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What Is The Best Place To Live In America? Pros And Cons For All 50 States
TEC ^ | 09/01/2012 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 09/02/2012 6:42:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Why are multiple nuclear power plants listed as a Con? I see them as a plus.


41 posted on 09/02/2012 7:24:12 AM PDT by RDasher ("El Nino is climate, La Nina is weather")
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To: SeekAndFind

What a bunch of baloney.


42 posted on 09/02/2012 7:25:28 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Farmer Dean
The author is a twit,he writes at a third grade level.

That's OK. Most people on Free Republic write at a kindergarten level.

43 posted on 09/02/2012 7:25:52 AM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: Texas Fossil

Right. Everybody stay out of Idaho and move to Texas.


44 posted on 09/02/2012 7:26:23 AM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: TexasCajun

Good thing you Texans don’t have to deal with hurricanes.

Hey, wait a minute...


45 posted on 09/02/2012 7:28:13 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: SeekAndFind

Unfortunately, $16K does not indicate a huge property in NJ. In certain municipalities in central Jersey, it’s par for a larger middle-clase home. We’d be better off simply sending checks directly to Newark and Camden; it would probably be cheaper for us.

There are, however, some surprisingly beautiful places in NJ: the Somerset Hills, the Jersey shore, state parks, Grounds for Sculpture, to name but a few. And for those cosmopolites among us, proximity to NYC.


46 posted on 09/02/2012 7:28:23 AM PDT by Salvey
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To: GotMojo

Why is Cold weather in Wisconsin a negetive. Some of us like it cold abnd nuke plants lower energy costs.


47 posted on 09/02/2012 7:29:53 AM PDT by Pardeeville Liberator
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To: norwaypinesavage
ditto. worthless. Tsunami's in Oregon ? Isn't much of the Oregon coastline a rocky bluff where a tsunami would have absolute zero impact.

or the New Madrid fault in Mizzou (and one other) are not reasons to downgrade a rating.

Nucleur plants are a positives. Author has a real problem with nucleur energy as Yucca Mtn. in Nevada was also cited as a con.

In my AZ. case, and many western states, he neglected to mention the virtual absence of mosquitoes. Damn, I hate mosquitoes. And I used to hate feeling trapped indoors for several months a year, and hassling with everyday existence in rains, snow, etc.

We've had a chance to visit many regions, cities over the last few years, gotten to know many cities..mostly in the south. I like 'em all. North Carolina ranks well imho.... and Tampa also stands out as a city.

48 posted on 09/02/2012 7:30:36 AM PDT by chiller (GO TEA, especially in the Senate and WE will fix this mess.)
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To: MestaMachine

Yes both PA. and NY state both have beautiful places and scenery to live. The weather isn’t too extreme either way. Too bad Dems, taxes and economy has hurt these states along with their big cities socialistic drecks and unfair share of 3rd world imports mucking up the balance.


49 posted on 09/02/2012 7:31:02 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: RDasher

Whoever put this together doesn’t appear to have ever been here. Michigan winters are actually relatively mild depending on where you are (We’re a big state) due to the lakes. We have a short growing season if you want to grow coconuts but pretty much any other temperate region fruits and veggies do fine here in a normal year. Too much snow is also relative to where you are. In some parts of the state, several feet of snow is normal but in others 2 feet is a lot.


50 posted on 09/02/2012 7:33:15 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: eartrumpet

Judging by our population growth, many are.

Reports say 1,500 per day are legally entering Texas to live.

Have no problem with Idaho, am sure it is a fine place to live. Texas is not without it’s problems, but it has a friendly neighborly culture in general. Oklahoma is the same way.

But the scale and development of Texas vs Idaho make a comparison not very relevant.


51 posted on 09/02/2012 7:36:06 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Kirkwood

Texas is easier on the wallet compared to many other places.
A little too hot in summer, stinging skeeters, fireants and the clay soil in our area is awful. Have to keep it moist or it dries, cracks and heaves the homes foundations.
Think I want to find a mountainous home with a babbling brook running behind it is on my wishlist.


52 posted on 09/02/2012 7:37:49 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: SeekAndFind
I would add to Virginia pros: a beautiful state with lots of history; many family-ofriented activities, including reenactment; overall great weather - although not this year.

Cons: traffic; violent home invasions by gangs of illegal aliens & recent immigrants whom the authorities; a love of illegal aliens in northern part of the state; a tax department that double taxes in select cases - possibly the only one in the country.

53 posted on 09/02/2012 7:38:35 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Texas Fossil

Many of the author’s comparisons aren’t very relevant.

I live in the middle of nowhere and only 5-6 transplants with the big city attitude can really screw things up for the people who like things the way they are.


54 posted on 09/02/2012 7:39:34 AM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: Paladin2

The Grand Tetons will be displeased.


55 posted on 09/02/2012 7:40:39 AM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me)
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To: Texas Fossil

Idaho deserves the A. People know and help their neighbors there. When you need help, it’s always there and it’s never from the government, it’s from generous people in small communities and cities. If a bunch of asshats moved there it wouldn’t deserve the A.


56 posted on 09/02/2012 7:41:09 AM PDT by Cherokee Conservative (If a tree falls over in the woods, and then snaps back upright as a joke, do the squirrels laugh?)
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To: SeekAndFind

I would rate Indiana higher - although it is a long time ago since I was there and it might have changed. Then there were very few illegal aliens, prices of beautiful homes were more than reasonable, Indianapolis had a terrific children’s museum, and traffic wasn’t bad even during rush hours.


57 posted on 09/02/2012 7:43:56 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Farmer Dean
The author is a twit,he writes at a third grade level.

I agree.

58 posted on 09/02/2012 7:47:54 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: SeekAndFind

South Carolina

Cons: hurricanes, not enough jobs, multiple nuclear power plants, crime, gang violence, rampant poverty


hurricanes - Rarely effects us.

not enough jobs - Tell me about it!

multiple nuclear power plants - Um, how is that a con? That’s where a lot of the jobs are. Safest places to work actually.

crime - That applies everywhere.

gang violence - What gang violence?

rampant poverty - Welcome to the Deep South.


59 posted on 09/02/2012 7:49:40 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Alberta's Child
I consider cold weather to be an asset, not a liability.

My understanding is that North Idaho winters have helped chase many Californians back home...a beautiful thing.

60 posted on 09/02/2012 7:50:22 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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