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I’m aware that, at the moment, Florida is deemed unsafe for people to travel to, but what is generally the worst state to live in? Factors such as education, religious extremism, crime, cost of food, healthcare, and access to other resources are relevant. Will “Deep South” states remain one of the worst places to live in due to traditionalism, or are more progressive states bound to grow worse?

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

IIRC Louisiana is at the bottom of most lists in the US for all kinds of factors, including financial. Florida (of course) and Texas are in a race to the bottom, each having a horrible ghoul of a Governor and an insane, FAR right government that leans so hard on its culture war that you'd think it had a stilt on just the other foot. California has two urban centers with a cost of living so damn high that you need a 30 year mortgage for a tent in ditch.

Here in my home of Illinois, taxes were jacked up to fix a budget so corruptly mismanaged that the State was so broke that it broke broke, and where there's an even chance that any given governor from the last 50 years was convicted of a felony. And my home city of Chicago has a police union so crooked and powerful that they're basically the government, and the mistreatment of the poor has kicked murder rates up to record levels. Again. At least our food is awesome though - suck it NYC.

Oh and New York sucks for poorly defined (by us Chicagoans) reasons, but especially their Pizza, and all their sports teams.

[-] Desistance@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I live in Louisiana, can confirm. Median income is less than 50k a year. The legislature doesn't really want to fix anything or tax big business. The parishes relies on federal dollars to move the needle because they can't get much of anything out of the state and local tax dollars only go so far. The state is now losing 20k people a year since 2020.

[-] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Ya'll do make a lovely casserole.

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