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It is possible to slant information anyway one wants. Is the old is the glass half full or half empty?
There is no getting way from the fact that low taxes result in less state services. That is Economics 101. The two reasons many of us "from off" relocated here is the weather, lower taxes, and a lower cost of living. We did not come for high wages and state services. The worst think we can do is start crying for what is crippling other states.
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I like it how some of you act like you're intellectually superior than the person you're arguing with, and then act like they are 12, namecalling and all.
Seriously? Have you considered calming down ? Please do.
Yac.
Guess it was our turn.
I enjoy that mag but really, it's just a cycle of advertising.
Seccond year in a row ...plus the state got top ten mentions for food ... best beaches ... best small town (Aiken) .. didn't bother to count them all... but my gut says South Carolina was mentioned more in the top 10 categories than any other state in the South
Southern Living just named Charleston the best city in the South.
Southern Living is a pimp for Charleston. It uses her beauty to sell magazines and more advertisements. Charleston should not be treated like a beautiful woman that can be sold for a profit while ignoring the downside of constantly hyping how great it is.
It doesn't seem like a state that has relatively warm winters compared to most states, beaches, mountains, numerous lakes, relatively low cost of living, a ton of retail/restaurants/corporations opening locations, a ton of people relocating to SC, etc can be a 5th worst state to live in if a person has a decent job.
SC's universities get a ton of students from out of state.
And yet, Charleston and Greenville regularly show up on lists of the best cities to live in.
Here in Illinois, there's a huge difference between living in Rockford, Peoria, Naperville, and Chicago. Overall stats about a state can useful in a general way to look at things like financial health at a high level, but we don't move to or live in states - we move to and live in specific towns or cities. Within those places, we live in neighborhoods - there are neighborhoods near me I wouldn't want to live in.
Furthermore, these lists are built on a set of assumptions and prejudices held by those who come up with them, and how they choose and weight their assumptions and prejudices determines the ratings places get. I've decided you have to come up with your own criteria and ratings for what's important to you - and take all these lists with a huge grain of salt.
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