Massachusetts ranked as the country’s best state to live in - AGAIN

[edjr 6,579]

https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/08/massachusetts-ranked-as-the-countrys-best-state-to-live-in-according-to-wallethub-study.html

 

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Settling into a forever home might take some consideration but a WalletHub study can help determine what state people should live in over others.

WalletHub compared all 50 states across the country to see what benefits and drawbacks there are to living in each state. The website looked at 52 key indicators of livability which range from housing costs and income growth to education rate and quality of hospitals.

Of all 50 states, Massachusetts was ranked as the overall best state in the country to live in.

The state excelled in sub-categories like “Education & Health,” where it ranked first overall. It also was ranked in the overall fourth spot in the “Safety” category. However, Massachusetts ranked in the 44th spot for affordability, meaning that it may not be the best state financially for everyone to live.

Massachusetts also has the highest percent of insured population in the country, and some of the lowest average weekly work hours, contributing to its overall first place ranking.

Neighboring state New Hampshire was the only other New England state to place in the overall top 10 spots. This state earned a seventh spot in the sub-category for “Economy,” beating Massachusetts, which placed 10th in that category.

New Hampshire also ranked first in the sub-category “Lowest Percent of Population Living in Poverty” and fifth in the “Highest Percent of Population Age 25 & Older with a High School Diploma or Higher” category.

As far as the other New England states go, Maine ranked at 11 overall with Vermont ranking at 12. Connecticut ranked at 25 while Rhode Island placed 28. Connecticut was found to have the 46th lowest income growth in the country, which could contribute to its overall mid rank.

The state that WalletHub deemed the worst state to live in is Mississippi. This state ranked 49th overall in the “Economy” category, 50th in “Education & Health” and 49th in “Quality of Life.”

To see how the rest of how each state in the country ranked, click here for the full study findings.

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-live-in/62617

 

We're number 1, we're number 1, stick it in your bum.  

Work smartah, not hardah. Dummies. 

 

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

It has New Jersey as number 2 and new york as number 3…......

[TimmySmith 2,782]

5 minutes ago, edjr said:

https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/08/massachusetts-ranked-as-the-countrys-best-state-to-live-in-according-to-wallethub-study.html

 

We're number 1, we're number 1, stick it in your bum.  

Work smartah, not hardah. Dummies. 

 

Not to mention ramp up taxes and home prices to keep those....ahem.....living in poverty, to a minimum.

[posty 2,652]

1 minute ago, MTSkiBum said:

It has New Jersey as number 2 and new york as number 3…......

Pfft, that right there should invalidate the list completely...

[jerryskids 6,649]

4 minutes ago, edjr said:

https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/08/massachusetts-ranked-as-the-countrys-best-state-to-live-in-according-to-wallethub-study.html

 

We're number 1, we're number 1, stick it in your bum.  

 

How can your quality of life be #6 if affordability is #44?  It's expensive as hell, yet people have more disposable income regardless?  Perhaps it is the rush hour traffic around Boston, or the subzero winter winds?  Or Cape Cod for the 0.1% that can afford it?  Maybe their efficiency at keeping minorities out of suburbs?  It's a mystery.  

[Hawkeye21 2,388]

I'll stick with the Midwest

[TimmySmith 2,782]

1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

How can your quality of life be #6 if affordability is #44? 

Because you aren't surrounded by those people who are......uhhhh.......living in poverty. 

[edjr 6,579]

3 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

How can your quality of life be #6 if affordability is #44?  It's expensive as hell, yet people have more disposable income regardless?  Perhaps it is the rush hour traffic around Boston, or the subzero winter winds?  Or Cape Cod for the 0.1% that can afford it?  Maybe their efficiency at keeping minorities out of suburbs?  It's a mystery.  

we smartah and richah, that's why. 

[TimmySmith 2,782]

2 minutes ago, edjr said:

we smartah and richah, that's why. 

The result of which has made Mass inhospitable to those........errrrr........who are living in poverty. 

[jerryskids 6,649]

3 minutes ago, edjr said:

we smartah and richah, that's why. 

I wanted to work in that annoying accent which automatically moves you to #57 in the United States of Obama, but I wasn't feeling the muse. 

