Quality of life is a major factor in where Americans choose to work, live and make major purchases including homes. These states are the nation's worst.
And, like all apolitical stances, that comes from a massive position of privilege. You can dismiss things as “politics” because they aren’t about your fundamental existence. Others can’t because “politics” becomes about their fundamental right to exist or what happens if they have a medical emergency.
And that ignores that “inclusiveness” is less than 14% of the weighting in this study/article. Those states are hellholes for more reasons than just “politics”. It is just that so much of those issues are fundamentally linked since it takes a special kind of stupid to think ANY of this hate is the top priority.
And, like all apolitical stances, that comes from a massive position of privilege. You can dismiss things as “politics” because they aren’t about your fundamental existence. Others can’t because “politics” becomes about their fundamental right to exist or what happens if they have a medical emergency.
And that ignores that “inclusiveness” is less than 14% of the weighting in this study/article. Those states are hellholes for more reasons than just “politics”. It is just that so much of those issues are fundamentally linked since it takes a special kind of stupid to think ANY of this hate is the top priority.