CNBC: Here Are The Ten Worst States to Live In or Start a Business In. They're All, Get This, the Red States Experiencing The Highest In-Migration.

You will not be surprised to learn that one of CNBC's main criteria for deeming a state the "worst" to live in is whether they... allow transexuals in opposite-sex bathrooms.

Bennett's Phylactery
@extradeadjcb
Reasons states wind up on this list (not exaggerating)
1. Not enough abortions
2. Not gay enough
3. "food insecurity"
4. Not enough HR rules
5. Not enough gun laws
6. Not enough therapists
7. Not enough working moms
8. Not enough affirmative action

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
Here are the reasons CNBC ranked Tennessee as "America's Worst Place to Live in 2026."
1. Laws require people to use facilities matching their sex.
2. Localities can't create laws circumventing 1.
3. The Governor designated June "Nuclear Family Month."
4. TN isn't "inclusive," meaning the state knows that men who claim to be women aren't women and should not be treated as such.
Do these sound like negatives to you?
I moved from California to Tennessee in 2022 and it was probably the best decision I've ever made. I love it here.

Chris Queen, PJMedia:

Other than crime rates, which most often occur in red-state cities, which are the bluest areas of said states, the criteria for "quality of life" that CNBC uses are woke as a joke. Environmentalism, free healthcare, unions, and prioritizing the rainbow are what CNBC looked at.

Here are some samples from the report. From the intro:

To score the states for quality of life, we use hard data on factors like crime rates, air quality, and healthcare. We also consider the cost and availability of childcare, inclusiveness of state laws, and reproductive rights. Some states offer exemplary quality of life. But these ten states do not make the grade.

So, abortion, trannies, and DEI. Got it.

For some reason, most people seem to think that states are better off without this agenda.

I have to show you the whole blurb for my home state of Georgia. The wokesters gave us a grade of F, so be proud, Georgians!

Georgia offers few protections for LGBTQ+ people, making it one of America's least inclusive states.
"Georgia still remains a state where there is no place for hate, and I can assure all Georgians of that today," Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said in April, when he signed a bill aimed at protecting religious freedom.
But critics feared the law could be used to permit other types of discrimination, especially because Georgia is another of the five states with no public accommodation law protecting non-disabled people.
The Peach State offers minimal worker protections, particularly when it comes to the right to organize.
Side note: If you're wanting to move from a blue state to the Peach State, don't. We full.
Who's number one in the woke CNBC's ideological penalty box? The Volunteer State. Tennessee dares to offer counterprogramming to Pride Month (GASP)!

Tennessee Republicans, led by Gov. Bill Lee, make no apologies for a rash of state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community, including a so-called "bathroom law" requiring transgender people to use the facilities designated for their sex at birth. The state also explicitly bars localities from adopting their own antidiscrimination ordinances. To underscore the point, Lee signed a resolution earlier this year designating June "Nuclear Family Month."
"The nuclear family, consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children, is God's design for familial structure and has been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world," the resolution states.
Its sponsors deliberately timed the observance to coincide with the month when Tennessee's more than 300,000 LGBTQ+ people celebrate Pride.

I can see this being important if you're a tranny, but what about the other 99% of the population?

Oh right -- normal people just don't count.

The list garnered rich Corinthian mockery.

CNBC faced a wave of online mockery Monday after releasing its annual quality-of-life rankings, which exclusively placed conservative red states in all 10 spots of the "worst places to live" -- even as official U.S. Census data shows some of those states are leading the nation in population growth.
Critics quickly took to social media to call out the outlet for what they alleged as blatant liberal bias embedded in its ranking criteria.
Counting down from the tenth-worst place to the first, CNBC ranked the bottom ten states as Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Missouri, Utah, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee.
All 10 states are Republican-led and voted for President Donald Trump in 2024.
...
The metric also factors heavily in ideological policies, explicitly penalizing states for lack of protections against discrimination and restrictive abortion laws.
...
"CNBC just dropped their 2026 '10 Worst States to Live In' list ... and it's pure comedy," conservative commentator Reverend Jordan Wells wrote on X.
...
The corporate media outlet took direct shots at local conservative legislation across the board.
Tennessee was dinged for the state's "bathroom law" -- which requires transgender individuals to use facilities corresponding with their biological sex at birth -- as well as a law barring localities from passing their own local antidiscrimination ordinances.
...
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately seized on the study, taking to X to point out that every single state on the list leaned red.
"Notice something in common?" Newsom posted.
"All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
However, conservatives and independent commentators noted that everyday Americans are "voting with their feet" against progressive governance.
...
"Actually I noticed something else: The list is a bulls--t list that has nothing to do with quality of life for sane people," countered conservative activist Robby Starbuck, a Tennessee resident. Starbuck, known for successfully leading major corporate boycotts against over-the-top DEI policies, added, "It's all predicated on far left BS... Our states all gained population while YOUR state lost a record amount."
Media personality Patrick Bet-David cited the net migration gains of the states CNBC criticized, noting that Texas added over 67,000 residents and Tennessee added over 42,000.

