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Eh... I don't have a problem with the top 5 and the bottom 5. Seems pretty spot on TBH.
Thre's no way to do it in a really meaningful objective way. For example, Nevada is #1 in the infrastructure category. How can you compare infrastructure in Nevada to New York? it's meaningless.
That being said, it seems like the list prioritizes safety, education, and health above all. That's a fair list for the USnews target audience
Who are all the folks dashing to move to New Hampshire and Nebraska, for example?
No shade to those living in those states, they both have a few incredible areas.
But all in all, these states offer little incentives to real world people looking to move there. Like a big city, on fire economy, high paying jobs, great weather, location, amazing attractions...
The other states in the top 10 make reasonable sense to me. But those 2 stand out.
I know of no one, that I can ever recall, who moved to New Hampshire or Nebraska, due to a job offer or "because they are the best states."
Who are all the folks dashing to move to New Hampshire and Nebraska, for example?
No shade to those living in those states, they both have a few incredible areas.
But all in all, these states offer little incentives to real world people looking to move there. Like a big city, on fire economy, high paying jobs, great weather, location, amazing attractions...
The other states in the top 10 make reasonable sense to me. But those 2 stand out.
I know of no one, that I can ever recall, who moved to New Hampshire or Nebraska, due to a job offer or "because they are the best states."
Just sayin'.
NH has plenty of access to high paying jobs, they’re just not strictly in NH
southern NH isn't bad if you stay away from areas touching Massachatwo****s.
Its like living in the shadow of Mordor.
Once you get north of Concord there's a good chance of snow on the ground four or five months of the year. But there's more personal freedoms which make life a lot more tolerable.
We take "Live free or die" seriously here.
there's virtually no difference between SE NH and NE MA at this point other than 2a and cannabis laws. Culturally they're in the same regions. Manchester is a crummy and depressing city. I'd easily put it below places like Lowell, Worcester, or New Bedford MA. Nashua is pretty decent.
Further north you go the more you get the real natural beauty and rural lifestyle. I agree that Concord is pretty much a good cutoff point
Just because places aren’t growing as fast doesn’t mean they’re not some of the absolute best places to live once you get there.
Highest growth in no way translates into best livability, not even close.
I'd put PA in the low 30s. I understand the state is very blighted, and not too well off outside the core areas of Pittsburgh and Philly suburbs. But 40 seems low for PA. IN above PA?
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