I'll spare you the effort of going through this because I went through the methodology behind it: Qualify of life is based on 7 factors: Natural Environment (

I'll spare you the effort of going through this because I went through the methodology behind it: Qualify of life is based on 7 factors: Natural Environment (50%): - Drinking Water Quality (13th) - Low Industrial Toxins (20th) - Low Pollution Health Risk (45th) - Urban Air Quality (50th) Social Involvement (50%): - Community Engagement (44th) - Social Support (38th) - Voter participation (49th) The whole Social Involvement section, which is 50% of QOL, is basically completely bunk. The first two are based off surveys that I'm sure have methodology issues, and who cares about voter participation? My quality of life isn't affected by whether or not my neighbor votes in the presidential election of which your vote in California has no impact. I also have no doubt if voter participation was adjusted for demographics, named age and race, California wouldn't do so badly. The air quality stuff is fair game, but California is a big state and there are lots of places with better air, in addition to the fact that I can think of 50 things which impact my "qualify of life" more than the things listed: Traffic, Parks, Restaurants, Walkability, Bikability, etc.