Yes, the worst places to live are where everyone is moving and the best places to live are actually the left-wing socialist states everyone is moving out of or something. pic.twitter.com/vxzUyJs5A4
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) July 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

2 Texas ranks 2nd to last/worst.

I will wear that as a badge of honor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

4 Oh, Gavin. People in California are deranged. Not all, just most.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (VJX5o)

5 NOOD has been lum'd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)

6 *sort ascending*

FIFY

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (4tXtB)

7 Yes, the south is awful. You’d hate it here! Stay away!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)

8 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)

9 Mornin' Ace -

Kinda Sad that Montana isn't on the Top of that list.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (uzmqU)

10 When did we loose the right to hate people?

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 12:13 PM (UQtCA)

11 I would consider Tennessee. On top of being on top of the worst list, they still allow the drinker's side of the car.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

12 Sometimes you're just going to want to get out of the house to get robbed, gang-raped by ethnic minorities you'd never meet and pissed on when they're done.

Blue States rule!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 12:13 PM (Sco7b)

13 I hope CNN plays this on a constant loop and their 17 viewers take it to heart.

Posted by: LASue at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (lCppi)

14 man they nailed it!! the snakes down here are huge and getting bigger because they like to eat libs!!

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (8uzBS)

15 Please note the preponderance of guns, flags, trucks, and meat.

Feel free to stay away, y'all.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (XuXeR)

16 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.
Posted by: Sponge

Therefore, it's the opposite of reproduction.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

17 It doesn't surprise me. It's a long march through the institutions.

All institutions.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

18 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.

Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

19 CNBC is still around?

Why?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (jehhT)

20 Woo hoo!

Missouri (my state) is in the Top Ten (#7)!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (FZ29D)

21 Its sponsors deliberately timed the observance to coincide with the month when Tennessee's more than 300,000 LGBTQ+ people celebrate Pride.

No. They don't celebrate. They shove their blasphemy down the throats of everyone else against their moral will.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)

22 shhhh

let the normies believe this list

btw Alabama isn't "worst" enough ...what?!?!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (j+aD2)

23 Texas ranks 2nd to last/worst.

I will wear that as a badge of honor.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

We obviously need to try harder.

Free gun handouts? 10 Commandments in schools? Close stores on Sunday? We can do it!

Posted by: LASue at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (lCppi)

24 I concur with this list. Georgia is horrible. No doctors, women barefoot and chained to kitchen and open season on gays. Leftists should not move here.

Posted by: Ripley at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (GUOwU)

25 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

now define 'grooming'

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (8uzBS)

26 many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."

That's funny, as most here don't think of you. Ever.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (XuXeR)

27 > Other than crime rates, which most often occur in red-state cities

Crime stats out of most big cities are as fake as the USSR's crop reports. Nothing but the biggest crimes get timely police attention, so the locals learn smaller crimes aren't worth reporting. We also have recent proof of police leadership in places like DC leaning on first responder officers to downgrade serious crimes in their reports. Lots of cities stopped reporting their stats to the FBI, too.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (mkw2N)

28 but it's gaining population quickly"

We're trying!

/Somalia

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (XuXeR)

29 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.
Posted by: Sponge

Therefore, it's the opposite of reproduction.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)
----
DE-production.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (FZ29D)

30 The propaganda media doesn't care about the truth. They care about the Narrative, which must be protected and promoted at all costs.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (N1DT3)

31 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

You rang?

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (lCppi)

32 As a Hoosier from Indiana to all the left wing morons looking to move - yes, stay the hell away from my state. I don't need you bringing your failed ideology here to corrupt it. I already see way too many Illinois license plates to feel comfortable.

Posted by: DropAndGiveMe20 at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (NtRnw)

33 hey good for NH up there

nice place but very much surrounded by idiocy

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (j+aD2)

34 8 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)

They just want to get their Moloch on. Having been more or less born into the pro-life movement, and moving ever closer to abolitionism, it's really amazing how the arguments are every bit as wicked and hollow then as they are now. You should check out the vids Abolitionists Rising puts out with their street encounters. And it's interesting to see that while their interactions vary from the merely vapid and programmed to the true believer, the arguments from the pro-abortion crowd are the same empty NOW/Planned Parenthood scripted lines as they were in the 80s.

Posted by: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme babykillers at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (TbWk/)

35 Media personality Patrick Bet-David cited the net migration gains of the states CNBC criticized, noting that Texas added over 67,000 residents and Tennessee added over 42,000.

Texas is full. Longhorn steer out front should've told ya.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

36 Free gun handouts?"

Gets my vote!

