fairs are serious up in Minnesota

The Saurus
Dec 3, 2006

by Smythe
Hello, can any of you people who live in the Midwest please tell me if there's a high frequency of orchards there? Like apple orchards.

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer

The Saurus posted:

Hello, can any of you people who live in the Midwest please tell me if there's a high frequency of orchards there? Like apple orchards.

Northeastern Illinois checking in:

Yep; orchards

There are 3 or 4 I can think of that I can get to in like 20 minutes

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Monkey Fracas posted:

Oklahoma appears to take the worst parts of Texas, the Midwest, and the South and jam them all into an ill-fitting par of jorts and disturbingly tight tube top

Without Oklahoma you'd get Texas leaking all over into the Midwest. You should thank those poor bastards for taking that bullet.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

I was going to say that's just a really unfortunate sweat stain, but the rest of her (?) is dry.

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


Good decisions were made on Halloween in Omaha...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/02/us/tiger-bites-woman-nebraska-zoo/index.html

"Lets sneak into the zoo and pet the tigers"

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




The Saurus posted:

Hello, can any of you people who live in the Midwest please tell me if there's a high frequency of orchards there? Like apple orchards.

There's a bunch here in SE Wisconsin too. Also, my brother in law is making his own orchard up near Eau Claire.

kikkelivelho
Aug 27, 2015

Still not sure what the midwest actually is, but based on this thread it's really depressing.

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

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kikkelivelho posted:

Still not sure what the midwest actually is, but based on this thread it's really depressing.

Midwest is the best place to be


Low cost of living

Low gas prices

Cheap tobbaccy

Enough farms to blot out the sun

kikkelivelho
Aug 27, 2015

theultimo posted:

Midwest is the best place to be

Low cost of living

Low gas prices

Cheap tobbaccy

Enough farms to blot out the sun

Oh ok lol. I didn't realize yankees had a different name for it.

In Europe we call those places South-America.

Extra Large Marge
Jan 21, 2004

Fun Shoe
I'd recommend stopping at Midwestern historical markers.



You see, the Ringling Brothers spent their winters in Wisconsin until 1918. That year they achieved every midwesterner's ultimate dream: Make enough money so you can move to Sarasota, Florida.

Speleothing
May 6, 2008

Spare batteries are pretty key.

The Saurus posted:

Hello, can any of you people who live in the Midwest please tell me if there's a high frequency of orchards there? Like apple orchards.

Michigan has shitloads of orchards. Ranks high in apple and cherry production.

Speleothing fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Nov 2, 2015

Breadallelogram
Oct 9, 2012


kikkelivelho posted:

Oh ok lol. I didn't realize yankees had a different name for it.

In Europe we call those places South-America.

I didn't realize Europe was full of idiots.

Linux Pirate
Apr 21, 2012


Diet Pepsi




Though tbf this could easily be thesouth.jpg.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

what is good midwest town?

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
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etalian posted:

what is good midwest town?

Twin cities






theultimo fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Nov 2, 2015

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

theultimo posted:

Twin cities








I read Minnesota is also doing well economically unlike Wisconsin.

lolling at Wisconsin for electing Scott Walker

Dr. Fraiser Chain
May 18, 2004

Redlining my shit posting machine


Minnesota is the California of the Midwest

ghosTTy
Sep 22, 2008


what is happening here

SopWATh
Jun 1, 2000

theultimo posted:

Twin cities




LOL at the loving Mall of America.

America, where all culture is homogenous to the point where rather than 400 unique stores, there's triples of each store and everything is loving dirty.


Minnesota is still infinity percent better than Wisconsin, unless you like fat farm girls and swamp land.

Gobblecoque
Sep 6, 2011

etalian posted:

lolling at Wisconsin for electing Scott Walker

gonna be doing this forever, wisconsin can never be allowed to live it down

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug

Gobblecoque posted:

gonna be doing this forever, wisconsin can never be allowed to live it down

And they failed recalling him. Double-whammy

Serious Party Gods
Apr 2, 2009

Minnesota is magical. Try to get somewhere warm for the worst months (Jan-Feb-Mar). I've lived all over and I keep coming back.

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




Heavy Petting posted:

Minnesota is magical. Try to get somewhere warm for the worst months (Jan-Feb-Mar). I've lived all over and I keep coming back.

No matter what, I can die happy knowing my sister managed to escape the hellhole that is Wisconsin to the greener pastures of Minnesota.

wilfredmerriweathr
Jul 11, 2005
Yeah mn is awesome.


Regarding orchards, the u of mn has been at the forefront of breeding apples for decades. The honeycrisp? Yeah, that's our poo poo (as in we invented it.) Check out the sweetango, its our newest strain. Like a honeycrisp but better. Patented by umn, licensed to growers.

wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Nov 2, 2015

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Apr 21, 2012






Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.


Am I just old, or are these girls all children?

twit666
Nov 16, 2006

Soiled Meat

Very close to the Bong Rec Area if I'm not mistaken.

JB50
Feb 13, 2008

theultimo posted:

Fairs are serious up in Minnesota



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQrPpFeyz00

Every breed of white trash.
See the single pregnant mother of four.
Ethnically ambiguous children.
Every kind of body odor.
Maybe you should brush your tooth.

JB50 fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Nov 3, 2015

Linux Pirate
Apr 21, 2012


Bombadilillo posted:

Am I just old, or are these girls all children?

lil bit of both

VectorSigma
Jan 20, 2004

Transform
and
Freak Out



twit666 posted:

Very close to the Bong Rec Area if I'm not mistaken.

Shame about Dick. That's a rad headline to go out under though:

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etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Gobblecoque posted:

gonna be doing this forever, wisconsin can never be allowed to live it down

I pray to god that a kitchen cabinet will score a critical hit on him in the near future.

Meanwhile next door Minnesota keeps on growing jobs and implementing progressive policies such as pooling tax revenues/spending as a single area
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-miracle-of-minneapolis/384975/

quote:

Only three large metros where at least half the homes are within reach for young middle-class families also finish in the top 10 in the Harvard-Berkeley mobility study: Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, and Minneapolis–St. Paul. The last is particularly remarkable.

The Minneapolis–St. Paul metro area is richer by median household income than Pittsburgh or Salt Lake City (or New York, or Chicago, or Los Angeles). Among residents under 35, the Twin Cities place in the top 10 for highest college-graduation rate, highest median earnings, and lowest poverty rate, according to the most recent census figures. And yet, according to the Center for Housing Policy, low-income families can rent a home and commute to work more affordably in Minneapolis–St. Paul than in all but one other major metro area (Washington, D.C.). Perhaps most impressive, the Twin Cities have the highest employment rate for 18-to-34-year-olds in the country.

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