Top 10 most populated states.. which one would you least prefer? (Boston, raise)

[michmoldman]

Are you kidding me...Michigan is in the lead? I take it because of jobs, because I'm sure most voters have never been here. I guess if you hate thousands of great fishing lakes, rivers and streams. Thousands of acres of woods filled with deer, bear, elk, moose....ect. Hundreds upon hundreds of miles of incredible white sandy beaches, then yes I can see why you would not want to live here. Actually its probably a good thing since most of us would prefer to not get as crowded as Texas, Florida, Calif. and so on....so yes our state does suck. Please stay away.

[psulions2007]

California 17 10.76%
Texas 21 13.29%
New York 8 5.06%
Florida 26 16.46%
Illinois 8 5.06%
Pennsylvania 5 3.16%
Ohio 12 7.59%
Michigan 38 24.05%
Georgia 13 8.23%
North Carolina

From least prefer to most prefer (added NJ because technically it is top 10, but will include NC too...and divided California because S is a lot different from N):

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Southern California
5. North Carolina
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6. Northern California
7. Illinois
8. Ohio
9. Michigan
10. New Jersey
11. New York
12. Pennsylvania

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by Georgia

And they are actually saying that NC may pass GA by the 2010 census with current migration. Where GA just grows mostly in Atlanta, NC is everywhere!
Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Charlotte, and even Statesville seems to be going nuts lately.

It's actually by 2030, not 2010. North Carolina won't pass GA by 2010 (and I'm not convinced they'll do it by 2030 either).

Little known factoid: NC has traditionally always had a higher population than GA. GA did not surpass NC in population until the 1990's.

[LadyTee73]

Michigan....too darn cold.

[Busch Boy]

Originally Posted by Julian/SWE

I've never understood what the point of living in New Jersey is?

IDK, either. Maybe these people have the answer:


Alpine, NJ, 07620 - MLS ID#2739427 - Single Family Home Real Estate - REALTOR.com® (http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Alpine_NJ_07620_1089782608 - broken link)

Alpine, NJ, 07620 - MLS ID#2744007 - Single Family Home Real Estate - REALTOR.com® (http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Alpine_NJ_07620_1091550707 - broken link)

Saddle River, NJ, 07458 - MLS ID#2800515 - Single Family Home Real Estate - REALTOR.com® (http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Saddle-River_NJ_07458_1093994173 - broken link)

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Bedminster-Twp_NJ_07921_1102446844 (broken link)

3 Air Dancer Ln, Colts Neck, NJ, 07722 - MLS ID#20747144 - Single Family Home Real Estate - REALTOR.com®

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Peapack-Gladstone-Boro_NJ_07977_1093870146 (broken link)

5 Cobblestone Ct, Moorestown, NJ, 08057 - MLS ID#5406469 - Single Family Home Real Estate - REALTOR.com® (http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5-Cobblestone-Ct_Moorestown_NJ_08057_1102524062 - broken link)

Saddle River, NJ, 07458 - MLS ID#2706992 - Single Family Home Real Estate - REALTOR.com® (http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/Saddle-River_NJ_07458_1076514919 - broken link)

445 Locust Point Rd, Middletown, NJ, 07760 - MLS ID#20831737 - Single Family Home Real Estate - REALTOR.com®

Listings like these go on and on all over the state. The current and future owners of these homes are definitely not feeling the recession.

New Jersey MUST have something to offer!

As for the OP, I wouldn't mind living in any of those states. But if I had to pick one, I would be Michigan because of the weather and economy.

[Jeromeville]

it always cracks me up when someone disses a location for being too cold. Yeah, these same people probably would prefer living in a Sun Belt oven state where their entire lives rely on the air conditioner being turned on... often for far longer than half the year.

That's not living... that's being a slave to a machine.

[Jeromeville]

What also boggles my mind is those who bash Long Island and Westchester County. I have met people who live in the soulless cookie cutter midwestern suburbs who claim that Westchester County is upstate New York.

What's wrong with upstate New York? You seem to be implying it's an insult.

[city_data91]

Originally Posted by Jeromeville

it always cracks me up when someone disses a location for being too cold. Yeah, these same people probably would prefer living in a Sun Belt oven state where their entire lives rely on the air conditioner being turned on... often for far longer than half the year.

That's not living... that's being a slave to a machine.

And Northerners are a slave to the heater.

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by Julian/SWE

I've never understood what the point of living in New Jersey is?

Whats the point of life?

[Jeromeville]

Originally Posted by city_data91

And Northerners are a slave to the heater.

Not for 9 months of the year we ain't...