I would just to make a call out for Illinois. It is worthy of all the scorn you can heap upon it and then some.
North of I-80 is like a zombie apocalypse of NPC's, narcissist Orcs and Trolls.
South of I-80 is marginally better but dwells in captivity enveloped in deep shadows, poisoned by the foul leftist clouds wafting down from Little Mordor on Lake Michigan.