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (XuXeR)

37 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo

It's all those learing centers.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (77rzZ)

38 7 Yes, the south is awful. You’d hate it here! Stay away!
Posted by: Duke Lowell

This is true, plus we dislike all the things liberals like.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (Q/FnY)

39 18 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Since it's 2025, it was probably their protection of illegals...other illegals all moved there...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (tOcjL)

40 Longhorn steer out front should've told ya."

Buc-ee's Beaver...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (XuXeR)

41 My state didn't make the top ten "worst" list? I am filled with shame and shall endeavor to do better.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (TR4+2)

42 Why is Delaware third highest in the positive on the per-capita migration map? Seems odd.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (XvL8K)

43 >>I concur with this list. Georgia is horrible. No doctors, women barefoot and chained to kitchen and open season on gays. Leftists should not move here.

Not to mention rampant election stealing.

To be fair, Georgia isn't a red state. Just a southern state.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (viF8m)

44 We should build the Wall around California and make them pay for it.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (uzmqU)

45 25 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

now define 'grooming'
Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (8uzBS)

A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

Posted by: 8-year-olds, Dude. at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)

46 Memphis has been a walking sucking chest would since … well forever almost. Tennessee is squared away for the most part.

This is yet another example of the delusional putting their thumb on the scale. They are not rating states based on what normal, decent, peaceable want. Rather some notional fairy tale ideal of what people “should” want, if they weren’t such ignorant hick rube mouth breathers.

Everything is subject to this template now, it’s all so very tedious. They will run the mighty wurlitzer propaganda machine up until the last moment, until the funding runs out.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (eANjq)

47 CNBC, LOL.

What a joke, except they are godless commies brainwashing the ignorant proles, turning them into useful idiots.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (ufFY8)

48 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.

Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (y9ksN)

49 20 Woo hoo!

Missouri (my state) is in the Top Ten (#7)!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (FZ29D)
We have the Best possible situation, Perfesser. A net loss of people ( small ), and making #7 in the Worst List. Stay away from Missouri!! It is awful here!!

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:21 PM (Gqar8)

50 How did Florida avoid getting on the list?

Posted by: far cry at July 14, 2026 12:21 PM (wBRco)

51 Newsome (and his wife!) really have a delusional view of the world. As Adam Carolla said, there is definitely something wrong with him and it's obvious when you talk to him in person.

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (lCppi)

52
Everything Gavin says is easily contradicted by facts. Mark Halperin thinks he won't run, in large part because of the plainly visible record of California's failures.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (mmrXZ)

53 I'm pissed.

Posted by: Florida at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (rJ48h)

54 Huh.

Of the top ten "Bad States" Missouri is the only one that seems to be experiencing an outflow of residents (-5) compared to the inflows experienced by the rest of the list.

Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

55 All those people coming to Alabama despite my continued don’t come here warnings! Stop! We are full! Shark out front should have told you. And if he didn’t, the alligator should have.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

56 48 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (y9ksN

Three words: Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (nTGnD)

57 I miss Piper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

58 It's all agitation. Joyless. Miserable. Agitation.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Qr870)

59 California is the bestest.

California deploys "trash spies" to make sure people are sorting their waste properly

-
Undercover trash inspector.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (ndZc7)

60 Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

Piper, how is your dad?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (77rzZ)

61 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (y9ksN)

Bwahahahahaha!!! Enjoy the everlasting winter and the 3 weeks of giant bugs!

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (lCppi)

62 42 Why is Delaware third highest in the positive on the per-capita migration map? Seems odd.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (XvL8K)
--

Good place to retire, tax-wise. I bet a good portion of Maryland's out-migration is going to Delaware.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (0bjKf)

63 If the "Best States" were to be listed, I would consider, based on historical and current empirical evidence, the regular attendance rates of Christians to orthodox churches — those that affirm the Nicene Creed.

That is probably the most reliable evergreen metric.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pawvM)

64 Ps. I think this is the best list ever and we should be behind it 100%, can we all agree on 3 to stop mocking it and start advocating for it?

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

65 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

66 It's a blessing to live in a state no one from California wants to move to.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (6UZZ5)

67 Why did they leave off Florida? Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida. For once they showed a little self awareness.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (/WQyy)

68 Florida needs to be on this list. Leftists from CA and NY would be very unhappy here.

Posted by: Angel at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (P1KWe)

69
There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.
Posted by: Josephistan

==============

A guess here: Somalis. If we stanch the flow of them into the country, the MN inflow might reverse.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)

70 This list reminds me of the various "polls" that tend to skew left. Like some absurd percentage of this or that demographic thinks socialism is "cool."

I'd wager a not insignificant percentage of said demographic couldn't even spell socialism let alone define it. Thus, the "poll" is basically meaningless and does nothing but put forward a narrative the people commissioning the poll favor.

