Posted on 01/19/2023 9:37:38 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The only true part is that Mississippi is a very poor state. Not sure why the state can’t try to bring in some industry. One thing is Mississippi is still at 7.25 minimum wage. Heck even Florida is 11 dollars minimum wage. Until they fix their fiscal mess, they will always be at the bottom.
“I’d much rather live in rural Mississippi than Barney Frank Land.”
Me too also
On the other hand, maybe they've heard of mosquitoes.
As in West Virginia, generational poverty begets generational poverty which shackles education, healthcare, and infrastructure. A seemingly endless cycle that strangles opportunity.
This is a joke, right?
Climate?
Recreation?
Most Violent Crime:
T-46. Louisiana
T-46. Arkansas
T-46. Tennessee
T-46. New Mexico
T-46. Alaska
What skewed numbers are they looking at that puts a bunch of rural states above places like Illinois and New York?
Boosting the min. wage im Mississippi would NOT help matters - and, in fact, would probably only EXACERBATE the plight of young jobless people.
Regards,
How was the grooming category counted? Ability of parents to protect thier family with guns? Or not to have their children given chemical castrations without parental consent, or taken to drag shows. And here’s number one: not to have children killed in the womb!
Well, the WV Senator is off playing footsie with “Little Hitler” over in Davos.
I think if you flip the list, it would be about right.
Mississippi has good deer hunting
List is developed by someone who hates warm weather. Nearly all of the top 25 states can be characterized by being cold and/or snowy in winter, either northern tier or Rocky Mountain states.
Also, the legislated minimum wage isn’t nearly as important as what entry level unskilled jobs are actually paid. The defacto minimum in my state is much higher than the legislated minimum. Markets respond.
Looks like “Family Fun” was among their top factors.
Kinda reminds me of when Abraham and Lot decided they had to part ways so Abraham gave Lot the first choice of where to go. Lot chose the more beautiful land, probably more family fun too.....Sodom.
How did that work out for him?
Like I’m going to take seriously some Godless organization recommendations on where to live. Get outta here.
Ok. Then why is Mississippi such a mess in economic and education? Don’t they want to improve themselves? It’s been like this for decades.
You have to look at where violent crime occurs, what is the common denominator and extrapolate from there. In addition crime prosecuted vs crime ignored and not prosecuted.
Also do not forget his recent pow wow with Bill Gates. Despite WV being the most red of red states, Manchin will keep getting elected because he delivers federal pork to the Mountain State.
The UNoffical motto of the state of Arkansas has always been...”Thank Heavens for Mississippi!”
Mississippi keeps Arkansas from being at the bottom of all lists.
Now Mississippi says “Thank Heavens for New Mexico!” Sad as NM used to be a great place to live 60 years ago. I still miss the 4-Corners area.
In all fairness. The two NW counties of Arkansas (Benton and Washington counties) are great places to live as the area is awash in Walmart money.
“What’s going on in The Magnolia State?”
White: 58.00%
Black or African American: 37.68%
Wages are low in MS. But that state doesn’t just throw up its hands and accept defeat. There are a lot of industrial parks and factories. MSU, where my kids graduated from, has a lot of efforts to grow prosperity in rural MS, with agricultural, tech, entrepreneurial, educational projects.
The poor places of MS don’t have near the homelessness of CA.
And the rankings like this don’t take into account the intangibles, like basic Christian courtesy, that is part of daily life there.
I would never have chosen to send my California kids to MSU for college if I had not dared to visit and see it for myself. I didn’t know that the rankings were not telling the full story. No regrets. Hail State!!
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