What's the best state in America? Texas or Florida?

A combination of a lot of things, economic, safety, environment, health care, education and so on.

Some things are more important to others individually, think of a ski enthusiast trying to live in Florida or a surfer trying to live in Colorado.

When looking at large populations of people, 3 things like life expectancy, poverty rates, and crime rates for example give a decent outlook on a number of things.

You mentioned rent and gas for San Diego as an economic measure but what does it mean when both Texas and Florida have higher poverty rates then California? Things are more expensive in California but people are paid more, and at the end of the day there’s less poverty.

The average person isn’t doing better economically in Mississippi despite the “cheaper”mortgage or gas, the essentials still wind up being more expensive then it is for a person living in Texas on a Texas salary.

 

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ole magnolia > San Diego

Spoiler

 

WalletHub just released its report on

2023’s Happiest Cities in America​

The ranking is based on 30 key indicators of happiness, ranging from the depression rate to the income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day.

there are no Tx / Fla cities ranked in the top 10; can't be that happy if you live in the highest uninsured states, or in area w one of the highest % of homeless

highest ranking Tx city is Plano at 29th place; for Fla, Pembroke Pines at 37th place.​

Fremont, CA is ranked the happiest city in American, a repeat of 2022. there are 4 Calif cities in the top 10, i live in the 6th happiest city in America, Irvine, CA,
which has also been ranked (by other publications) as the most diverse and safest city,

 

Can’t we have both?

 

I nominate that this is the funniest post of the year! Lol

 

Houston is more diverse than Irvine.

 

what's Houston's demographics makeup?


for Irvine, it is as follows:

American Indian/Alaska Native 0.2%
Asian 43.6%
Hispanic or Latino 10.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Hispanic Islander 0.4%
Black/African American 1.5%
White 44.9%


Two or more races 7.0%

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Florida doesn't have a state income tax, which at first sounds nice except when you realize how much they ding you everywhere with fees and taxes. Real estate taxes are high, you have to pay a special streamer tax on your Netflix and any other digital streaming channel you get, all the roads are tollways, the sales tax is high, electricity has all these taxes, your drainage is taxed, fees everywhere - freaking $80 to get a 2 year registration sticker for your car - in NY that was $37. The nickle and dime you hear so I think the "no state tax" thing is just hype.

 

Florida is a choice?!

 

This may be shocking, but where I live has nothing to do with whether a state is red or blue.

 

Neither. Florida is a backwards state and Texas has so many crazies.

 

They have clam chowder in Florida and key lime pie in Boston. Imagine that.