Map of Obesity In the U.S.

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[quote]pushharder wrote:
Adds a whole new light to the red state/blue state debate.[/quote]

Red states and blue states don’t really exist. If you look at voting by county, you will see that even split into thousands of counties, the red/blue party line is +/- 50/50 in the vast majority of the country. Some of the biggest ‘red states’ have cities with over a million people where that city is 60-70% “blue”.

For the most part, the only places that are 80%+ “red” or “blue” are very low population areas.

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So I should just move and I become leaner?

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[quote]Malevolence wrote:
pushharder wrote:
Adds a whole new light to the red state/blue state debate.

Red states and blue states don’t really exist. If you look at voting by county, you will see that even split into thousands of counties, the red/blue party line is +/- 50/50 in the vast majority of the country. Some of the biggest ‘red states’ have cities with over a million people where that city is 60-70% “blue”.

For the most part, the only places that are 80%+ “red” or “blue” are very low population areas.

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Massachusetts has no red counties. I know one person from my state who voted Bush.

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I don’t know about you guys, but I’m becoming less and less tolerant of obese people. I understand the sedentary lifestyle of driving everywhere, but come the fuck on, you can at least make an effort to eat right!

I haven’t seen alot of hogg trough fatties here in Oklahoma City, but I haven’t been here that long either. I used to live in Indiana, which is a porker state for sure. NOBODY exercises there.

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[quote]dre wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
Zen warrior wrote:
texasguy1 wrote:

Hell yes it is.

It is delicious with Fried Ice Cream for dessert too. >:O

Enlightning… We actually have poutine, which is fries with brown gravy and chunks of cheddar cheese. Pretty good although it doesn’t sound like it.

Poutine…ok yeah restaurants serve that around here, but it doesn’t have a name. Now I know.

How would you order something with no name?

“Um, yes, waiter, I’d like to order that thing, you know that thing with no name.”[/quote]

Haha, you say “I’d like an order of fries with brown gravy and cheese on top.”

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[quote]Mr. Clean & Jerk wrote:
Malevolence wrote:
pushharder wrote:
Adds a whole new light to the red state/blue state debate.

Red states and blue states don’t really exist. If you look at voting by county, you will see that even split into thousands of counties, the red/blue party line is +/- 50/50 in the vast majority of the country. Some of the biggest ‘red states’ have cities with over a million people where that city is 60-70% “blue”.

For the most part, the only places that are 80%+ “red” or “blue” are very low population areas.

Massachusetts has no red counties. I know one person from my state who voted Bush.[/quote]

Yeah, and you know everyone in the state huh? I lived in Massachusetts for a year and a half and met plenty of conservatives. Again, look at a county map, Massachusetts is bluer than most states, but it’s still purple.

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[quote]Malevolence wrote:
florin wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
I have a question about California. I know the southern coastal cities are more into fitness and are seemingly more health conscious, but does that line of thinking degenerate as you go east from the coast?

Any native Calis care to give an opinion?

There’s no such thing as “California”. This state is a huge freakin’ mosaic. Walk 5 minutes in any direction and it’s all of a sudden an entirely different universe.

Actually, I like it.

Exactly. California is one of the most diverse states in the Union, if not the most diverse, racially, economically, socially, culturally and even geographically.

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Any state with large metropolitan areas on a coast or near an international border will be pretty diverse. California does seem to have quite a bit of asians compared to the rest of the nation, but it really isn’t all that different than most large metropolitan areas otherwise.

I’d say New York is the most culturally diverse actually, as it was the point of entry for so many immigrants who then stayed and made homes.

economics are the same too. In some areas you have technology, show biz, service industries, oil etc. Somebody owns the firm, high paid people run it and low paid people perform the labor. In the end you may have a movie, new software or drums full of crude oil but the money and economic down trickle are the same.

Cultures vary too. In Texas and Cali, we have a large latino culture along with the rest of the southwest border states.

California does have a high level of asians due to it’s location on the pacific rim, texas has lots of germans, or did, as they settled the area plus other nationalities for both states that businesses have brought over.

Middle Easterners have been coming to texas, or Houston anyways, for awhile now as the oil markets seem to merge. Lots of koreans and vietnamese sneak in throught the port of galveston too.

New york has a little bit of every european country.

Miami has cuba…

all the immigrant populations do bring their cultures with them and most cities have little china’s, little mexico’s, little so and so.

Geographically california and Texas are both very diverse. Coasts, plains, forests, deserts, hills, mountains, swamps etc.

In fact, Texas has a little bit of every geographic charactaristic in the US.

Areas of large populations are the same the nation over really. i’ve found only minor differences myself, such as avacado on hamburgers instead of pickles for instance.

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Back to the fat argument, who gets angry when they see references to Monique? That’s basically a summary of why I hate fat people.

