Posted on 07/14/2026 5:42:37 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Tennessee has the worst quality of life in the country, according to CNBC, which gave the Volunteer State an F for quality of life in its annual ranking of the best states for businesses.
Why it matters: State leaders often pride themselves on making Tennessee as business-friendly as possible, but CNBC's closely watched rankings highlight some reasons businesses might stay away.
How it works: Multiple variables were considered when scoring states on their quality of life, including crime rates, the availability of affordable child care and paid leave policies.
CNBC also considered "inclusiveness in state laws, including protections against discrimination of all kinds."
The score also factors Tennessee's strict anti-abortion laws, with CNBC citing data showing many younger workers avoid working in states that ban abortions.
The top state based only on quality of life was Vermont.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
“”””CNBC stands for “Communists. Nothing But Communists.””””
CNBC started out as a decent news channel. Same could be said about the WSJ.
Both have been taken over by the leftist crowd.
Reader beware as all of media is taken over by the AI.
“””The thing about Tennessee as I understand it is, there aren’t wide areas where homes are for sale. And not many apartments. My friend moved up there a few years ago and struggled to find a house to buy in east Tenn.”””
In 2016 I did a driving trip from Knoxville to Nashville using the backroads through the numerous small towns. I said to myself then, there are a lot of small towns in Tennessee that would be a nice place to live in as a retiree. I suspect there have been many other retirees who saw the same and actually moved to these small towns.
Huh, what?
The “factors” in these studies are always so biased and stupid.
DEI
public transit
paid whatever
“diversity”
special rights for perverts
Etc.
just reverse any liberals rankings to get the truth
...indeed...! if Texas is such a bad place to live in, why do we see so many California plates here now...?? We moved here (Central Texas) from what is now a pretty liberal state about a dozen years ago...never regretted it...
What bull shit. The commies claim Tennessee is bad for business because of any abortion policies. How the fake news lies.
There is only one criteria: People vote with their feet. They vote whether to live in city or suburb, in IL or TN.
On the other hand, who wants to live beside all those county and western singers, residents of St Jude Medical Center, offices of Oracle and David Ellison.
How odd that millions are flocking to Tennessee as they flee the rotting woke enclaves!
Good.
Hope those lefties who follow the likes of, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN and every other fake news outlet take heed and stay away from the “worst” states like Ohio and Tennessee - and keep to “progressive” states such as New York and California.
Lucky for the denizens of the “worst states:”
Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, Louisiana, Georgia, Utah, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Nuttin' honey, it's just you are funnier when you announce that, "You'd hit it".
As one exincarserated FReeper to another, I have always enjoyed your semi-sexual quotes more than serious stuff.
Getting old is a bitch, I know, but we can still ...
If you support baby killing and DEI, stay away, go to a high tax state and feel superior.
We like TN like it is.
And we here in Tennessee say to the blue states......YES, you’re right!
We have bugs
We have snakes
We have humidity
We have banjo music
Come, visit, leave your money and GO HOME!
We’re full.
We also have lots of large rat snakes and king snakes who take particular pleasure it having public sex on people’s decks. The people are truly degraded because all they do is make and post videos of this disgraceful activity, and post them on family websites.
Did you actually READ the Axios story? Or are you just bitching about Axios in general? I read about CNBC's list on 3 or 4 different sources. Axios was probably fairest of them all. I was able to quickly see HOW and WHY CNBC made their conclusion and then make my own judgement.
Axios then provided a reality-check to the list, showing that Tennessee is still a preferred state for business.
Reality check: Tennessee is still a top destination for many large companies looking to relocate or establish new regional hubs.
Starbucks is in the midst of creating a major corporate presence in downtown Nashville, and In-N-Out is anchoring its eastward expansion with a corporate complex in Franklin.
Its CNBC so of course. (Having been in Memphis I would say that it sort of drags down the state I would say they should cede it to Mississippi which would would of course intelligently decline the offer!)
Lots of people are, from what I can tell. I don’t live there, but we go there / pass through frequently. Nashvegas is bursting at the seams.
A real ranking is Where are people moving? How are they voting with their feet?
One of the best measures for that is the U-Haul Growth Index.
https://www.uhaul.com/About/Migration/
Keeping quiet on this so as not to encourage others to move to my little corner of Heaven in rural TN.
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