minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhy Texas is dead last in 'personal freedom,' according to new studywww.wfaa.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down17
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minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·edit-29 months agoPoints of interest include (lower numbers are better): 22nd in terms of gun rights 50th in terms of recreational marijuana, but 17th for tobacco and 10th for alcohol. 42nd in asset forfeiture 50th in travel freedom 1st in terms of campaign finance freedom https://www.freedominthe50states.org
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI’m surprised they are only 22 for guns. spraying gunfire in the sky
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months ago 15th in maternal mortality (lower number is worse on that one)
minus-squaremanapropos@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months ago10th for alcohol is surprising given the fact we can’t buy liquor on Sundays (or from the supermarket)
minus-squaresoviettaters@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoInteresting that we’re 50th for “travel freedom”. I consider that to actually be a good thing, as the website includes seatbelt laws and anti-drunk driving measures as part of that.
Points of interest include (lower numbers are better):
https://www.freedominthe50states.org
I’m surprised they are only 22 for guns. spraying gunfire in the sky
10th for alcohol is surprising given the fact we can’t buy liquor on Sundays (or from the supermarket)
Interesting that we’re 50th for “travel freedom”. I consider that to actually be a good thing, as the website includes seatbelt laws and anti-drunk driving measures as part of that.