Let me guess…CA,NJ,MD ,OR and NJ are the best.
There’s a lot of states where it’s okay to raise your kids by staying out of the downtown city area. Philadelphia is horrible compared to how it used to be in terms of all kinds of crime. But outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania is a different story. Crime goes down when you aren’t in PA’s biggest cities - by a lot. So long as you don’t mind living where you could have Black Bears and Mountain Lions outside, especially at night.
Despite what some boorish FReepers think NJ is not all Newark, Camden and Trenton.
Check it out sometime
Let me guess…CA,NJ,MD ,OR and NJ are the best.
NJ is the best state in the nation, so awesome that you listed it twice.
https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/new-jersey-is-best-us-state-to-live-in-study/