I’ll defend Alabama. I travel through several times a year on the back highways and there’s only one truly shit town we pass. York is a wasteland. Here’s the main drag, and most of those units are empty.

All the other rural towns seem pretty nice. Businesses aren’t shuttered, roads are nice everywhere, people take pride. Contrast that with Mississippi. You could teleport me to a gas station and I could tell if it’s in MS or AL according to how much trash is blowing around.