Most Livable States, 2005

Morgan Quitno ^ | 3/8/05 | Morgan Quitno

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CONCORD, N.H. - Morgan Quitno Press has named New Hampshire the ``Most Livable State'' for the second consecutive year.

Like last year, the Granite State passed Minnesota to take the top spot.

Vermont held at third, while Massachusetts ranked seventh, Connecticut 14th, Maine 15th and Rhode Island 23rd.

The 2005 award is based on 44 factors. They include median household income, the crime rate and job growth.

"1" is Most Livable, "50" is Not

2005 MOST LIVABLE STATE AWARD

ALPHA ORDER							RANK ORDER
2005 RANK	STATE	LIVABILITY RATING	2004 RANK*	CHANGE		2005 RANK	STATE	LIVABILITY RATING	2004 RANK*	CHANGE
39	Alabama	21.00	47	8		1	New Hampshire	35.45	1	0
27	Alaska	24.98	31	4		2	Minnesota	33.86	2	0
36	Arizona	22.11	38	2		3	Vermont	31.73	3	0
48	Arkansas	19.25	44	-4		4	Wyoming	31.61	6	2
35	California	22.27	36	1		5	Virginia	31.57	7	2
16	Colorado	28.00	23	7		6	Iowa	31.41	4	-2
14	Connecticut	29.68	9	-5		7	Massachusetts	30.80	16	9
17	Delaware	27.66	18	1		8	New Jersey	30.77	5	-3
37	Florida	21.82	37	0		9	South Dakota	30.73	10	1
38	Georgia	21.77	35	-3		10	Nebraska	30.52	8	-2
26	Hawaii	25.02	32	6		11	North Dakota	30.43	15	4
18	Idaho	27.32	17	-1		12	Maryland	30.25	14	2
31	Illinois	23.91	26	-5		13	Wisconsin	29.75	13	0
21	Indiana	26.11	20	-1		14	Connecticut	29.68	9	-5
6	Iowa	31.41	4	-2		15	Maine	29.36	12	-3
20	Kansas	26.80	11	-9		16	Colorado	28.00	23	7
41	Kentucky	20.48	42	1		17	Delaware	27.66	18	1
49	Louisiana	17.25	49	0		18	Idaho	27.32	17	-1
15	Maine	29.36	12	-3		19	Utah	27.14	19	0
12	Maryland	30.25	14	2		20	Kansas	26.80	11	-9
7	Massachusetts	30.80	16	9		21	Indiana	26.11	20	-1
28	Michigan	24.47	34	6		22	Missouri	25.82	20	-2
2	Minnesota	33.86	2	0		23	Rhode Island	25.77	24	1
50	Mississippi	16.11	50	0		24	Montana	25.50	27	3
22	Missouri	25.82	20	-2		25	Washington	25.07	25	0
24	Montana	25.50	27	3		26	Hawaii	25.02	32	6
10	Nebraska	30.52	8	-2		27	Alaska	24.98	31	4
29	Nevada	24.41	30	1		28	Michigan	24.47	34	6
1	New Hampshire	35.45	1	0		29	Nevada	24.41	30	1
8	New Jersey	30.77	5	-3		30	New York	24.09	33	3
42	New Mexico	20.43	41	-1		31	Illinois	23.91	26	-5
30	New York	24.09	33	3		32	Ohio	23.86	29	-3
40	North Carolina	20.61	45	5		32	Pennsylvania	23.86	22	-10
11	North Dakota	30.43	15	4		34	Oregon	22.73	27	-7
32	Ohio	23.86	29	-3		35	California	22.27	36	1
43	Oklahoma	20.37	40	-3		36	Arizona	22.11	38	2
34	Oregon	22.73	27	-7		37	Florida	21.82	37	0
32	Pennsylvania	23.86	22	-10		38	Georgia	21.77	35	-3
23	Rhode Island	25.77	24	1		39	Alabama	21.00	47	8
44	South Carolina	20.34	48	4		40	North Carolina	20.61	45	5
9	South Dakota	30.73	10	1		41	Kentucky	20.48	42	1
47	Tennessee	19.50	46	-1		42	New Mexico	20.43	41	-1
45	Texas	19.93	39	-6		43	Oklahoma	20.37	40	-3
19	Utah	27.14	19	0		44	South Carolina	20.34	48	4
3	Vermont	31.73	3	0		45	Texas	19.93	39	-6
5	Virginia	31.57	7	2		46	West Virginia	19.64	43	-3
25	Washington	25.07	25	0		47	Tennessee	19.50	46	-1
46	West Virginia	19.64	43	-3		48	Arkansas	19.25	44	-4
13	Wisconsin	29.75	13	0		49	Louisiana	17.25	49	0
4	Wyoming	31.61	6	2		50	Mississippi	16.11	50	0

[angelanddevil2]

Well, not California. My rotten luck!.

[Corin Stormhands]

This Virginian shares your sentiments. We don't want people movin' here neither.

But I do share your dream of a shop at the beach. 'cept I was gonna sell religious icons made from seashells...

