3 ms·
Jumbling social, economic and environmental considerations [0] into one overall score seems like a terrible methodology, and politicized. Why not just rate them
by smcin 1y ago
Jumbling social, economic and environmental considerations [0] into one overall score seems like a terrible methodology, and politicized. Why not just rate them on three (or more) separate scores? If we did this on a country level, we'd similarly get inaccurate overall scores for UAE, Qatar and Singapore (or HK SAR or Macau).
Also this methodology is very much for employers not people in general, since it weights infrastructure/power generation (16.2%), way more than cost-of-living/ affordability of housing (2.4%).
[0]: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/how-we-are-choosing-americas-top-states-for-business-in-2025.html https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/how-we-are-choosing-americas...