US News Best States Rankings 2018, Nevada is #34 (crime, quality of life)

[Nn2036]

I thought we would be near the bottom. I would never move to #1 and #2. I generally agree that the bottom 10 are aweful.


https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings


BEST STATES
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A ranking from U.S. News & World


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Iowa Is No. 1
Some states shine in health care. Some soar in education. Some excel in both – or in much more. The Best States ranking of U.S. states draws on thousands of data points to measure how well states are performing for their citizens. In addition to health care and education, the metrics take into account a state’s economy, the opportunity and quality of life it offers people, its roads, bridges, internet and other infrastructure, its public safety and the fiscal stability of state government.

More weight was accorded to some state measures than others, based on a survey of what matters most to people. Health care and education were weighted most heavily. Then came state economies, the opportunity states offer their citizens and infrastructure. Crime & corrections followed closely in weighting, followed by measures of government fiscal stability and people's quality of life. This explains why Iowa, ranking No. 1 in infrastructure and No. 3 in health care, occupies the overall No. 1 spot in the Best States rankings. And it explains why Minnesota, ranking No. 2 in quality of life and No. 3 in opportunity for its citizens, ranks No. 2 overall in the Best States rankings.

Best States Overall Ranking
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Overall State Health Care Education Economy Opportunity Infrastructure Crime & Corrections Fiscal Stability Quality of Life
#1 Iowa 3 5 17 4 1 15 21 9
#2 Minnesota 7 13 20 3 6 11 24 2
#3 Utah 10 3 2 35 8 14 1 22
#4 North Dakota 14 10 19 17 2 23 2 1
#5 New Hampshire 13 4 11 1 37 2 26 4
#6 Washington 2 6 3 27 4 39 27 21
#7 Nebraska 19 9 21 13 9 19 11 14
#8 Massachusetts 5 1 9 14 45 5 40 25
#9 Vermont 6 8 31 6 35 7 16 26
#10 Colorado 9 20 1 28 14 29 31 10
#11 Wisconsin 17 18 27 8 26 22 19 3
#12 Idaho 18 30 7 42 10 6 7 20
#13 Maryland 16 11 24 2 25 26 23 31
#14 South Dakota 21 17 28 24 7 40 4 5
#15 Florida 34 7 5 36 11 31 3 33
#16 Oregon 20 33 6 32 3 20 30 18
#17 Hawaii 1 29 23 18 27 17 35 36
#18 Delaware 25 32 10 7 18 46 15 24
#19 New Jersey 12 2 41 10 28 3 49 49
#20 Virginia 29 12 30 9 39 4 14 41
#21 Wyoming 33 15 47 15 36 12 9 11
#22 Maine 22 19 37 26 43 1 29 12

#23 North Carolina 37 16 18 40 24 21 6 34
#24 Connecticut 4 14 43 29 41 8 41 38
#25 New York 15 23 35 43 19 10 28 37
#26 Tennessee 43 28 13 31 15 41 5 28
#27 Montana 26 22 26 37 34 36 12 13
#28 Rhode Island 8 27 29 34 48 13 33 23
#29 Kansas 30 21 42 12 16 37 39 16
#30 Missouri 39 25 33 21 20 45 10 15
#31 Georgia 42 31 14 33 17 35 13 32
#32 California 11 26 4 46 38 28 43 50
#33 Indiana 40 35 25 11 30 30 8 48
#34 Nevada 35 44 12 19 5 44 38 43
#35 Illinois 27 24 39 22 13 24 50 47
#36 Texas 38 37 8 47 21 27 17 46
#37 Michigan 32 36 22 20 40 32 32 29
#38 Pennsylvania 23 38 34 16 29 25 42 44
#39 Arizona 24 43 16 45 12 38 34 39
#40 Ohio 36 41 32 25 23 18 37 40

#41 Kentucky 45 34 45 30 22 9 46 27
#42 South Carolina 41 48 15 39 33 42 18 30
#43 Oklahoma 48 39 36 38 31 34 22 17
#44 Alaska 28 40 50 5 42 50 47 19
#45 Arkansas 49 42 40 41 46 47 20 7
#46 Alabama 46 47 38 48 32 43 25 35
#47 West Virginia 44 45 49 23 50 33 36 45
#48 New Mexico 31 50 46 44 47 49 44 8
#49 Mississippi 50 46 48 49 49 16 45 6
#50 Louisiana 47 49 44 50 44 48 48 42

[foundapeanut]

I wouldn't move to the top 33 Face it, life is what you make it, not some list.