Cons: Prince is from Minnesota (this used to be one of the pros). Also, Minnesota has winter. Lots and lots of winter.

Excuse me Ken from Ct.
One “county”(Fairfield) is the wealthiest in the country,with some pockets of that wealth scattered elsewhere in state.
The state itself is destitute,corrupt and unable to manage itself.I moved here from N.Y.C. and am constantly amazed at the number of MURDERS .. to begin with.
Living here is like being in limbo.Just passing time.
I’ll Take R.I.or better yet,St.Petersburg,Fla.
The only positive experience in Ct.I have come across is Judys’
song “Connecticut is the place to be”.
hugs to you all.

I’ve never heard that, but I like it — very much.

The chancellor of the university is an out lesbian and so is the university police chief — and so is the Madison fire chief and so is the congresswoman, Rep. Tammy Baldwin. The new speaker of the state Assembly in our beautiful Capitol is an out Madison man with a cute boyfriend. There’s even gay hockey. Nirvana for foodies. Come spend the recession here!

Consider our assets: Seattle (very liberal Rep Jim McDermott country, highly gay population, nationally known alt and indie music scene chock full of members of our tribe; a couple universities on the national gay friendliest lists: U. Puget Sound, and Evergreen State U.; and gorgeous mountains for the lesbians to camp in and climb.

Cons: OK, Ok, so the gays like the sun, don’t they… Well, July through October are sunny. Deal with it. It’s worth it.

Beign a rich state… doesn’t mean you’re a better state… it just means you’re a “better-than-thou” state… as you’ve proven.

@Dave:

I plan to move to Texas to teach in about two and a half years… if you give me a little time, I’m quite confident I can indroctrinate my pupils so that they become sympathizers.

“and housing costs are now quite reasonable.”

Wait! Wait! They’ll get even better. lol

BTW, are you the Tony I knew from my Tampa Pharaohs days?

There is a large senior GLBT community here who enjoy the laid-back lifestyle but with all the cultural advantages of a major urban area. Yes, our laws with regard to GLBT people are outdated, but the nice people and great weather somewhat makes up for it.

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Pros: Everything is bigger in Texas, this is well acknowledged. We have virtually every type of terrain desirable – beaches (the gulf with its nice warm currents), forests (mid-east Texas and the Central Hill Country), the bayou (east Texas), the desert surrounding El Paso and that’s not counting the land we could reclaim from Oklahoma and Colorado in addition to a sizable chunk of the mid-west. We could evict GB from Dallas who wouldn’t want to see him evicted? We could readily receive military support from Latin America. There are a variety of natural resources to be used in furnishing our new home land. We have the River Walk and the Alamo. There are a number of vineyards in central Texas. We’ve got our cuisine Tex-Mex and of course the stars are bright. It should be easy to scare off religious fanatics of the Mega-Churches and the Mega-Church’s have nice gardens usually. We’re a major exporter of football players.

Cons: A Texas Vegetarian actually does eat meat, they just don’t eat meat from animals that are cute ie cats, dogs, rabbits, deer…. parrots? Everything is bigger in Texas including our borders. We would face stiff resistance in Lubbock and particularly College Station (they’re Aggies and rather right wing). The Gulf of Mexico is kind of a greenish color… a solid greenish color. Sorry can’t do anymore cons you can’t honestly expect a Texas home-boy to do more of those now can you?

It is just that traditionally that phrase was attributed to Jersey – ’cause a lot of clueless people only saw a brief view from the turnpike!

The Svalbard Treaty allows anyone from a member state to go there, which includes the US, Canada, Australia and much of Europe.

It is virtually uninhabited; no need to displace anyone.

It’s governed by Norway, which is pretty queer friendly as countries go, and would likely be sympathetic.

It has a high-speed fibre optic line to Europe, so high-tech infrastructure is already there.

It’s bigger than Holland, so there is room to grow, and adequate resources.

It’s geographically close to Europe and not that far from the US.

So what to do about the generally wretched climate (though the gulf stream keeps it much warmer than other places at similar latitude)? Reach back to the 60s future – dome city! Come on, wouldn’t that be awesome? Who didn’t imagine themselves living in one by the time we were our age now? Plus it would be totally gay and fabulous, none of that ugly het architecture.

Or maybe I’m just a bit high.

Oh I know, I can hear you all snickering. But hear me out! We’ve got a handful of great cities (our capital, Madison, is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live, was recently noted as a good place to find jobs in this terrible economy, is very queer-friendly, has more restaurants per capita than pretty much anywhere else, and has lots of recreation, shopping, education, and nightlife opportunities–all without being a dirty, huge city!). We’ve also got beautiful countryside, an engaged electorate, and less chance of being utterly destroyed by natural disasters. :)

Plus, cheese. Oh so much cheese.

No snarky comments about it? I could ad a few of my own if you can’t come with any?

And parts of NJ are quite beautiful, there is more to the state than the view from the turnpike and Atlantic City.

And what’s wrong with armpits, anyway? :)

If it’ll make you feel any better, I should probably rephrase it and say that Connecticut is the taint of New England.

* For those of you NOT from New England, you’re witnessing one of the more pleasant parts of the region, which is how each state believes it’s superior to the others. Vermont has its hippies, New Hampshire has its whack-job libertarians (read: Confederate flags on pick-up trucks), Maine has its um– moose?, Rhode Island has the water and Mass has the attitude and snobbery. I don’t really know what Connecticut has, though. The Metro-North?

Connecticut…(with the exception of some pockets like New Haven and Bridgeport) is actually very tony and prosperous.

Parts of Jersey are more commonly thought of as “New York’s armpit.”

And the world’s armpit has to be traffic-clogged Los Angeles, darling.

Moving on, I would suggest taking over Montana. It has a lot of land and natural resources. It’s small population could easily be turned out/evicted to Wyoming and N. Dakota (doubling their populations!). And with all of that space, we could make Billings or Great Falls into a gleaming metropolis!

I’ll bet we’re better than you’re state hahaha

Which is pretty safe to say since:

CT has consistently had one of the lowest divorce rates in the US, the highest percentage of individuals attaining a Master’s Degree, the highest per capita income, human development rating, not to mention a host of democratic and republican lawmakers who are gay allies such as Christopher Shays, Jodi Rell, etc. CT subsidizes your state, as well. For every dollar we send to the IRS, CT receives back about 69¢ in Federal Funding. We have the second highest GDP per capita of all the states. We also elected the first woman governor…

I could go on, but I think it’s more productive to pick on JERSEY!

@Steven: I almost included New Mexico! I love the 505 and would love some day to retire there and gorge myself on sweet rolls at Frontier til I keel over and die.

I lived there for 3 years and absolutely loved it. New Mexico would be a fantastic gay homeland for us.

Pros: Wasn’t it VERMONT that gave us our first civil union opportunities? And if VERMONT doesn’t have the most rights granted to us… there aren’t many states that can beat it. Need more? Check out the documentary “Slingbacks and Syrup” (www.slingbacksandsyrup.com). And we’re just a quick trip to Montreal!!! AND we’re the only state that W has not visitied as President!!

Cons: If you don’t like snow, the cold and long dark nights, you might a have problem.

Lots of green space for lesbians hiking, family picnics and boys getting up to no good!

Beaches, easy access to NYC nightlife and NJ Malls (and the ferry is already, uh, notorious)

There are only 500,000 residents… we could buy them all out within 10 years, LOL.

Bonus plus: no one can remember that we’re actually a state in the first place, so it would be a while before anyone misses us.