[angelanddevil2]

Well, not California. My rotten luck!.

[angelanddevil2]

Well, not California. My rotten luck!.

[A. Patriot]

My best friend from high school lives in MH. When he retires in a couple of years, he plans to move to VA or N. Carolina.

So much for livability.

Here is a weather summary at noon, their time in New Hamster:

14 °F / -10 °C
Clear
Windchill: -4 °F / -20 °C
Humidity: 41%
Dew Point: -6 °F / -21 °C
Wind: 21 mph / 33 km/h from the West
Wind Gust: 31 mph / 50 km/h
Pressure: 29.41 in / 996 hPa
Visibility: 5.0 miles / 8.0 kilometers
UV: 6 out of 16
Clouds (AGL): Clear -

[A. Patriot]

That should be NH, New Hampshire, not MH.

[roaddog727]

NJ 8???????

I used to live there and am way happy to be gon from there.

Somebody's cookin' the books

[B-Chan]

Things we need less of in Texas:

Public broadcasting

Traffic

Nasal Midwest/Northeast accents

Lawyers

Soccer

ACLU members

Democrats

Republicans

Tanning salons

Payday lenders

"Calvin pissing on anyhing" car window decals

NASCAR events

NASCAR fans

Wal-Mart

"Bad-Ass Boys" driving "Bad-Ass Toys"

Drunken Mexican parking-lot knife fights

Practicing homosexuals

Child-free advocates

Birth control

Abortion

California style "chili" (i.e. the kind with beans)

California-style anything

Northerners from highly segregated cities telling us how racist we all are down here

Arkansans (e.g. Jerry Jones)

Coked-up Dallas Cowboys

Major League Baseball

Dry counties/jurisdictions

Baptists who vote "dry"

MADD mothers

NAMBLA members

Klansmen

Peckerwoods

Ignorant hicks

Bubbas

Good ol' boys

Fashion / fashion magazines

Reality TV

Celebrity gossip

Weight-loss gimmicks

Bony, boyish women

Borrachos

Green Party members

Vegans/vegetarians

Guys w/long hair, leather jackets

Classic Rock

Hip Hop

Young Country

Emo

Lite Jazz

Talk radio

Giant belt buckles

Lite beer

Pushy people

People who say "you guys/youse guys/yiz guys" instead of "y'all"

Foreigners (who prefer their own country to Texas)

Trash (any color)

Racist black city councilmen/county commissioners

Women lectors at mass

Ministers of Music

Ministers of Hospitality

Extraordinary Ministers of the Sacrament

Novus Ordo masses

People who dislike Latinos

People who dislike Germans

People who dislike spicy food

People who drive around in pickup trucks with unsecured dogs in the back


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Oh, I could go on...

[k2blader]

Yuck. I don't want to live in any of those "top" states.

[Dixie Chck]

I'll take Tennessee any day. Gas is cheaper, housing is cheaper, taxes are lower, weather is decent, and the mountains are beautiful!!

[Drango]

>Here is a weather summary at noon, their time in New Hamster:
>14 °F / -10 °C

LOL...It will be 72°F today in Northern California.

[Dianna]

This seals the deal for NH, which has the 2nd lowest state/local tax burden in the COUNTRY

My family and I lived in NH for about 9 months. We looked for a house and found that the property tax was going to be nearly as much as the mortgage. We quickly decided to move to KY. As we were packing up the moving truck, we got some tax bill in the mail. Something about a "you are human and living in the state of New Hampshire, so pay this once per year tax".

We LOVE Kentucky.

[daybreakcoming]

Right - had an email from a friend in NH this morning - with a drift so high over their front door - they can't open it for the third time this winter. Now Texas in July? I don't open my front door either.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Hmmm... what do you think about this? :o)

I think that this state deserves to go down the toilet for firing the governor who got us on this list the last two years and replacing him with a guy who lied to Craig Benson when he said he wouldn't run against him if Craig made him chair of the University System Board of Trustees. That's what I think.

[Osage Orange]

Just another example of media bias....

And the local media clymer clones...just spew this baloney as "the gospel".

[subterfuge]

This is absolutely correct. No one should ever move to Florida, its horrible. In fact, everyone should also tell this to all their friends.

There are alligators roaming the streets. Mosquitos as big as crows. Its a lawless place and people are all toting guns around. Never, ever go there. (except to drop a few thousand bucks while on vacation)

[OB1kNOb]

Don't forget to use the "we're swarming with illegals down here" approach. I find it's an effective turnoff. Unfortunately, it's also becoming truer every day.

(Note for the PC and supersensitive: Illegal is illegal, I don't care who or what you are or where you came from. You are not above the law and neither am I. I just want our government to enforce the immigration laws as intended.)

[Lazamataz]

They've got New York and Illinois above Georgia, and I can tell you, I'd rather put molten lead in my eyes than live in either New York or Illinois.

I've lived in all three so I know what I'm speaking of.

[skaterboy]

Im moving out of MS soon so at least I wont be last...