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Almost 1 out of every 5 people in Louisiana live in poverty. And in the US the poverty line is set very very low.

Parts of Louisiana and some of the other surrounding states look like a third world country.

Texas. It has every shit policy and politician that Louisiana does, but without expanded medicaid and with toll roads every five feet while every car on the road is trying to kill you.

Louisiana sucks, but at least it's chill.

Best State: financially secure enough to pay bills and occassional emergencies while also affording vacations/hobbies.

Worst States: poor and homeless.

the states/cities with the highest costs typically score the highest on 'quality of life' indexes, and the poorest, the worst.

it's really a matter of money, and if you have enough to sustain the cost of living in a higher cost area that affords a higher quality of life.

Best: state of denial

The best states have healthcare for all incomes, as best they can in the current broken system. They also have other healthy values like school meals for all, right to repair laws, and paid sick and family leave. Once people are not trapped by the artificial scarcity, or even understand it all better, we can make better decisions and be happier, healthier, which improves society overall.

this is going to be very dependent on city vs non city people. like I have to a have a good public tranis system with a metro line.

As someone who has never lived outside of Illinois except for a very brief time- I would guess it doesn't matter as much what state you live in so long as you live in or close to a major metro area, like Chicago for me, where you can benefit from democrat policy and experience different cultures.

Basically look at a population density map, or of counties that voted dem (who ran again?) over Trump, and you will find better neighborhoods, better schools, better infrastructure, and higher cost of living of course because nice things aren't free. These are the places in the USA you'd want to live.

I would rather live in one of Texas' big cities than a small town in any state. Rural or small town areas are depressing and the people who have lived their whole lives in it have no idea.

I've been to every state and found something beautiful to love about each one, but California is the best of them by such a wide margin it isn't even a competition.

I'm biased cause I grew up there, but western Washington is very nice.

Denial.

The state that most people in America live.

Best state is the Interstate 75, northbound, because it means you're leaving the states behind.

Best state: enlightenment Worst state: Denial

the memes says ohio

I feel like context is important. I live in NY and it’s pretty great, but super expensive. I’ve heard California is nicer but even more expensive. Minnesota was really nice when I went there and more affordable, but the winters are pretty harsh.

Worst state is gonna be like Mississippi or some other southern backwater. A friend of mine moved to Georgia and he works three jobs and still makes less money than me. Apparently there’s not much to do there either.

I like living in the state where my stuff is and where most of the things I go to are.

None.

Nowadays not even Hawaii (which I would have answered until 20 years ago)

Alive. If you're not alive, then, dam. If you are, then you have to cope with living in the USA

My favorite so far has been New Hampshire - lots of space, beautiful forests, cool summers, low taxes, and the general libertarian attitude. I don't really have a least favorite. Even the ones that I felt weren't right for me had their appeal. California was the one I had the strongest negative reaction to. The extent of homelessness in the Bay Area was shocking, but on the other hand the climate was absolutely heavenly. (The two facts are not unrelated.)