America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023

[Synthaholic]

All Red states. There are reasons for that. Some are the stifling of freedom. Some are government intrusion into personal life and decisions. Some are horrific infrastructure, due to Republican neglect. Some are terrible public services, from electrical grid to policing to the absence of hospitals for long distances.

America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023​

• A critical nationwide worker shortage has companies locating and expanding in places where workers want to live, but culture war politics are complicating the equation.
• CNBC’s annual ranking of state business climates considers Life, Health and Inclusion as one of ten categories of competitiveness.
• The study measures quality of life issues including crime, health care, childcare and health care, as well as inclusive policies on discrimination and reproductive rights.

With nearly twice as many job openings nationwide as there are workers available to fill them, companies are setting up shop where the workers are.

Each year, as part of our overall assessment of state business climates, CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study considers how welcoming each state is to workers and their families.

Life, Health and Inclusion is one of the study’s ten categories of competitiveness. And this year, with the nationwide worker shortage so severe, the category is taking on increased importance in our methodology.

We consider multiple quality of life factors, including crime rates, environmental quality, and health care. We also look at the quality and availability of childcare, which is one of the most important factors in getting parents back into the workforce.

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Louisiana
4. South Carolina
5. Alabama
6. Missouri
7. Indiana
8. Tennessee
9. Arkansas
10. Florida

There are explanations for each choice at the link.

 

[Lemmi]

Pssst! Quit telling Californians how bad it is in Red States like Texas and Florida lest they quit moving there in such huge numbers as they are.

 

[MarathonMike]

This list brought to you by Libdouche CNBC LOL.

 

[mudwhistle]

All Red states. There are reasons for that. Some are the stifling of freedom. Some are government intrusion into personal life and decisions. Some are horrific infrastructure, due to Republican neglect. Some are terrible public services, from electrical grid to policing to the absence of hospitals for long distances.

America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023​

• A critical nationwide worker shortage has companies locating and expanding in places where workers want to live, but culture war politics are complicating the equation.
• CNBC’s annual ranking of state business climates considers Life, Health and Inclusion as one of ten categories of competitiveness.
• The study measures quality of life issues including crime, health care, childcare and health care, as well as inclusive policies on discrimination and reproductive rights.

With nearly twice as many job openings nationwide as there are workers available to fill them, companies are setting up shop where the workers are.

Each year, as part of our overall assessment of state business climates, CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study considers how welcoming each state is to workers and their families.

Life, Health and Inclusion is one of the study’s ten categories of competitiveness. And this year, with the nationwide worker shortage so severe, the category is taking on increased importance in our methodology.

We consider multiple quality of life factors, including crime rates, environmental quality, and health care. We also look at the quality and availability of childcare, which is one of the most important factors in getting parents back into the workforce.

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Louisiana
4. South Carolina
5. Alabama
6. Missouri
7. Indiana
8. Tennessee
9. Arkansas
10. Florida

There are explanations for each choice at the link.

 

[DukeU]

Guess that would explain why people are fleeing blue states for the red ones.

 

[Synthaholic]

Few states have suffered as badly from the scourge of illegal drugs as Arkansas, which has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country, according to FBI statistics. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders blamed the crime problem on lax penalties, as well as prison overcrowding that is forcing the state’s prison system to release some violent offenders before they complete their entire sentences.

Strengths: Childcare, Air Quality

Weaknesses: Crime, Inclusiveness, Reproductive Rights, Health Care

Arkansas has been run by Republicans non-stop since Bill Clinton left to become president in 1992. 31 years. So whose fault is this violent crime rate and illegal drugs? Whose fault is it that there are only 42 dentists per 100,000 citizens?

Republicans.

 

[Synthaholic]

With fewer than 10 licensed childcare facilities per 100,000 residents, the Hoosier State is making it hard for some families to fully participate in the workforce.

Strength: Crime Rate

Weaknesses: Childcare, Inclusiveness

This is really odd. Why so few childcares in Indiana?

 

[Synthaholic]

Missouri’s violent crime rate is among the nation’s highest.


Strength: Air Quality

Weaknesses: Voting Rights, Reproductive Rights, Crime

Plus, who the fuck would want to live in Missouri? That's a shit-hole state.

 

[Lastamender]

All Red states. There are reasons for that. Some are the stifling of freedom. Some are government intrusion into personal life and decisions. Some are horrific infrastructure, due to Republican neglect. Some are terrible public services, from electrical grid to policing to the absence of hospitals for long distances.

America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023​

• A critical nationwide worker shortage has companies locating and expanding in places where workers want to live, but culture war politics are complicating the equation.
• CNBC’s annual ranking of state business climates considers Life, Health and Inclusion as one of ten categories of competitiveness.
• The study measures quality of life issues including crime, health care, childcare and health care, as well as inclusive policies on discrimination and reproductive rights.

With nearly twice as many job openings nationwide as there are workers available to fill them, companies are setting up shop where the workers are.

Each year, as part of our overall assessment of state business climates, CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study considers how welcoming each state is to workers and their families.

Life, Health and Inclusion is one of the study’s ten categories of competitiveness. And this year, with the nationwide worker shortage so severe, the category is taking on increased importance in our methodology.

We consider multiple quality of life factors, including crime rates, environmental quality, and health care. We also look at the quality and availability of childcare, which is one of the most important factors in getting parents back into the workforce.

