10 Most Depressing States

Health.com ^ | 15 November 2011 | Staff

[Dr. Sivana]

It looks like most of these states are near the same east west latitude, all touching each other, except Nevada. Strange. Maybe people like mountains or oceans around.

[Darren McCarty]

Nevada is NOT a depressing state.

Vegas wasn't built on winners.

[Joe 6-pack]

Interesting that so many of these are landlocked states. 22 Of our states have ocean/gulf coastlines, with an additional seven on the great lakes. Only 3 of these 10 (30%) (MS, IN MI) fall into either category and of those MS and IN have only very limited coastal or lake access.

Just a personal theory; I know for me, time on or near the water tends to relieve a lot of stress.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississipi, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma,Tennessee and West Virginia

I see the writer has never driven the PA Turnpike.

[Joe 6-pack]

Agree...see my #23.

[tnlibertarian]

Tennessee? LOL...that’s why so many people are moving INTO the state...it’s a depressing sh*thole...LOLOL!

It sucks. It's horrible. It's ugly and depressing. No one should come here. They should all stay away. Especially liberal Yankees.

[dfwgator]

Tennessee? LOL...that’s why so many people are moving INTO the state...it’s a depressing sh*thole...LOLOL!

With as bad as their football team has been, it's easy to see why they're depressed.

[Huck]

TN??? You’ve got to be kidding.

[who knows what evil?]

Especially liberal Yankees.

Bump that!

[Allegra]

That one surprised me, too. Tennessee doesn’t strike me as what would be a “depressing” state.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Best post on the thread by a mile.

[dennisw]

Maybe these landlocked states are short on iodine which can drag down the thyroid. Hypothyroidism makes for mental depression

[OrioleFan]

Maybe Ohio should be on the list after the vote on Issue 2.

[backwoods-engineer]

Just a personal theory; I know for me, time on or near the water tends to relieve a lot of stress.

Doesn't fit for Oklahoma. 101,000-acre Lake Texhoma and hundreds more artificial lakes give Oklahoma more shoreline than any other non-coastal state. Or so I have been told.

[who knows what evil?]

That one surprised me, too. Tennessee doesn’t strike me as what would be a “depressing” state.

Best years of my life were spent in Tennessee...

[FatherofFive]

“Get off me Daddy, you’re crushin’ my smokes!”

Then the dad took his daughter to the doctor. "Doc, she needs to be fitted for a diaphram." The doc replies, "She is 13 years old! Is she sexually active?" And the dad responds, "Nope. She just lies there like her mother does."

[Dr. Sivana]

[Tennessee:] No one should come here. They should all stay away. Especially liberal Yankees. When I went tdown to Chatanooga for a network install, I was told that someone like me (born in CT, moved to IL) would be classified as a "Yankee". If I stayed, I would become a "Damn Yankee".

[PfromHoGro]

I get Indiana, routinely driving I-65 north of Indy would make anyone depressed. Get right if you’re not passing you imbeciles!!! Cars 65, trucks 55, yeah, how’s that working for you?

Sorry... I have some issues.

[tnlibertarian]

If I stayed, I would become a "Damn Yankee".

While that's true, exceptions are made for Freepers. We just gotta learn you how to talk good.

[bigbob]

This, despite many having a moderate climate, right-to-work status, and generally considered more “business friendly” than the Great White North...Flyover Country, or the east and west coast population centers.