[FoRK] Why Texas is perfect (for a narrow definition of perfect)

[Jeff Bone]

Riffing off the data on the site Geege mentioned, it's clear that I've  
picked the perfect state to live in given my preferences.  Here's an  
ordered model of my preferences:

   Not cold > Few Hicks > Low taxes > ...

Texas comes in 43rd in the nation in terms of overall tax rate.  Here  
are my objections, per the above, to #s 50-44.

   50 - Alaska - Too cold
   49 - New Hampshire - Too cold
   48 - Tennessee - Too many hicks
   47 - Delaware - Too cold
   46 - Alabama - Too many hicks
   45 - Oklahoma - You're kidding, right?  Cf. hicks
   44 - S. Dakota - Too cold

Now waitasec, you say, isn't Texas overrun with hicks?  Well, yes it  
is...  but in Austin that presence is diluted to tolerable.

;-)

jb