> It would not surprise me if the easiest places to live have identical demographics and characteristics as the hardest places to live. I think a big part of t

> It would not surprise me if the easiest places to live have identical demographics and characteristics as the hardest places to live. I think a big part of the problem is that the article explicitly uses "demographics and characteristics" to determine difficulty of living, so the above statement is false by definition. I think you do make a good point though, unfortunately, I'm not sure how to phrase it any better.