Same thing with this sort of list. TL ; DR... it's all horseshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (jehhT)

71 6. Not enough therapists

====

HAHAHAHAH!!!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (GD0B3)

72 I support liberals not moving to these states which are obviously so full of backwards behavior that even they cannot make it better.

Quietly checks Zillow listings.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (OPGS/)

73 As a Texan I take this a a badge of honor.
Don't bring your lefty politics to my state.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (NpAcC)

74 California deploys "trash spies" to make sure people are sorting their waste properly

-
Undercover trash inspector.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (ndZc7)

Yet they STILL take your recyclables to the dump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

75 Supply /Demand, Baby!!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (GD0B3)

76 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)
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Temporary refugees from NJ, PA, and MD?

When they find out Delaware also sucks, they'll quickly move somewhere else.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (FZ29D)

77 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged." Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

78 9 Mornin' Ace -

Kinda Sad that Montana isn't on the Top of that list.
Posted by: garrett

I knew going in that Michigan wouldn't be on that list.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (0Htd1)

79 57 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

The Kale Kommissar? I don't want to be put in the camps for not eating bitter, plasticky, foul-tasting leafy greens.

Posted by: So good we have to force it at gunpoint! at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (TbWk/)

80 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

I'd like to see the actual numbers on Nebraska and Kansas. Unless ithe removal of illegals is skewing the results, it seems weird.

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (lCppi)

81 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

Where are the people moving to from those red states? Alaska is a hard state to live in. You either love it or hate it

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (/WQyy)

82 And why is Delaware gaining bigly?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

I make it awesome!

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)

83 Huh. I live in Atlanta, and we certainly have plenty of the gays, so I don't know what this bleeder is whinging about. Now Georgia doesn't constantly kiss the asses of the gays, so that's probably the issue. It's about endlessly celebrating these attention whores, not tolerating them.

But yeah, lefties, Georgia is awful. Choose wisely and stay the fuck out.

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (IDwaH)

84 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge -

Was she abducted ?? Can we exchange you for her ?

Posted by: first time commenter at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (GD0B3)

85 Maine gaining big is also bizarre. The lefty-Nazi contingent?

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (lCppi)

86 > Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."

It was literally legal to kill LDS people in MO until 1976. Google Missouri Executive Order 44.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (mkw2N)

87 Why did they leave off Florida? Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida. For once they showed a little self awareness.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (/WQyy)

An attempt to distract from their hypocrisy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)

88 Minnesota is much cheaper than the coastal Blue states and they cater to Troons and other mentally ill leftists who assume, probably correctly, that they can commit crimes there against the Right folks and go unpunished. Also, easy money (still, probably) from Federal program fraud that is facilitated by the Democrat-Communists in power there.

Posted by: Minnesota = Shit Magnet at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (qUkBO)

89 Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

I believe that was when they had old pictures of DeSantis partying with "underage" girls. But the catch was they were under the DRINKING age, so technically it wasn't a lie. But of course it was a lie. The implication was they were under 18.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (Qr870)

90 Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.

Younger women say they want older men because they want someone who has life figured out.

Those same women say the guy is a creeper for looking for a younger woman.

In terms of dating and relationships, I swear that I'm like the dude on the last helicopter out of Saigon.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (OPGS/)

91 60 Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

Piper, how is your dad?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM

Thanks for checking, Bulg. He is still in the hospital, they said probably tomorrow. When PT came in, he had sudden drops of blood pressure just with shifts in position. My step mother went home to change, shower, eat, etc so we told my dad to call me or my sister if a doctor comes in and no one is there with him. Just to get a few pairs of ears listening. He didn’t think I needed to go up there, he was pretty adamant that I don’t. He said he had enough bossy people around already. 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (pZEOD)

92
Was she abducted ?? Can we exchange you for her ?

Posted by: first time commenter at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (GD0B3)

Pet induced tumor.

I mean, if you figure out the secrets of resurrection.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)

93 >>Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida.

May they all take a nighttime cruise along the Everglades in a leaky airboat.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (J4Dwc)

94 54 Huh.

Of the top ten "Bad States" Missouri is the only one that seems to be experiencing an outflow of residents (-5) compared to the inflows experienced by the rest of the list.

Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

We live here. You think it is bad?? I think it is wonderful for me .

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar8)

95 >>As a Texan I take this a a badge of honor.
Don't bring your lefty politics to my state.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM

This +1.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (VJX5o)

96 >>>Yes, the south is awful. You’d hate it here! Stay away!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)

I personally can't handle the humid summers. Otherwise my plane ticket would already be purchased.

Posted by: Max Power at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (SwyyQ)

97 Glad that Tennessee is rated worst. We don't need any shitlibs moving here.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (lJ0H4)

98 A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged."

That's still going on.

"HE'S 30 AND SHE'S 24! SHE'S A LITERAL CHILD!"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (OPGS/)

99 86 > Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."

