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California Has the Worst Quality of Life in the US

babygoat 9y ago
And North Dakota has the best? Are you sure you all know what you're measuring?
melling 9y ago
Fox News says the quality of life in the big liberal state of California is horrible. I hope Peter Thiel creates another conservative news network. Fox News is too much.
- protonimitate 9y ago
  Should probably click the link before commenting, fox news didn't conduct the study or come up with the rankings - us news did. It also breaks down into different categories, one of which is quality of life.
  - melling 9y ago
    Is California a "Failed State?" That's the headline on the front page of Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com http://www.foxnews.com I don't think you understand how Fox News works. "Bigger than WaterGate!!!!" "Liberals on notice!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4xF7FW3_MM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4xF7FW3_MM
sharemywin 9y ago
California was ranked #32 overall.
- sharemywin 9y ago
  If your going call out California probably should do they same for all the last place finishers... Mississippi Healthcare #50 New Mexico Education #50 Alaska Economy #50 Louisiana Opportunity #50 West Virginia Infrastructure #50 Alaska Crime & Corrections #50 Illinois Fiscal Stability #50 Louisiana Over all #50
  - CodeWriter23 9y ago
    And you might also want to drill down to the criteria used for measuring the “Quality of Life” rating. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/quality-of-life https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/quality-of-...
adsfaskdfHello 9y ago
I agree that the headline of the article is a bit misleading. According to the US News ranking where this report gets its data from, California finished #32 overall. Given that, I don't disagree that California's quality of life is terrible. I would think that US News is aggregating this data based on the whole of California, and given that the homeless rate in California is among the highest and that tech constantly pushes up cost of living, it makes sense that California would be ranked so poorly overall. I would assume that most of HN is full of those working in tech, so while you may not personally see California as having poor quality of life in your own lives, that doesn't necessarily hold true for the majority of the state.

And North Dakota has the best? Are you sure you all know what you're measuring?

Fox News says the quality of life in the big liberal state of California is horrible. I hope Peter Thiel creates another conservative news network. Fox News is too much.

protonimitate 9y ago
Should probably click the link before commenting, fox news didn't conduct the study or come up with the rankings - us news did. It also breaks down into different categories, one of which is quality of life.
- melling 9y ago
  Is California a "Failed State?" That's the headline on the front page of Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com http://www.foxnews.com I don't think you understand how Fox News works. "Bigger than WaterGate!!!!" "Liberals on notice!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4xF7FW3_MM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4xF7FW3_MM

sharemywin 9y ago

California was ranked #32 overall.

sharemywin 9y ago
If your going call out California probably should do they same for all the last place finishers... Mississippi Healthcare #50 New Mexico Education #50 Alaska Economy #50 Louisiana Opportunity #50 West Virginia Infrastructure #50 Alaska Crime & Corrections #50 Illinois Fiscal Stability #50 Louisiana Over all #50
- CodeWriter23 9y ago
  And you might also want to drill down to the criteria used for measuring the “Quality of Life” rating. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/quality-of-life https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/quality-of-...

adsfaskdfHello 9y ago

I agree that the headline of the article is a bit misleading. According to the US News ranking where this report gets its data from, California finished #32 overall. Given that, I don't disagree that California's quality of life is terrible. I would think that US News is aggregating this data based on the whole of California, and given that the homeless rate in California is among the highest and that tech constantly pushes up cost of living, it makes sense that California would be ranked so poorly overall. I would assume that most of HN is full of those working in tech, so while you may not personally see California as having poor quality of life in your own lives, that doesn't necessarily hold true for the majority of the state.