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Louisiana
4. South Carolina
5. Alabama
6. Missouri
7. Indiana
8. Tennessee
9. Arkansas
10. Florida

There are explanations for each choice at the link.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Why did I even bother to click on this thread?
I already knew it was going to be bullshit when I saw who it came from.

 

[Synthaholic]

Alabama is one of America’s unhealthiest states, with the fourth-highest rate of premature deaths. It is also one of the most difficult states to vote in, with no in-person early voting and restrictions on voting by mail, according to the Center for Election Innovation and Research. Worker protections are limited, as are protections against discrimination.

2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 86 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: F)

Strength: Air Quality

Weaknesses: Voting Rights, Worker Protections, Inclusiveness, Health

Alabama is an awful place. It sucked ass even when I lived there, from 1980-82, in Tuscaloosa, which was about the best place to live in this backward, one-tooth-with-a-pork-and-bean-hanging-off-of-it state.

 

[Flash]

All Red states. There are reasons for that. Some are the stifling of freedom. Some are government intrusion into personal life and decisions. Some are horrific infrastructure, due to Republican neglect. Some are terrible public services, from electrical grid to policing to the absence of hospitals for long distances.

America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023​

• A critical nationwide worker shortage has companies locating and expanding in places where workers want to live, but culture war politics are complicating the equation.
• CNBC’s annual ranking of state business climates considers Life, Health and Inclusion as one of ten categories of competitiveness.
• The study measures quality of life issues including crime, health care, childcare and health care, as well as inclusive policies on discrimination and reproductive rights.

With nearly twice as many job openings nationwide as there are workers available to fill them, companies are setting up shop where the workers are.

Each year, as part of our overall assessment of state business climates, CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business study considers how welcoming each state is to workers and their families.

Life, Health and Inclusion is one of the study’s ten categories of competitiveness. And this year, with the nationwide worker shortage so severe, the category is taking on increased importance in our methodology.

We consider multiple quality of life factors, including crime rates, environmental quality, and health care. We also look at the quality and availability of childcare, which is one of the most important factors in getting parents back into the workforce.

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Louisiana
4. South Carolina
5. Alabama
6. Missouri
7. Indiana
8. Tennessee
9. Arkansas
10. Florida

There are explanations for each choice at the link.

I'm glad Florida made the list.

You stupid Yankees pay heed and don't come here. Stay where you came from where the living is good.

 

[Synthaholic]

South Carolina is an unhealthy state, both at home and on the job. The state has the nation’s fifth-highest rate of occupational deaths, and it finishes in the top ten for frequent physical and mental distress overall. Legal protections for workers are limited, and the state’s violent crime rate also finishes in the top ten.

2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 86 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: F)

Strength: Air Quality

Weaknesses: Health, Worker Protections, Inclusiveness, Crime, Voting Rights

Another state that's been in Republican hands since Fritz Hollings retired 30 years ago. Longer than that, since he was a Senator, and didn't run the state.

Why can't Republicans govern for their citizens?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Ya gotta love these liberal idiots.
They try and claim states like Texas suck yet the stats show that Californians and other blue staters are flocking to Texas and Florida.
How do they come up with their ignorant information?

 

[Lastamender]

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[Synthaholic]

Holy shit!

With just 76 licensed childcare facilities in a state of 4.6 million people, no state does worse than Louisiana in this increasingly important quality of life metric.

Strengths: No metrics in the top 25

Weaknesses: Child Care, Crime, Reproductive Rights

Louisiana is a fucking toilet. Nice folks down in the bayou, and N.O. can be fun, but backward rednecks everywhere else, especially in the upper portions. And of course crime is rampant.

 

[whitehall]

An op-ed from CNBC's Scott Cohn? No support data but lefties love it because it fits in to their scenario. Meanwhile the freakazoid president nuzzles some innocent infant.

 

[DukeU]

Arkansas has been run by Republicans non-stop since Bill Clinton left to become president in 1992. 31 years. So whose fault is this violent crime rate and illegal drugs? Whose fault is it that there are only 42 dentists per 100,000 citizens?

Republicans.

Arkansas' violent crime rate hits all-time high - Axios​

Yes, but: Experts warn the data are flawed. That's because the FBI relies on information reported by 18,000 law enforcement agencies to compile its Uniform Crime Report.

• There are gaps in how crimes are reported and prosecuted — even within the same state.

Context: Arkansas' numbers are probably more accurate overall than much of the country's because of the way the state reports them, Drawve says.

• Arkansas began transitioning to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) methodology in the early 2000s.

• NIBRS is more comprehensive than the historically used Uniform Crime Reporting method. It's still partially used by most states.
• Only 20 states are exclusively using the NIBRS system.

What to watch: All states will begin transitioning to NIBRS reporting beginning this year. But changing methodology takes time and training.

• There will likely be some gaps and anomalies in crime data for the next couple of years.

 

[Synthaholic]

Overall health in Oklahoma is not okay, with one of the nation’s highest rates of drug abuse, and the second-highest rate of people without health insurance.

Strength: Air Quality

Weaknesses: Reproductive Rights, Health, Voting Rights

Run by Republicans forever. Can't blame a single Democrat for this shit.

Again: high drug abuse, bad medical.

People abuse drugs so much in Republican states because they are so shitty to live in.

 

[Lastamender]

Run by Republicans forever. Can't blame a single Democrat for this shit.

Again: high drug abuse, bad medical.

People abuse drugs so much in Republican states because they are so shitty to live in.

The blame goes to both parties. Wise up. Not that I think you have one chance in Hell.