Chuckle every time I see these best & worst lists. Live in the state of Mississippi, retired, no taxes on my IRA withdrawals, Social Security and private pension income. Cost of living is great. I bass fish on beautiful lakes and left a state with huge pending population challenges in front of it while I tool around relaxed and will watch a movie tomorrow morning in a state of the art movie theatre. One of our past governors made the decision to entice retirees to the state knowing there was no way to get IBM to move its HQS here. Smart. Stats for SE states since the Civil War are very misleading...
I live in New Mexico and we have a high crime rate because of illegal immigration and drug importation. BUILD THE WALL!
On a good note, our church cameras helped catch a potentially dangerous bank robber. This was his 3rd armed bank robbery. They were able to identify the car and caught him 60 miles away.
Thank you! I now have my top 10 states to retire from NJ to..
What an appalling, snobbish, condescending article! Typical NBC...
I hope Georgia is on the ‘worst states for LIBERALS to live’ list! :-)
People do not understand that we maybe fat in Louisiana but we are fat and HAPPY. Another thing, if you take out New Orleans and Baton Rouge La. would not have a high murder and crime rate. I currently reside on a Parish that is north of Orleans Parish but we have a lower crime rate than most of the country. We also have a whole lot of cops here. Can you guess why?