OT: Joan Is A Lucky Gal. :-D

BryanGSimmons

2025-01-11 14:17:59 UTC

Yup... Nashville is rated "best to live"...
"Nashville, Tennessee was voted the best city to live in..."
Chicago, a blue state craphole, is near the bottom...
In the last few years, I've known about ten peeps who have moved to
Nashville...
Unca Tojo fares pretty well, too...
"According to the survey, the top five states to live in are North
Carolina, Montana, South Carolina, Maine and Hawaii..."
Survey of best states to live places - Illinois near bottom
www.thecentersquare.com
"(The Center Square) – A real estate company has released the results of
a survey of the best states to live in and Illinois is not one of
them...
Clever Real Estate asked 1,000 Americans to rate the U.S. states on nine
quality-of-life metrics. Each respondent answered 25 questions related
to where they live, which states they prefer...
Researcher Jamie Seale said Illinois placed 48th in the ranking, ahead
of only New Jersey and New York...
“Illinois has pretty high taxes and when people respond to our questions
about what makes a state desirable, it’s low cost-of-living and low
taxes, and so they are going to maybe prefer a state like Florida or
Texas,” said Seale...

Florida is mostly awful. Same for Texas. They are especially bad in
the summer.

Recent U-Haul migration trends data on growth states recapping one-way
customer moves places Illinois near the bottom of states. Growth states
are ranked by their net gain or loss of U-Haul customers, calculated via
one-way arrivals that began in other states and one-way departures for
other states. According to the report, Illinois ranked 45th in the
country...
Some of Illinois’ neighbors fared well in Clever’s survey, including
Kentucky at No. 8 and Missouri at No. 10...

Missouri has outdoor appeal during the spring and fall, and even summer
if you're getting into the water. I'm in love with Shannon County.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_County,_Missouri

According to the survey, the top five states to live in are North
Carolina, Montana, South Carolina, Maine and Hawaii...

Montana and Maine are both too damned cold. Hawaii is too damned
expensive, and has huge cockroaches. The Carolinas are nice, as is Georgia.

Clever also asked about the top cities in the country with Chicago
placing 5th from the bottom ahead of only Riverside, California,
Cleveland, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan...
Nashville, Tennessee was voted the best city to live in..."

Why don't you move then? The only major attractions Chicago has are the
museums, and they are only an Amtrak away from St. Louis. It's a bit
cheaper to live here too, rent wise. Richmond Heights is lower rent
than Evanston, and is no further from your extended family.
https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/richmond-heights-st-louis-mo/rankings/
The weather is a bit nicer in Nashville than St. Louis.
We'll likely stay here in STL during the non-winter months, just because
of family, and the southwest corridor (Clayton, Richmond Heights,
Maplewood, Webster, Kirkwood...) is high quality of life.

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