It was literally legal to kill LDS people in MO until 1976. Google Missouri Executive Order 44.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (mkw2N)

Definitely a state to avoid. Any other state is better.

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (Gqar8)

100 The sad thing is, while this list is great for keeping the shittards out of my state, no one will really see it because who watches CNBC?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)

101 Social media is a moth to a flame. Running out of outrage? We can make more.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (sYM3s)

102 A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged." Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

Oh it's still going on. It's a propaganda point being pushed to young women who are mindlessly repeating it. You'll hear it almost every time you listen to the "Whatever" podcast (not from the host, from the guests). I think it's a deliberate effort to distract from and obfuscate actual grooming of kids who don't know (or shouldn't know) anything about sex, introducing them to increasingly intense and explicit materials, creating trust and dependence, tearing down boundaries that should be in place, treating the kid as "special" and that only the grooming adult can be trusted to understand, etc etc. All the classic child abuse tactics, which are now established curriculum and school operation policies in some places.

Posted by: This used to be a BAD thing... at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (TbWk/)

103 Sometimes you're just going to want to get out of the house to get robbed, gang-raped by ethnic minorities you'd never meet and pissed on when they're done.
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It's not so much the raping and being pissed on, its that you can go get Thai food afterward.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (Qr870)

104 Some blue states will have increased migration from other worse blue states. I mean if I were a true lefty I wouldn't be retarded enough to move to a red state first. I would go to the least worst blue state.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (/WQyy)

105 Posted by: Paul at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (WwoaB)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)

106 >>I already see way too many Illinois license plates to feel comfortable.

Fortunately, almost all of them are just passing through to more fashionable destinations.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (NcvvS)

107 Oh Paul...still unable to stick to the topic at hand and you post garbage without any proof to back things up.

I'd pity you but you deserve the scorn you get here.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (OPGS/)

108 Wait until they find out blue states tend to have more Jews.

Posted by: davidt at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (Q+gd/)

109 And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM

Maine gaining big is also bizarre. The lefty-Nazi contingent?
Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (lCppi)

The gains are based on "per 10,000 people" so if a state has a relatively tiny population to start, a small influx gives a big percentage raise.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (TR4+2)

110 I personally can't handle the humid summers. Otherwise my plane ticket would already be purchased.
Posted by: Max Power

Your body gets acclimated to the heat and humidity.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (lJ0H4)

111 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged." Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

To modern feminists any guy hitting on a girl is a creeper.

Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (y9ksN)

112 Best state.

Posted by: State of Grace at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (R0XxO)

113 Prolapse Paul.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (sn5xH)

114 Younger women say they want older men because they want someone who has life figured out.

Those same women say the guy is a creeper for looking for a younger woman.

In terms of dating and relationships, I swear that I'm like the dude on the last helicopter out of Saigon.
Posted by: NR Pax

You know who DOESN'T say that shit?

Their pimp.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (F5FAo)

115 I bet Minneapolis has the highest number of 250 lb scooter riders in the nation.

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (lCppi)

116 To modern feminists any guy hitting on a girl is a creeper.
Posted by: Josephistan

Unless he has the three sixes on his side and is paying attention to them.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (OPGS/)

117 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

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PP is running an ad that but for Planned Parenthood, Joe wouldn't have discovered his cancer in time, Joy wouldn't have discovered her diabetes. But you can help for just $19 a month.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (ndZc7)

118 We live here. You think it is bad?? I think it is wonderful for me .
Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar

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Missouri is a great place to live! Wouldn't want to live anywhere else...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (FZ29D)

119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (NpAcC)

120 I gotta admit, I'm sad to see Cali rated as it is. At one time, I'd hoped to retire in Encinitas/Leucadia. On the other hand, I'm born and raised in Texas and damn glad to see us rated so poorly. Please, please, please don't try to improve our score by moving your sorry blue assess here.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (3Ope8)

121 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (XeU6L)

122 A New Jersey Antifa group was infiltrated.

Among those identified in the NJ BURN chats:

Woojin Ko – OpenAI Chat GPT Research Engineer

Belkcacem Mouffouk – T-Mobile AI Automation Expert

Zainab Tanvir – Imaging Director at Rutgers University

Amanda Marie Dominguez – Rutgers University PhD Student in Education

Aditi Rao – Princeton University Classics Graduate Student

Rev.Shannon Smythe – Princeton Theological Seminary Field Education Director

Alexyss P. – New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Community Council Member

Jim Keady – New Jersey Democratic Candidate & Former City Councilman

Cres Vellucci – National Lawyers Guild Co-Founder & ACLU Board Member

Celine Semaan – Co-Founder, Slow Factory Labs

(found at Okeefemediagroup.com courtesy of Rantburg.com)

Posted by: Crusader at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (TN0g+)

123 I bet Minneapolis has the highest number of 250 lb scooter riders in the nation.
Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (lCppi)

Was that picture of the Reddit gathering hosted in Minnesota? Because that would be apropos.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

124 119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

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Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (3hMEn)

125 119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (NpAcC)

Atlanta??

