Trip Vs Vacation & Normal States

Most people agree a trip is different from a vacation. Dangerous Dave talks about vacations you disconnect from work and stay longer. Plus, most average states according to certain variables. 

Episode Transcript

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This is deeper in the den withdangerous date. Well, are you planning
on going vacation this year or justgoing to take a trip? Eighty percent
of Americans agree that there is adifference. Most common definition for a vacation
is a traveling to relax. Well, a trip involves traveling for a purpose
or an event. So heading toCancun would be a vacation, but if

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you're going there for a wedding,it might just be a trip. Top
signs you're on a vacation, nota trip. You're traveling to relax.
You spend at least four days awayfrom home, completely disconnect from work.
I guess I never go on vacationbecause I never completely disconnect from work.
It's a trick. You're just notgoing somewhere nearby. And another sign it's
a vacation not a trip is you'rebreaking out of your normal routine. Well,

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if you plan on going on atrip this year, I hope you
can make it a vacation. Deeperin the dem Well, we're seeing reports
about the US states with the highestthiss and the lowest that we usually talk
about them, or the best statesfor this and the worst state for that.
Well, what state is the middleof the road. The Washington Posts
set out to determine the most normalstate in the nation, what state has
the most generic American or state withthe most similar to America as a whole.

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They crunched a bunch of different data, including census variables, demographics,
race, religion, income, education, jobs, as social issues, among
other things. In the end,they named Illinois the most normal state.
Second most normal state is Florida.Apparently they didn't look at all the criminal
records study. The groups also statedthat the states with the closest match overall

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to most normal states Ohio and Missouri. Indiana and Missouri are also very close
Indiana and Ohio. Other examples.Closest match to Colorado is Washington. Closest
match to Connecticut is Massachusetts. Closestmatch to Florida is Nevada. Closest match
to California is Texas. Believe itor not, they also broke down egan
how typical or unusual it was comparedto the rest of the country. The

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most typical ones were generally North halfof the country. The most unusual ones
were the South and a half,except for Florida, again, which was
found to be most typical apparently Minnesota, North Dakota, not typical like the
rest of the US, thank god. Tune it again for another episode of
Deeper in the Den with dangerous Daveright here.