Posted on 07/21/2021 3:20:54 PM PDT by dragnet2
Arizona is a land of rich history, world-renowned natural beauty and vast economic opportunity, but is it the best place to call home?
A recent report from CNBC says you’d be better off in any other state after ranking Arizona No. 1 in its list of worst places to live in 2021.
The report cites poor air quality, low public health funding, high crime rates and a lack of inclusiveness as its reasons for bestowing the worst-state status on Arizona in 2021. The Grand Canyon State was followed by second-worst Texas while Nevada and Missouri tied for third place.
The worst places to live report is a subset of findings from CNBC’s Top States For Business 2021 study, in which Arizona ranks No. 30. The larger study draws on a wider range of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Tax Foundation, the Institute for Health Metrics Evaluation and more than 50 other sources.
Danny Seiden, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry who stepped into the role earlier this year, said the state's recent growth contradicts the CNBC findings.
“Arizona grew by nearly 12% over the past decade according to 2020 Census data. That’s no fluke. Arizona offers abundant opportunities for job creators to expand and invest, something we’ve seen of late in industries like semiconductors, next-generation automotive manufacturing, financial services, health care, and more," he said in a statement reacting to the study.
Lack of “inclusiveness” is a benefit to me.
CNBC and ABC, please tell all of your lemming followers not to move to Alabama either.
Me too.
So which state is best?
No. Lemme guess:
New Jersey?
Shh.....Keep the secret. Otherwise Yankees show up looking for the better life.
Yeah, Texas sucks. Everybody stay away. We Texans like it just fine.
Yeah, Texas sucks. Everybody stay away. We Texans like it just fine.
I think it’s a clever ruse to dissuade blue state pukes from moving there.😃
The alphabet manure spreaders dump a new load everyday and the liberal sponges suck it up.
Agree!
TX is horrid.....too hot, lots of tumbleweeds, to the west.....a sauna like humidity, to the east...just stay away, by all means :-)
Besides.....we’re full, now.
It is according to other rankings I’ve seen. Hilarious.
All kidding aside, I’d bet money that this hit job on Arizona is in response to us having the temerity to question and then audit the election results. This is how they’ll try to control every state going forward.
Yes, Arizona is completely horrible. Nobody at all should move here.
NevaDUH sux bad too so don’t come here.
BINGO, they know what's coming!
That must be why half of my neighbors have winter homes down there.
It’s also directly...not inversely..proportional to high crime.
I would never live there — it’s too damn hot.
It sounds like the wild west there. I might like it! :)
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