For My Moving Minded Friends

Always subjective and tweakable but still interesting. It's called a "Livability Index" (whatever that means). Poor ol' Mississippi. Curiously, Hawaii has the best rating of the non-frost belt states. From personal experience, I'd agree with the high ratings for Vermont and Minnesota and better than average ones for Massachusetts and Nebraska. I could easily see living in Utah too.

Best States to Live (Most Recent) By State - Statemaster

1 New Hampshire: 35.45
2 Minnesota: 33.86
3 Vermont: 31.73
4 Wyoming: 31.61
5 Virginia: 31.57
( A few more here . . . )

46 West Virginia: 19.64
47 Tennessee: 19.50
48 Arkansas: 19.25
49 Louisiana: 17.25
50 Mississippi: 16.11

For My Moving Minded Friends

Always subjective and tweakable but still interesting. It's called a "Livability Index" (whatever that means). Poor ol' Mississippi. Curiously, Hawaii has the best rating of the non-frost belt states. From personal experience, I'd agree with the high ratings for Vermont and Minnesota and better than average ones for Massachusetts and Nebraska. I could easily see living in Utah too.

Best States to Live (Most Recent) By State - Statemaster

1 New Hampshire: 35.45
2 Minnesota: 33.86
3 Vermont: 31.73
4 Wyoming: 31.61
5 Virginia: 31.57
( A few more here . . . )

46 West Virginia: 19.64
47 Tennessee: 19.50
48 Arkansas: 19.25
49 Louisiana: 17.25
50 Mississippi: 16.11