CNBC published the website’s rankings of the top ten “best states” and “worst states” to live and work last week. It’s really just two separate lists of blue states versus red states put together for leftists (and probably by leftists) where the primary metrics include “inclusiveness” and “reproductive rights.”
The top ten states to live and work in, according to the political analysts at CNBC, include a collection of blue states in New England and the Pacific. In order of last to first, the states ranked were Connecticut, Massachusetts, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Jersey, Maine, and Vermont. Not one has gone red in a presidential election since Colorado voted for George W. Bush in 2004. Beyond that, every other state has remained solidly blue since 1988.
The states ranked “worst” by CNBC, on the other hand, are all in the south and rural Midwest. From last to first, CNBC vilified Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas as the worst places to work and live.
The website’s analysts didn’t even try to hide political biases manipulating their research. CNBC was explicit that rankings hinged upon “inclusive policies on discrimination and reproductive rights,” among other items such as crime and childcare.
A quick glance at where Americans moved in 2022, however, contradicts the alleged disdain for conservative governance portrayed by New Jersey-based CNBC. It turns out the bottom 10 states that CNBC ranked are such decrepit hellscapes that they also happened to be the
