Why Rhode Island?

[question everything]

The recent census revealed that only Michigan and Rhode Island lost populations in the past year.

I understand Michigan, with the problems of the auto makers, but why Rhode Island?

[DS1]

1. unemployment is very high, I believe

[question everything]

4. Sad to lose people in a blue state

wonder why unemployment is higher there, whether it had a specific industry that went down.

[Recursion]

2. They lose a county at high tide NT

[Drunken Irishman]

3. lol

[mountainvue]

5. Ever been there? Besides the beaches and the Pawsox

it's kind of depressing.

[bdamomma]

8. aren't all states depressing now?

that is my state you are talking about. The economy has hit everyone bad.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

10. I dunno, I like Providence.

I've had a lot of fun every time I've been there. Good food, good live music scene, lots of pretty girls.

[autorank]

6. Little known fact.

Rhode Island, in fact, does not exist. It was a practical joke, ironic in tone, described as the state where religious freedom was tolerated. Since we know that's never existed at any time in history, we know the irony of the description. Having served a useful function by adding a state and some locals to the revolution, the initial irony was formally ratified. As time went on, few, if any, were available to dispute the status of the breadbox state. As proof of this, see if anyone knows where the true state documents of incorporation are found. Not those fake ones passed off as real but the true documents. I rest my case.

You can't leave what isn't there.

[stellanoir]

7. You're just indulging in envy of folks who live at the "end of the world."

LOL

[Marrah_G]

9. Unemployment is high. Textile companies are gone- Jewelery companies too

[question everything]

11. Thanks. Did not know that textile was a major industry there (nt)