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (Gqar8)

126 > I believe that was when they had old pictures of DeSantis partying with "underage" girls.

It was more widespread than than. As an example, there was a viral video that went out three years ago. A 21 year old gym girl labeled a guy hanging around "feral" and called herself an "underaged 21 year old." So far as anyone can tell from the video, the guy was just waiting for the space or possibly recovering between sets.

Video with reaction here:
https://youtu.be/Aoa5Eb8j9dc

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)

127 Why did they leave off Florida? Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida. For once they showed a little self awareness.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (/WQyy)

Lot of crazy rich libtards in South Florida. Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade. Lots of Yankee transplants who want to keep their wealth but turn Florida into the same shitholes they left.

Posted by: Very blue counties at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (TbWk/)

128 6. Not enough therapists

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This must be my lucky day...

Posted by: SNL Sean Connery at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (RmciC)

129 Being an SC resident, looking at our per capita growth rate in 2025 makes me want to weep.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 12:35 PM (qBdHI)

130 Afternoon Ace.
Looked up who wrote this and it was a "journalist" named Scott Cohn. Couldn't find anything about his personal life or beliefs but I'm pretty sure I can figure them out by what he finds to be important

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 12:35 PM (m2wmY)

131 Best state.
Posted by: State of Grace at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (R0Xx

Great movie with Sean Penn and Gary Oldman.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:35 PM (/WQyy)

132 The upside of being a 60-year-old with a white beard is that young people hold doors for me now.

The downside is that if you happen to look a little too long at an attractive young woman, people will think you're a dirty old man.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:36 PM (77rzZ)

133 The author, Scott Cohn, is Jewish. I rest my case.

Posted by: Candace Owers at July 14, 2026 12:36 PM (dIske)

134 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Hush your mouth! Don't advertise it.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:36 PM (lJ0H4)

135 33 hey good for NH up there

nice place but very much surrounded by idiocy
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (j+aD2)

An oasis of normalcy. But we still have a lot of Massholes coming here (RMBS excepted, of course!).

Posted by: RI Red at July 14, 2026 12:37 PM (30Gj0)

136 Comcast spun off MSNBC and CNBC into a new publicly traded company called Versant. As part of this corporate separation, MSNBC officially rebranded as MS NOW (short for "My Source for News, Opinion and the World") and dropped all NBC iconography, while CNBC retained its name but dropped the famed NBC peacock logo.

So COMCAST.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 12:37 PM (NFX2v)

137 Oklahoma is one of the reddest of the red states. It has a state income tax.

It also requires you own 50 acres before you can hunt your own land.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)

138
Pet induced tumor.

I mean, if you figure out the secrets of resurrection.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July

Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (p4NUW)

139 Yes, please don't move to Utah. It's terrible here. I keep hoping I can run back to California where they'll take my guns off my hands and I can buy environmentally-friendly gasoline at only $3 more per gallon than here.

Posted by: Stitches at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (PS5rC)

140 This list is like a parody, especially considering CNBC is supposed to be a more "Wall Street Journal" type financial take on things.

Everything NBC is left-wing.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (ZBJBH)

141 Tennessee alsohas low property tax:

Tennessee has an effective property tax rate of 0.52 percent on owner-occupied housing value. Property taxes are primarily a source of revenue for local governments in the state.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (XeU6L)

142 Speaking of gains and losses . . .

Paramount weighs California exodus after state’s war on $110B Warner Bros. takeover

https://tinyurl.com/4fkpnez9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (ndZc7)

143 Texas, Florida, or Tennessee. That’s my final offer.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (OXN2F)

144 Oklahoma is one of the reddest of the red states. It has a state income tax.

It also requires you own 50 acres before you can hunt your own land.
Posted by: Sponge

God bless Texas. 10 acres in unincorporated counties.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (F5FAo)

145 In Alabama it is legal to spit on people with dyed blue hair.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (IY9No)

146 Oklahoma is one of the reddest of the red states.
Posted by: Sponge

Don't the Injuns tend to the left, though?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

147 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

148 Personally, I'd take the numbers presented in those stats as bullshit. Crafted wholly out of thin air to push someone's preferred narrative about those states.

Maybe as incentive to redistrict them? Back to blue. Or remain blue.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (jehhT)

149
Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (p4NUW)

You should feel good they're willing to trade me for you, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)

150 Alexyss P. – New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Community Council Member
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Getting such Tranny Vibes from that name

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:40 PM (Qr870)

151 IT'S NOT A TUMAH!

Posted by: Ahnuld at July 14, 2026 12:40 PM (dJeAh)

152
Don't the Injuns tend to the left, though?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

They're on the free shit bandwagon, but Republicans tend to not culturally appropriate like Democrats do.