[edjr 6,579]

Just now, jerryskids said:

I wanted to work in that annoying accent which automatically moves you to #57 in the United States of Obama, but I wasn't feeling the muse. 

    Oh it is so annoying. I can't stand people with terrible, stupid Boston accents. When I meet people they think I have one, I try my best to not speak like a losah. You ain't heard a bad accent till you've lived here you're whole life.

[jerryskids 6,649]

1 minute ago, edjr said:

    Oh it is so annoying. I can't stand people with terrible, stupid Boston accents. When I meet people they think I have one, I try my best to not speak like a losah. You ain't heard a bad accent till you've lived here you're whole life.

In all seriousness, in my four years there every time I heard a girl talk in that accent, no matter how cute, she approached near non-draft status.  It was comparable to a heavy smoker to me.  In each case copious amounts of alcohol were required.   

[edjr 6,579]

14 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

In all seriousness, in my four years there every time I heard a girl talk in that accent, no matter how cute, she approached near non-draft status.  It was comparable to a heavy smoker to me.  In each case copious amounts of alcohol were required.   

Most of my aunts, from various places, all talked that way. I made fun of them all the time. it really makes people sound dumb

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,958]

35 minutes ago, edjr said:

https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/08/massachusetts-ranked-as-the-countrys-best-state-to-live-in-according-to-wallethub-study.html

 

We're number 1, we're number 1, stick it in your bum.  

Work smartah, not hardah. Dummies. 

 

 

29 minutes ago, MTSkiBum said:

It has New Jersey as number 2 and new york as number 3…......

Brought to you by the Boston Globe, the New York Times and Massachusetts live. 

Putin also thinks Russia has the world's greatest military and will take Ukraine in a week.  The Ministry of Defense tells him so. 

[jerryskids 6,649]

6 minutes ago, edjr said:

Most of my aunts, from various places, all talked that way. I made fun of them all the time. it really makes people sound dumb

I remain friends with many people back there; thankfully it is mostly Facebook at this point so I don't need to listen to them speak.   

[iam90sbaby 2,529]

41 minutes ago, MTSkiBum said:

It has New Jersey as number 2 and new york as number 3…......

Yep, list is bullsh!t

[Baker Boy 1,694]

I think this is a better indicator.
 

Top 10 states in percent growth, 2020 to 2021

State, percent growth

1. Idaho, 2.9%

2. Utah, Montana, 1.7%

4. Arizona, 1.4%

5. South Carolina, Delaware, 1.2%

7. Texas, 1.1%

8. Florida, Nevada, 1%

10. South Dakota, 0.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

[TBayXXXVII 2,500]

43 minutes ago, MTSkiBum said:

It has New Jersey as number 2 and new york as number 3…......

 

42 minutes ago, posty said:

Pfft, that right there should invalidate the list completely...

As far as everyday life in the sense of how close are places near you?  I have no complaints.  Virtually no one, even in the south where people like to make fun of NJ for as being out in the boonies, has to drive more than 2 miles to a grocery store or a doctor or Urgent care.  There tons of places to eat within 2 miles, no matter where you're at.  You're never more than 5 miles from a pharmacy or store.

[TBayXXXVII 2,500]

46 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

How can your quality of life be #6 if affordability is #44?  It's expensive as hell, yet people have more disposable income regardless?  Perhaps it is the rush hour traffic around Boston, or the subzero winter winds?  Or Cape Cod for the 0.1% that can afford it?  Maybe their efficiency at keeping minorities out of suburbs?  It's a mystery.  

Probably because they've priced out the criminal element.  They don't have to spend a lot on crime prevention.  

[TimmySmith 2,782]

2 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Probably because they've priced out the criminal element.  They don't have to spend a lot on crime prevention.  

Those living in poverty!!   

[jerryskids 6,649]

45 minutes ago, TimmySmith said:

Because you aren't surrounded by those people who are......uhhhh.......living in poverty. 

 

1 minute ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Probably because they've priced out the criminal element.  They don't have to spend a lot on crime prevention.  

Yes, these are what I was alluding to.  New England has had multiple centuries to master the art form of liberal racism; it helps that their neighborhoods were all established when racism was the norm.  They love their minorities; here is a ton of tax money to take care of them!!!  And by "take care of" they mean keep them in Roxbury and the FOCK out of their neighborhoods.   

