Which alone discredits the whole ranking. Every state listed was a red state so you automatically know where the person who compiled the list is coming from. Next question....how come all the states on the list except Missouri are growing while a whole bunch of blue states are shrinking? The American people are voting with their feet exactly the opposite of this list. Tennessee has gorgeous land, a relatively mild climate, no state income tax, reasonable home prices and reasonable cost of living, not much red tape, top notch professional and college sports, the "headquarters" of both Country and Blues, a pretty rapidly growing economy, etc etc. My brother and sister live in Tennessee. It would be among my top 10 states to live in.
My bottom 10 would be Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, California, Delaware, New York, Illinois.
