Posted on 07/13/2026 12:44:54 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
CNBC’s ranking of the 10 worst states to live in 2026—all of them Republican-led—has drawn criticism from conservatives.
The broadcaster gave each state a Quality of Life score based on factors including crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, worker protections and civil rights laws. The Quality of Life category was one of 10 in the outlet’s annual America’s Top States for Business study.
Tennessee was ranked the worst state to live in after receiving a score of just 64 out of 290.
CNBC noted that Tennessee had one of the highest violent-crime rates in the nation, citing FBI statistics, as well as the third-highest drug-death rate.
The broadcaster also cited state laws restricting transgender people’s bathroom access, limits on local anti-discrimination ordinances and Governor Bill Lee’s designation of June 2026 as “Nuclear Family Month.” June is widely recognized as Pride Month across the United States.
CNBC’s bottom 10 states for quality of life, from lowest-scoring upward, were:
Tennessee (64 out of 290) Texas (78) Indiana (82) Louisiana (89) Georgia (89) Utah (95) Missouri (98) Alabama (99) Oklahoma (103) Arkansas (103)
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Who cares?
Making the list of the worst states to live is easy. Just look at the emigration rate.
AI can do it in seconds.
AI, what are the 10 US states with highest net emigration per capita?
Based on recent U.S. Census Bureau data and migration reports, the 10 U.S. states (and federal districts) with the highest net domestic emigration per capita are
New York
Hawaii
Alaska
The District of Columbia
California
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Illinois
Louisiana
Colorado
“Kiss my grits” 😂😂😂
That said, drugs(crime) are becoming big in many rural areas as well.
Tennessee and Texas are “not gay enough.”
Neither is Indiana.
Wish they would add Montana and Wyoming we don’t need any trash there either.
This is hilarious.
Hopefully the liberals will stay out.
Now, compare this subjective nonsense to population movement data. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Pffft...
Liberals patting liberals on the back. Gee, what a surprise. The facts just never seem to support their narrative push.
LOLOL! Extreme left broadcaster ranks Republican states as BAD!
Well, it’s CNBC, a propaganda organ for the Democrat Party and a bunch of Marxists, it’s what you’d expect.
Uh-huh. Did CNBC break it down by Republican run cities versus demonicRAT?
Indiana may look like a conservative state, and many people are, but our politicians are as RINO as they come. As such, Indiana is quickly becoming a state that many are leaving.
I could go on and on about what’s been happening here. For instance, the way housing prices have skyrocketed in recent years it almost makes Florida look affordable. And with the way the government has been encouraging data center manufacturers to the state, well, trust me, if I could find another state to live in that’s more affordable, I’d move out cuz it’s gonna get worse.
Looks like the folks doing this study took one city that may have a little higher crime and painted a whole state with that brush! Talk about stupid!
“”””The broadcaster also cited state laws restricting transgender people’s bathroom access, limits on local anti-discrimination ordinances and Governor Bill Lee’s designation of June 2026 as “Nuclear Family Month.” June is widely recognized as Pride Month across the United States.””””
That is what makes Tennessee suck? I’m sure families are fleeing that nightmare.
So in this case, the scoring is like golf.
Khaleda Rahman
Tells you all you need to know.
“That must be why people have been flocking to TN is droves for the past several years.”
With the exception of Memphis. And perhaps Nashville.
CC
It lloks likethey didn;t think toask peoplr living there what they thought of the state; isn’t net flow of Uhaul rentals ofteb a proxy for that?
No doubt their top ten include New Joisey, Minnesotastan, Massashits, New yerk, etc.
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