Oh, you.
I'm talking more generally about a pattern. But I'd probably get in trouble for going into detail, so I won't. Suffice that you often like to insist you know better because you're old. It's laughable.
There is something to be said about experience isnt there? In general, older people do indeed 'know better' by virtue of their increased life experience. I think thats rather hard to argue against, even though my own kids try to do so. But since I just recently had my two older daughters move back in after not listening to my 'wisdom' they are starting to get a clue that maybe the old man knows what he is talking about.
I think its laughable when younger people generally scoff at an older persons wisdom.
It's off-topic now. But I'll say it again - broadband is as mandatory as electricity. Anything less and you're camping. And plenty of Americans still have broadband even when they are camping!
I dont think it necessary.....yet. I could still go back to the old way of paying my bills and sending letters, but I do acknowledge it makes life easier. And I do see it becoming more and more essential the more we progress technologically.
It didn't matter when it didn't exist. Now it exists. The game has changed.
At least until the EMP weapons hit, or the power goes out and you dont have a back up.
Rock on 8-tracks. I'm sincerely happy for you.
They were a novelty in their day. These days I enjoy buying all those 'greatest hits' CDs for next to nothing of all the bands I used to have 8 tracks of.
A state without broadband can't be the "best" by any criteria I'm interested in.
However, with wireless tech advances, there is not going to be anything like a state without broadband, and Arkansas assuredly has it.
Looking it up, it turns out that Arkansas even has better broadband coverage by Verizon than most of the other states surrounding it:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...requesttype=NEWREQUEST&coveragetype=broadband
Argument settled. Arkansas has broadband...even more so that most of its neighbors.
I don't think there is a single best state. I think USA#1. There are crappy states and there are awesome states but it'd be hard to name just one.
I dont think any particular one is crappier, or necessarily better than the others to be honest. Having done a fair amount of traveling, I see both good things and bad in all of them. They are all different, but different doesnt necessarily equate to simply being bad.
Variety is the spice of life, is it not?