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I personally don't think quality of life equates with business friendliness though, which is the biggest flaw of the list.
Business friendliness in terms of low taxes and cost of living means nothing if you're having trouble attracting talent or business itself due to the low wages or the poor infrastructure.
See Mississippi on one end of the spectrum, and a state like New York on the other. Although New York isn't as business friendly, NYC is still the economic capital of the country due to all of the amenities it offers. Meanwhile, while Mississippi is extremely business friendly, it's one of the poorest states in the union economically because of its poor infrastructure.
"Business Friendly" in code for "Right to Work". Union busting states love that term.
It generally translates into low wages for middle and working class people.
"Business Friendly" in code for "Right to Work". Union busting states love that term.
It generally translates into low wages for middle and working class people.
Not exactly democracy in action.
MS is a poor and repressed state.
Oh really? See how it was working out for people in Michigan BEFORE Right to Work. Try again..
Lastly.. Right to work does not BAN Unions as most of you people love to suggest. In states like this all it means is that if a Union wants you to join them they have to WORK FOR YOU and thus the worker. Why is that so wrong? If they do good by their workers Unions can and will thrive.
If more people agreed, there would be tons of people in N. Dakota, Maine, Hawaii, Minnesota, Vermont...but those are all low population states. I woldn't want to live in any of them except Hawaii due to climate. Hawaii is superexpensive and life is limited by the small islands so wouldn't want to live ther for very long either.
If more people agreed, there would be tons of people in N. Dakota, Maine, Hawaii, Minnesota, Vermont...but those are all low population states. I woldn't want to live in any of them except Hawaii due to climate. Hawaii is superexpensive and life is limited by the small islands so wouldn't want to live ther for very long either.
Great analysis! If more people agreed with you the country would continue its tailspin in crime, healthcare, and education -- things that the best QOL states all fare very well in. Also, places like California, Texas and Florida would be the best places to live in the country because they are the most populated. Similarly, India, China and Pakistan are supposedly the best countries to live in the world because they are the most populous.
P.S. Minnesota has about 5.5 million people, which is what the population of Washington state was 15 years ago. Did you think Washington had a low population and low popularity then?
Last edited by Min-Chi-Cbus; 07-13-2013 at 09:11 AM..
Oh really? See how it was working out for people in Michigan BEFORE Right to Work.
Michigan's problem is that it was a one-industry state (Automotive), not so much that it wasn't Right-to-Work.
The same thing that happened in Michigan would happened in Right-to-Work/extremely conservative Texas if the Oil Industry were to ever collapse (which it KIND OF did in the 1970s).
But using the same logic, you could say low taxes and low cost of living isn't the only thing businesses care about when deciding if a place is "business-friendly."
Michigan's problem is that it was a one-industry state (Automotive), not so much that it wasn't Right-to-Work.
The same thing that happened in Michigan would happened in Right-to-Work/extremely conservative Texas if the Oil Industry were to ever collapse (which it KIND OF did in the 1970s).
This was happening for a number of years and thus way before the Automotive collapse. RegardlessSheena12 is way off the mark and wrong.
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