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Ouch:
"Thank God for Mississippi" is an adage used in the United States, particularly in the South, that is generally used when discussing rankings of U.S. states. Since the U.S. state of Mississippi commonly ranks at or near the bottom of such rankings, residents of other states also ranking near the bottom may say, "Thank God for Mississippi," since the presence of that state in 50th place spares them the shame of being ranked last.
“Siri, show me the backwards-ass states where I will never live.” >

Are these what you might call "shithole" states? >

I live in Louisiana… confirmed shithole state… if it wasn’t for Mississippi we’d be dead last in everything else besides the things we’re already dead last in… >

Thank God for Mississippi! >

That might be the first time anyone has ever uttered that sentence. >

Heh, that sentence has a Wikipedia entry