Posted on 08/19/2002 11:52:05 AM PDT by crystalk
STATES RATED [Assumes you will grow up, raise a family, or retire--in an AVG spot in the BEST 25% of the State]
[If no regional preference is shown, it means entire State about equally good overall, pick your own best.]
1. Florida [Best areas are in NE, NW, or SW. So friendly and so many jobs, climate an extra.]
2. Georgia [Avoid areas within 35 mi of Atlanta center; better not too close to AL line.]
3. Virginia [Avoid areas >5 mi NW of I-81; if TIED to DC area, live in Va.]
4. South Carolina [better NW and around lgr cities. or in gated comm]
5. North Carolina [Better in West; less good >15 mi E of CLT-GSO line]
6. Tennessee [Much better to E of N’vl-Chatt line]
7. Texas [Best areas SCen or beaches; avoid Mx border zone.]
8. Kentucky [Avoid E 30% of state, or W’most 10%.]
9. Mississippi [Better in S 40% of state, or near universities.]
10. Arkansas [Best in NW; avoid SE 44% of state.]
11. Oklahoma [Better in E/SE 60% of state]
12. Louisiana [Better near NO or lg cities, but if you love Cajuns go Anywhere in S half.]
13. Alabama [Better in Mobile/coast area; or in/near sizable cities, or N/NE area.]
14. Arizona [Best in Cen or SE areas. Pretty desert, pretty hot.]
15. Nevada [Bracing weather in N 90% of state; Vegas and Ariz-type climate in S; low taxes.]
16. New Mexico [Interesting, not as hot as AZ; N half is cold in winter.]
17. Idaho [Climate less cold than you think; beautiful. Boise booms.]
18. Utah [Climate and Mormons not as cold as feared. Scenery forever.]
19. Indiana [Better in Cen, SCen, SE. E areas; avoid the Gary/Chicago area in NW.]
20. South Dakota [Unique place, Indians, Colleges. Scenery better and climate less bad in W qtr]
21. Colorado [better out of City limit of Denver; plains E/SE and deserts W & NW less good.]
22. Oregon [deserts E sunny chilly and lonely; W 40% mild, drizzly, England-style, take your pick]
23. Kansas [better in E 30% or S 30%, of state; avoid in-city Wichita, KC, Topeka.]
24. Wyoming. [Just what you’d think, in all four corners and the center.]
25. West Virginia [best in E half of state, or Chas/Hntgtn area, or near Ohio R; avoid SW and SCen]
26. Pennsylvania [even in Phil & Pitts, some livable areas]
27. Delaware [Only state in NE with net inflow of population, but room runs out soon.]
28. Ohio [Avoid the city limits of largest 6 or 8 cities]
29. New Hampshire [Unique, snowy but low taxes, builds character.]
30. Washington [S half and E quarter really better than popular Seattle area in NW]
31. Maryland [Avoid area within 25 miles of downtown DC or Baltimore.]
32. Montana [Remote chic, or just remote? Neighboring states offer better for less.]
33. Missouri [Better in S half; avoid StL or KC city limits absolutely; their areas if possible.]
34. Rhode Island [New England, but not so stuffy. Good sailing. Italian, family oriented.]
35. Maine [Remote like Montana, but lives on lobster & welfare instead of cattle.]
36. Connecticut [A used-ta-be FTMP. Avoid Hartford; E third of state not as bad.]
37. New Jersey [No-go areas getting smaller, but stay out of Camden, Elizabeth, and Newark.]
38. California [Get real Mexico at $15/day; avoid this $750/day 3d world. Polluted, Baja is Better.]
39. Nebraska [American Gothic; prairie still wholesome. Nice folks, Go Big Red!]
40. Hawaii [Corrupt, expensive, a social catastrophe in the making? Trouble in paradise.]
41. Iowa [Hogs, corn, freezing cold, some of looniest leftist universities anywhere.]
42. Michigan [Avoid SE and rust belts. Snowy. Rural areas lovely in summer.]
43. Illinois [Big city, decent areas far to S, but still 24 pts below IN and 6 below NJ!]
44. Minnesota [Beginning to wake up from Marxist dreams, but still cold as ever]
45. Wisconsin [9 months frozen; 3 of mosquitoes, leftist state U attracts kooks. Cheesy.]
46. Alaska [Not all of state is as cold as feared; envo-wackos, moose, affirm-action natives, grizzlies.]
47. North Dakota [Nice people, but who deserves THIS climate?]
48. Massachusetts [Loony-left Tax Hell , with once-great universities. Avoid Boston, Brockton.]
49. New York State [ Tax Hell. NYC OK for richest; see lower Hudson valley & Long Is; forget rest.]
50. Vermont [Taxes and enviro- wackos. Hell freezes over, with maple syrup and socialism.]
51. Dis. of Col. [Dangerous, dirty city has tourist sites, universities. Power in the air, though.]
Thanks for reminding me why I left Wisconsin 39 years ago! Trouble is, I have since lived in Cleveland, OH, Chicago, IL (northern suburbs) and St. Louis, MO! Not making much progress I guess.
Albuquerque has average July temperature of 78 F; Phoenix 93, Tucson 84, Vegas 87, Flagstaff 67, Santa Fe 68, Roswell 79, Las Cruces 84, Yuma 96, etc.
If I had to live in Arizona, how about there where the Prescott Valley road hits the interstate between Camp Verde and BCC. Centrally located.
But cannot equal the East Beach of Fla for one's ability to live here without any heating or cooling, year round, without really suffering very much. Bin here, done that.
Nasty in Jan and Feb, hole up with a book or come to Fla.
What nearly everyone in America is, Irish and German, we are not at all, SFAIK.
Also descended from a soldier under Washington, John Alden on the Mayflower, and Gov. Phipps of Massachusetts who ordered the witches to hang.
I do love my state but it has become exactly how crystalk described it. Crystalk, the funny part is that although the Looney Left is very strong here, it is the labor presence that gets them elected.
A lot of blue collar workers here are very socially conservative yet would vote for the devil himself if he promised forced higher wages for labor... which is what they do. :D
But we drive fast, we get the best of all four seasons and have the best sports fans in the nation.
As for me, I spent about 11 years in Mass between Feb 1 and May 15 in 1972. Or so it seemed.
Oh you bet, and all of California is one big Watts and Inglewood. I am heading out to uh, Cincinnati, or Detroit or maybe Louisiana, or, uh maybe south Dakota......Don't go to California, it's all a third world. As soon as I am done cooking these Halibut steaks, bredded Oysters and three nice Pacific Salmon with Cilantro and Serrano Aioli, I am out of here.
Wish me luck!
I didn't say unemployment was low in Mass.; I don't know what it is.
There is most definitely a lot of kinky stuff about Mass. Like it was started by Puritans who had a lot of weird ideas. And there are too damn many Democrats, an old part of Mass. history, too.
But, you know, some Republicans have to live here and if you pick the right parts of the state, it's pretty nice. Southeastern Mass. is Zone 6, as warm as a few states below the Mason-Dixon line and the state is 70% forested. Plus the overall crime rate is lower than much of Florida's.
Talk to us next spring. In ND that would be June. )))
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