[edjr 6,579]

6 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Probably because they've priced out the criminal element.  They don't have to spend a lot on crime prevention.  

I can speak for my city.

Is Gloucester MA a safe place to live?

 

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Compared to communities within Massachusetts, Gloucester's crime rate is lower than nearly 57% of the state's cities and towns. It is for these reasons that Gloucester is ranked as one of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.

All you hoodlums stay where you are. 

[iam90sbaby 2,529]

41 minutes ago, Baker Boy said:

I think this is a better indicator.
 

Top 10 states in percent growth, 2020 to 2021

State, percent growth

1. Idaho, 2.9%

2. Utah, Montana, 1.7%

4. Arizona, 1.4%

5. South Carolina, Delaware, 1.2%

7. Texas, 1.1%

8. Florida, Nevada, 1%

10. South Dakota, 0.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

I think this one is a better indicator 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_African-American_population

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1 hour ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

 

Brought to you by the Boston Globe, the New York Times and Massachusetts live. 

Putin also thinks Russia has the world's greatest military and will take Ukraine in a week.  The Ministry of Defense tells him so. 

The assessment was done by Wallethub, dummy.

[Engorgeous George 2,236]

And if the metrics were changed to not award a state for having elitist schools teaching liberal dogma and instead valued good BBQ, freshness of shrimp in their markets, affordability of housing, and proximity to Brett Favre's home Mississippi would be number one.  Who cares?  

 

My metrics would be affordability, safety, health care, noninterference by government or neighbors, the highest percentage of females  with less than 10% body fat and a casual moral attitude towards giving a break to older guys who have let themselves go. 

[TBayXXXVII 2,500]

32 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

And if the metrics were changed to not award a state for having elitist schools teaching liberal dogma and instead valued good BBQ, freshness of shrimp in their markets, affordability of housing, and proximity to Brett Favre's home Mississippi would be number one.  Who cares?  

 

My metrics would be affordability, safety, health care, noninterference by government or neighbors, the highest percentage of females  with less than 10% body fat and a casual moral attitude towards giving a break to older guys who have let themselves go. 

Soooo.... Florida is #1, Texas #2, and the other 50 states are tied at 50?

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3 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Soooo.... Florida is #1, Texas #2, and the other 50 states are tied at 50?

Tied at 48 actually, there are only 50 states

[JustinCharge 2,397]

texas needs to move a lot of migrants to massachusetts since its so nice.  equality and all.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

37 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

And if the metrics were changed to not award a state for having elitist schools teaching liberal dogma and instead valued good BBQ, freshness of shrimp in their markets, affordability of housing, and proximity to Brett Favre's home Mississippi would be number one.  Who cares?  

 

My metrics would be affordability, safety, health care, noninterference by government or neighbors, the highest percentage of females  with less than 10% body fat and a casual moral attitude towards giving a break to older guys who have let themselves go. 

health care?  if you need anything serious done, just fly to India.  Who cares about what is in the states?

[Strike 5,329]

Whenever I'm considering my next life changing move, I always consult some website I've never heard of like "Wallethub" before making my decision.

[TBayXXXVII 2,500]

9 minutes ago, vomit said:

Tied at 48 actually, there are only 50 states

The answer is either 50 or 3.  Tied for last or tied for next.  Whichever you prefer, 48 is definitely wrong.  To say 48 would imply that the next one is 49.

[supermike80 1,865]

Michigan 30th.   Good.  It's terrible here.  Stay the fock out

[Hawkeye21 2,388]

3 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Michigan 30th.   Good.  It's terrible here.  Stay the fock out

Too cold for too long for most people.  I wouldn't worry about getting overrun.  Same here in Iowa.

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57 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

The answer is either 50 or 3.  Tied for last or tied for next.  Whichever you prefer, 48 is definitely wrong.  To say 48 would imply that the next one is 49.

Its 3.  Looks like we both foxked up

[TBayXXXVII 2,500]

10 minutes ago, vomit said:

Its 3.  Looks like we both foxked up

It happens.  

[MDC 7,223]

15 of the bottom 20 are red states. lol

[TimmySmith 2,782]

2 hours ago, vomit said:

Tied at 48 actually, there are only 50 states

57!