Net Liabilities / Assets Per Resident for Each State (Atkinson: college, income)

[jdhpa]

https://www.truthinaccounting.org/li...oklet-2021.pdf

New Hampshire comes in the 25th spot, with $-4800 per resident. Connecticut comes out worst ($-62,500 per resident), Alaska comes out best ($55,100 per resident).

Interesting that 4 of the top 10 states with the best finances have no state income tax, and 0 of the bottom 10 states with the worst finances have no state income tax. Almost like there's an inverse correlation between having a state income tax and how well the state is run.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by jdhpa

https://www.truthinaccounting.org/li...oklet-2021.pdf

New Hampshire comes in the 25th spot, with $-4800 per resident. Connecticut comes out worst ($-62,500 per resident), Alaska comes out best ($55,100 per resident).

Interesting that 4 of the top 10 states with the best finances have no state income tax, and 0 of the bottom 10 states with the worst finances have no state income tax. Almost like there's an inverse correlation between having a state income tax and how well the state is run.

Those results are not surprising.

[Nonesuch]

Bottom 5 worst include MA, NJ and as mentioned above, CT.

NH is the highest ranked of New England, and pretty good relative to the rest of the northeast:

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by Nonesuch

Bottom 5 worst include MA, NJ and as mentioned above, CT.

NH is the highest ranked of New England, and pretty good relative to the rest of the northeast:

Most of our arrogant neighbors are in the bottom 10: New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Jersey.

[Yelling_at_Birds]

It's almost as if the closer one gets to NYC, the ****tier everything becomes. It's a shame that pit stands in between New England and the rest of the US.

[KCZ]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

Most of our arrogant neighbors are in the bottom 10: New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Jersey.

Those arrogant neighbors are moving up here in droves. It won't be long before NH looks like those other states.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by Yelling_at_Birds

It's almost as if the closer one gets to NYC, the ****tier everything becomes. It's a shame that pit stands in between New England and the rest of the US.

The New York City metro is what I call flyover country.

[robr2]

Keep in mind that if NH, especially southern NH, wasn't geographically and economically tied to greater Boston, it would not be a very affluent state. NH dropped to 37 in a CNBC poll for business friendliness from 25th last year. NH high cost of living, inability to keep or attract college graduates, and a quickly aging population are factors in businesses not locating there.