I’m not saying if you’re overweight you have to be depressed about it, but the other extreme(“I stand in front of the mirror butt naked and love every inch, every roll of my body.” - Monique) is pretty retarded too. How are you going to motivate yourself to change if you don’t see anything wrong?

We need more of this: www.bodybuilding.com/fun/trans56.htm

It’s just too bad it really does take people the choice of “fight or flight” to finally put the effort in to shed the weight. There’s a difference between an insult(haha fattie) and criticism(you’d probably feel better if you lost some weight) and for whatever reason most obese people put them all in the same category and ignore it.

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A lot of fat Americans around the great lakes. How excellent, they must be drinking more pop and starbucks then our fresh Canadian water. Stay the hell away from our water. :slight_smile:

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[quote]Ghost22 wrote:
Let’s hear it for the South, yeeeehaw.

Fattern’ hell. [/quote]

I knew Michigan would be in the Red. A lot of FUP up here. No one cooks at home anymore.

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[quote]pushharder wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
A lot of fat Americans around the great lakes. How excellent, they must be drinking more pop and starbucks then our fresh Canadian water. Stay the hell away from our water. :slight_smile:

What’re doing? Planting the Maple Leaf right smack dab in the middle of all five great lakes and reclaiming it for the Queen? Gotta lil Napoleon in ya, Frenchie? [/quote]

Don’t worry. The Canadians aren’t taking any of our great lakes. They think if the can skate on it they can claim it. Besides if they plant the maple leaf in the lake, we’ll just fry it up and eat it.

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[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
I have a question about California. I know the southern coastal cities are more into fitness and are seemingly more health conscious, but does that line of thinking degenerate as you go east from the coast?

Any native Calis care to give an opinion?[/quote]

I don’t see a difference. Maybe SOCAL is hollywood-like so they like to starve.

Wallmart’s locally now carry the Triple Cheeseburger…but only in the Wallmart mcDonalds.

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[quote]DanErickson wrote:
A lot of fat Americans around the great lakes. How excellent, they must be drinking more pop and starbucks then our fresh Canadian water. Stay the hell away from our water. :)[/quote]

Haha! You are a Canadian. :wink:

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[quote]red04 wrote:
Back to the fat argument, who gets angry when they see references to Monique? That’s basically a summary of why I hate fat people.

I’m not saying if you’re overweight you have to be depressed about it, but the other extreme(“I stand in front of the mirror butt naked and love every inch, every roll of my body.” - Monique) is pretty retarded too. How are you going to motivate yourself to change if you don’t see anything wrong?

We need more of this: www.bodybuilding.com/fun/trans56.htm

It’s just too bad it really does take people the choice of “fight or flight” to finally put the effort in to shed the weight. There’s a difference between an insult(haha fattie) and criticism(you’d probably feel better if you lost some weight) and for whatever reason most obese people put them all in the same category and ignore it.[/quote]

You know your post reminded me of Morgan Spurlock’s documentary “Super Size Me”, specifically where a PhD was discussing how there is a totally negative social stigma attached to smoking these days, but there isn’t towards obesity. IMO, there should be. Obesity makes healthcare costs soar, and the Insurance companies here in the US couldn’t be happier.

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[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:

You know your post reminded me of Morgan Spurlock’s documentary “Super Size Me”, specifically where a PhD was discussing how there is a totally negative social stigma attached to smoking these days, but there isn’t towards obesity. IMO, there should be. Obesity makes healthcare costs soar, and the Insurance companies here in the US couldn’t be happier.

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His follow up video where he keeps the food items in glass containers for periods of time, and the fries DON’T CHANGE AT ALL(as opposed to everything else getting so gross they threw it out due to smell and such) has honestly made me afraid to eat fast food fries. Not that I binge on McDonalds all the time, but dear god it isn’t even a cheat option now.

I think it was posted on these forums a week or 2 ago.

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I can understand why Louisiana is on the list: etouffees, boudin, creoles, fried catfish, shrimp, crawfish, mmmm…

The seafood in Virginia sucks…

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[quote]Phydeaux wrote:
I can understand why Louisiana is on the list: etouffees, boudin, creoles, fried catfish, shrimp, crawfish, mmmm…

The seafood in Virginia sucks…
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That’s because they don’t know how to cook it.

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[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
Phydeaux wrote:
I can understand why Louisiana is on the list: etouffees, boudin, creoles, fried catfish, shrimp, crawfish, mmmm…

The seafood in Virginia sucks…

That’s because they don’t know how to cook it.[/quote]

You cajuns do have some of the best food in the world.

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[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
Phydeaux wrote:
I can understand why Louisiana is on the list: etouffees, boudin, creoles, fried catfish, shrimp, crawfish, mmmm…

The seafood in Virginia sucks…

That’s because they don’t know how to cook it.[/quote]

Nor does any other state. I’ve had lobster in Boston, and it was bland. What’s the deal w/ dipping it in butter? To add taste?