dude_007
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a 20 year PEW study concluded that the BEST states for realizing the American dream to live in were:
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
The worst states to live in were:
Oklahoma
Louisianna
South Carolina
Sounds pretty wealthy to me!i know the American dream is alive and well in California. i am living it. my childhood was spent with both parents suffering from mental illness, which eventually , and prematurely took both their lives. i was an unpopular, gay , skinny, Latino kid with acne scars and awful self esteem. i worked my way through the state college system, getting a BA , an MA and 4 teaching credentials. i am now a local member of elective office. i am on first tem basis with state elected and appointed officials. i am respected by neighbors and community members, in addition to my principal, coworkers, my students and their parents.
no, i am not wealthy. i make less than $100k a year. but my wealth is not measured in money. it is measured by how far i have traveled from near suicide, twice , as a teenager.
YES, THE AMERCIAN DREAM IS ALIVE AND WELL. AND I THANK GOD FOR IT. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS CALIFORNIA, THE STATE THAT HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Except too many in Texas actually believe it. I was traleving on business to Dallas and I went to eat dinner in a bar. Talked to a cute girl and after a while we talked about where we were from and she started bashing NYC, I was in a good mood so I went long with it. Then I turned the tables and talked about the bad things about Texas. Her response was classic. You can insult where you are from, but don't ever insult Texas..The funny thing was she was a transplant from Nebraska
you are talking about Dallas.................
I had to live in Texas for about 10 months a couple of years ago. WORST experience or my life!!!! Texas is filled with conservative, arrogant A-holes that don't have a clue about what the rest of the country, let alone what the rest of the world is like. And we won't even talk about all the disgustingly fat people that live in and around Houston. Pollution, humidity, terrible traffic, rude people and ignorant guys riding around in jacked up trucks that look completely ridiculous and are a major safety hazard. I now understand why Texas is called the asshole of the USA.