Oklahoma is the only state that every county went for Trump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

153 Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (p4NUW)

Spoiler Alert that shit

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (Qr870)

154
God bless Texas. 10 acres in unincorporated counties.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (F5FAo)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)

155 147 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N

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Honorable to their own tribe and hierarchy, not to outsiders.

They're extremely suspicious of outsiders to the point that they have requirements about integration into Japanese culture for immigration.

They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (3hMEn)

156 147 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

It's also common everywhere in Europe - the Polish fiance shows me how much a European pays for tourist attractions and hotels in Europe vs how much I would pay. He has offered to always make me all bookings if I want to visit (which I kinda don't right now - as I tell him, every time we talk, he convinces me more and more about how awesome the USA is)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)

157

Pennsylvania and Tennessee share some broad legal frameworks—like the federal Constitution and standard uniform laws such as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). However, their specific state codes differ significantly across taxation, criminal law, and property rights.

Guard against becoming like Pennsylvania.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NFX2v)

158 I love love everything about Texas except Texas if that makes sense. The only geographically nice area of Texas is infiltrated by Lefties.

I'd say the same about Florida except its beaches saves them.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (/WQyy)

159 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Hush your mouth! Don't advertise it.

--

After Mr. Black retires in 3 years, we're hoping to pull up stakes in SC and move to TN for a number of reasons. This is one of them. Plus, this area has just exploded in growth and my little slice of peace and quiet on earth is going, going, nearly gone. Honorable mention that I want to live in the mountains and have a lot more snow and cold weather than I get here. Still, while it lasts, SC is a very good place to live.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (qBdHI)

160 >>Of the top ten "Bad States" Missouri is the only one that seems to be experiencing an outflow of residents (-5) compared to the inflows experienced by the rest of the list.

Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

We live here. You think it is bad?? I think it is wonderful for me .
Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM

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The outflow is probably people fleeing St. Louis

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (1Au9i)

161 This idea came up as an off shoot of the billionaire's tax on unrealized gains:

Tax the unrealized income of lazy and assistance cheats people.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (RHGPo)

162 Would be helpful if South Carolina made the list. It's among the states with the highest influx of migrated residents, and it will probably continue thanks to not making this list.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (cWLG3)

163 >>Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.

Watch Trump's national address on Thursday evening and you will.

Probably the most important speech he will ever give.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (viF8m)

164 > Yes, please don't move to Utah. It's terrible here. I keep hoping I can run back to California where they'll take my guns off my hands and I can buy environmentally-friendly gasoline at only $3 more per gallon than here.

I'd like to move to Utah, but its cost of living and housing prices are actually slightly higher than here in Washington State. My wife's a teacher and Utah pays teachers like 60% what Washington State does. It's crazy.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)

165 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NFX2v)

Pennsylvania's WC system wanted to make me go postal.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (/WQyy)

166 Is CNBC the Canadian cucks or the CNN cucks? I forget because I never, ever have watched them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (xcxpd)

167 77 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago a comic book artist, Warren Ellis, got cancelled for "grooming". He liked the ladies and there were no limit to the amount of gamma level groupies at comic cons he could invite to his hotel room. However, he was accused of "grooming", "love bombing", and even hypnotization of these 20 something and older women. Cancelled as a perv, hasn't worked again in the industry to my knowledge.

Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (kkG09)

168 These rankings of good and bad states are all bullshit because what is "good" and "bad" is purely a matter of subjective personal taste and circumstances.

Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.

Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether to shake Manhattans.

There's a reason we have 50 states and countless geographical areas inside each state. Live where you want to live.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

169 164 > Yes, please don't move to Utah. It's terrible here. I keep hoping I can run back to California where they'll take my guns off my hands and I can buy environmentally-friendly gasoline at only $3 more per gallon than here.

I'd like to move to Utah, but its cost of living and housing prices are actually slightly higher than here in Washington State. My wife's a teacher and Utah pays teachers like 60% what Washington State does. It's crazy.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)

Teacher pay is blue state/red state difference.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (tOcjL)

170 I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.

Posted by: TJM

Ok. Something is wrong with this picture.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Qr870)

171 124 119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

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Entirely due to country club Republicans

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (NbKRl)

172 I personally can't handle the humid summers. Otherwise my plane ticket would already be purchased.

been raining down here for three days straight and the pool is down to 87 deg. miserable

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (8uzBS)

173 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Hush your mouth! Don't advertise it.

--

After Mr. Black retires in 3 years, we're hoping to pull up stakes in SC and move to TN for a number of reasons. This is one of them. Plus, this area has just exploded in growth and my little slice of peace and quiet on earth is going, going, nearly gone. Honorable mention that I want to live in the mountains and have a lot more snow and cold weather than I get here. Still, while it lasts, SC is a very good place to live.
Posted by: Lady in Black

==

TN is a great state for almost everything taxes, it does though have an odd business tax that is kind of wonky.

