What Is The Best Place To Live In America? Pros And Cons For All 50 States

TEC ^ | 09/01/2012 | Michael Snyder

[EDINVA]

“Cons: ... Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh ...”

Did he mean “Cons” ... Philadelphia, Pittsburgh ...” ???

[Windflier]

Texas is warm? It's smoking! Today will be 97 or 98 with 100% humidity.

Thank goodness it's finally cooled off a bit. The 105s, 106s, and 107s were giving me the blues. I can finally get in a full day's work outside without dying.

[cripplecreek]

This guy doesn’t appear to have done any real research.

My mother writes lake reviews for this site and spends considerable time researching them.

http://www.lakelubbers.com/

[Celtic Conservative]

You got it, once you get away from the tyranny of the tri-counties and just-to-the left-of-Karl-Marx towns like Ann Arbor, Michigan is stunning! I live next to one of the largest bodies of freshwater ON THE PLANET and it never fails to amuse or enchant Me.

CC

[Paladin2]

"Did he mean “Cons” ... Philadelphia, Pittsburgh ."

No, that would be those at the State Penn.

[Jonah Vark]

If Obama wins the November election my question will be

“Where is the best place to live outside of America?”

[cripplecreek]

Lots of this in Michigan and it suits me fine.

[Fiji Hill]

California
Pros: Disneyland, warm weather, Malibu

Plus USC Trojan football, burritos from Chano's in LA, the Reagan and Nixon Presidential Libraries, the Rose Parade, fine wine

[clamper1797]

Texas is warm? Today will be 97 or 98 with 100% humidity.

Hahaha 100 degrees would be a cool day here in Phoenix ... which by the way Mrs Clamper and I love.

1) Something fun to do or good restaurant on nearly every corner.

2) Light traffic

3) Open carry

4) Permitless concealed carry

5) Illegals leaving for Mexifornia (No thanks to FUBO)

6) Gov Brewer

7) Sheriff Joe

8) Cool weather just 100 miles north of Phoenix.

9) LOTS of conservatives ... cept in Tucson.

10) Crime rate dropping as illegals leave.

[who knows what evil?]

He missed a couple of New Hampshire cons: astronomical property taxes, and the fact that if you want to go anywhere at a speed higher than 40 miles per hour; you are probably going to pay a toll. As for crime? Getting worse with influx of citiots from New York.

[Inyo-Mono]

He doesn’t seem to have ever set foot in California either; we have the highest mountains in the US outside Alaska, tons of snow, water and very low population densitiy in most of the state.

[Uncle Chip]

Only one A — the author must be an Idaho potato farmer.

[Celtic Conservative]

Lots of this in Michigan and it suits me fine.

There are tons of roads like this all over My county. Sometimes I'll just go driving on them for the hell of it.

CC

[Armando Guerra]

I think the nuclear power is listed as a negative because of the premise of the article which is: where do you want to live that would be a good place to hunker down in the case of a natural disaster or civil emergency (zombie apocalypse) scenario? In light of Japan's meltdown I might agree that living next to a nuclear power plant can have risks. I don't think the author's methodology, factors considered or conclusions are accurate or anything more than his personal opinion. However, I was hoping that the article would have resulted in a more enlightening discussion on the topic of what factors to consider and places to have in mind in the event the SHTF scenario unfolds. This seems to be an article from a preppers blog.

[who knows what evil?]

He also missed a major Tennessee ‘pro’: East Tennessee.

[Paladin2]

The multitudinous, massive peaks of Wyoming contain plenty of real silicon, but no injected silicone.

[Alberta's Child]

One very big asset for New Jersey is that you can drive to America without crossing a congested, antiquated bridge or tunnel. People in Long Island and most of New York City are pretty much trapped there with little or no relief in the event of a disaster ... or everyday life. LOL.

[Alberta's Child]

Yes, I have. Minnesota paid a terrible price for being one of the last states in the Midwest to adopt welfare reform back in the 1990s.

[Alberta's Child]

I guess we get mosquitos ... and you get scorpions, eh? LOL.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We lived there when the legislature passed a FIVE YEAR LIMIT on welfare.
Gad, how the Liberals screamed...