In Louisiana, where the humidity is as thick as the gumbo, people prefer to take it slow. Hunting, fishing, and outdoor sporting activity may have earned Louisiana the nickname "Sportsman's Paradise," but new data indicate that the more popular pastimes are sleeping, goofing off, and watching television.
In a new ranking by Businessweek.com based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Louisiana claims the top spot as the country's laziest state. To be clear, by "lazy" we do not mean lacking work ethic or engagement. Rather, it is a measure of leisure time spent doing sedentary activities compared with activities that require more physical effort, such as exercising and even working. Mississippi and Arkansas came in second and third, and while states in the south and southeast are represented heavily in the list, such East Coast states as Delaware and New York placed in the top 20.
Venessa Wong of Bloomberg Businessweek has the story: Link
That being said, those who work their asses off down here have my respect, I'm disabled, I want to work but risk passing out just from standing too long (not from exhaustion, more from my blood pressure freaking on me) but knowing these conditions, seeing how my mother and step-father look after a hard day's work, yea, I have respect for hard workers who do manual labor.
Can't wait to get away and go find someplace with crisp, dry, even cold, air. Whew!