Totals: It might be a nasty 12 months for California's crazy and complicated population if the “naughty or nice” fable matches a recent poll.
Source: My trusty spreadsheet used a vacation lens to investigate a survey from Clever Real Estate that asked 1,000 Americans what they thought concerning the 50 states. As a part of this research, nine quality of life metrics and an opinion-based scorecard for the “best place to live” were created. These results were translated as “naughty” for bad results and “nice” for good ones.
Topline
And California's predominant competitor? Texas is tenth naughtiest and Florida is twelfth.
The most beautiful states on this popularity contest are North Carolina, Montana and South Carolina.
Details
The poll found a transparent love-hate relationship for California.
The state claimed three of essentially the most indecent features as its own.
It received essentially the most votes because the least desirable state. North Carolina got the fewest. California also has the craziest residents, while New Hampshire is the least crazy. Golden Staters are essentially the most pretentious, Nebraska the least.
But strangely enough, California can be the second most “desirable” state. Talk about divided opinions! The most desirable state is Florida and the worst is Nebraska.
Also, oddly enough, California has the sixth hottest residents. The most beautiful are in Hawaii, the worst live in Nevada.
There were other bad results for California as well.
Like #2 for “most annoying residents,” with New York being essentially the most and Montana being the least. Or #3 for “rudest residents,” with New York again being #1 and Nebraska being the least.
In addition, California received a “mh” rating for “most underestimated” at number 29. First place is Colorado and last place is Missouri – and maybe surprisingly “countryside” at number 32. The best is Hawaii. Iowa is the worst.
Conclusion
Are there any serious economic lessons to be learned from this otherwise fun “naughty vs. nice” results list?
Let's take a look at the general rating of this popularity survey in comparison with other recent business trends surveys.
The worst states, like California, have average incomes 5% higher and supply 17% more employee advantages.
But the associated fee of living in these unpleasant places is 4% higher, tax rates are 8% higher, so the benefit of doing business is 20% less.
Nevertheless, the naughty states have more inhabitants, a median of 11 to 4.4 million. So if population size is a measure of recognition, the “most beautiful” states could also be more about hopes than reality.
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