NEW: Gawker Ranks RI 28th Worst State
Monday, August 22, 2011
Rhode Islanders love lists, but now one of the world’s most popular gossip blogs is taking the state to task.
In a new feature called the Worst 50 States in America, Gawker ranks Rhode Island as the 28th Worst State, noting that “the barely-there baby of New England is full of lovely things but sadly rotten at its core.”
Gawker breaks down both the good and the bad of the Ocean State, praising Rhode Island or its beautiful coastline, having good wine and Brown University while taking a shot at the state for being boring and having the worst accents in the world.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“The Good: There are beaches in Rhode Island that are some of the nicest in the land. The entirety of the coastal part of Rhode Island is beautiful (woop woop, Little Compton) from snobby Watch Hill to, uh, snobby Newport. They make some decent wine in Rhode Island, and Brown University in Providence is probably the number one school-that-got-away for a large portion of American college kids.”
“The Bad: Other than the pretty coastline, there isn't a whole hell of a lot to do in Rhode Island. The inland parts of the state (which are, admittedly, only like 20 minutes from the non-inland parts of the state) are just bland in that depressingly New England bland sort of way, and Providence, while definitely undergoing a hefty makeover, is still a sleepy and vaguely distressing city (maybe because it fired all its teachers?). It's also egregiously corrupt! Politicians like Buddy Cianci have been crooked and mobbed-up for years. Oh, and the Cranston/Pawtucket accent is, perhaps, the ugliest in the nation.”
Gawker is rolling out its list throughout the rest of the week. New York and Massachusetts came in at 50 and 49 respectively, making them the best worst states, according to the blog. Vermont, Connecticut and Maine have already made the list as well, meaning New Hampshire is the only New England state still in the running for worst state overall.
