How Yer States Get Ranked
Choire Sicha: Your top ten is bananas.
Tom Scocca: Which states are better? I was going to put Jersey No. 1 but they elected a Republican, plus it has Kushners.
Choire Sicha: Quite so.
Tom Scocca: And I knocked down Maine for homo reasons. What would your top three be?
Choire Sicha: Huh. Washington state.... Um.... New Mexico? God, maybe Oregon? Though New Jersey is def top 5.
Tom Scocca: New Mexico?
Choire Sicha: Nice state!
Tom Scocca: Isn't New Mexico just Arizona with hippies?
Choire Sicha: Honestly? In many ways, Utah is my top state.
except for its obvious problems.
Tom Scocca: Uh yeah.
Choire Sicha: Also I have NO good things to say about Pennsylvania. It's IN THE WAY.
Tom Scocca: No, CONNECTICUT is in the way.
Choire Sicha: Well, obviously.
Tom Scocca: Do you know that you CANNOT TAKE A FUCKING REGIONAL TRAIN FROM HARTFORD TO NEW YORK?
Dec 8th