Like you get an income taxed based on real estate assets you own. I don't fully understand it to be honest.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (ZBJBH)

174 Piper! you can't stop me from coming! lol

on DE it's people from around here who are rich and old and have shore houses there

they're retiring and moving there full time

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (j+aD2)

175 Best PR these states could have received.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (ehU09)

176 170 I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.

Posted by: TJM

Ok. Something is wrong with this picture.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (3hMEn)

177 Ok. Something is wrong with this picture.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Qr870)

It's opposite day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

178 They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.
Posted by: TJM's phone

As a Navy buddy of mine once put it, "They can call you an uncouth barbarian in the politest way possible."

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)

179 Missouri is a great place to live! Wouldn't want to live anywhere else...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
__________

Do the natives call it Missouri, or Missoura? Or does it vary within the state?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (XvL8K)

180 Also congrats to Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

181 As a Hoosier from Indiana to all the left wing morons looking to move - yes, stay the hell away from my state. I don't need you bringing your failed ideology here to corrupt it. I already see way too many Illinois license plates to feel comfortable.

Posted by: DropAndGiveMe20

=====

Illinois seems to be the California of the Midwest . . locusts blindly ruining any place they land.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (TbKmJ)

182 LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (VyBeY)

183 Piper! you can't stop me from coming! lol

So, we're really not doing phrasing anymore, then........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)

184 also also....do better Idaho

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

185 After Mr. Black retires in 3 years, we're hoping to pull up stakes in SC and move to TN for a number of reasons. This is one of them. Plus, this area has just exploded in growth and my little slice of peace and quiet on earth is going, going, nearly gone. Honorable mention that I want to live in the mountains and have a lot more snow and cold weather than I get here. Still, while it lasts, SC is a very good place to live.
Posted by: Lady in Black

I live in the Nashville area, far from the mountains, but I love it. Moved from OH 3 years ago to be close to son after husband passed. Best decision I've made in years and years.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (lJ0H4)

186
Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

187 Also congrats to Sponge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

188 A few years ago a comic book artist, Warren Ellis, got cancelled for "grooming". He liked the ladies and there were no limit to the amount of gamma level groupies at comic cons he could invite to his hotel room. However, he was accused of "grooming", "love bombing", and even hypnotization of these 20 something and older women. Cancelled as a perv, hasn't worked again in the industry to my knowledge.

Garth Ellis?

also this cancellation sounds like Gaiman's too. and that seems to be going away. like it was fake, a set up by his psycho wife Amanda Palmer to take his partial custody of Ash away. and probably to squeeze him for even more money.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (j+aD2)

189 Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.
____

This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

190 They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.
Posted by: TJM's phone

As a Navy buddy of mine once put it, "They can call you an uncouth barbarian in the politest way possible."
Posted by: Bulg

Sounds like they need another whiff of canned sunshine.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (F5FAo)

191 I figure California will implode if taxing unrealized gains gets passed.

I have noticed that nobody talks about unrealized losses. This could be a huge problem.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (RHGPo)

192 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

They are high, but not a killer. Unless you live in a million dollar home. But then, you can afford it. Maybe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

193 > Teacher pay is blue state/red state difference.

Sure, but if you look at the cost of houses, plus the state income tax, plus the general cost of living, Utah and super liberal Washington State have nearly the same cost of living, with Utah being slightly more expensive. AND my wife would take a pay cut, so our quality of life would go down a bit.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (mkw2N)

194 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

Is it really any different than our hotels charging non-locals a hotel tax? The locals presumably don't need a hotel.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

195 So, we're really not doing phrasing anymore, then........

ha! sorry

I'm having a busy crazy day

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (j+aD2)

196 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

But no state income tax.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (ehU09)

197 Yes! Tennessee is horrible, terrible, double-plus BAD! Don't even consider moving here! You will be lynched at the border and then denied gender-affirming care! Don't go here! [Am I overdoing it? A little?]

Posted by: Ro, Ro, Ro ur butt at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (OTAXA)

198 189 Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.
____

This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

yeah, whatever. I know hotness when I see it, I worked as a doorman in a strip club in my 20's.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (xcxpd)

199 Hopefully liberals take CNBC's advice and remain in their blue state crapholes.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (hDe5k)

200 Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper
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Uh.....

Posted by: Jacob Marley's ghost at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (XeU6L)

201 Is it true that CNBC stand for "Concentrated Nothing But Crap"

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (RHGPo)

202 185 I live in the Nashville area, far from the mountains, but I love it. Moved from OH 3 years ago to be close to son after husband passed. Best decision I've made in years and years.
Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (lJ0H4)

====

I was born in Columbia and my grandparents lived in Dickson until their deaths. I have an uncle who still lives there.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (3hMEn)

203 We moved to South Carolina about 17 years ago. Everyone asked us why we would ever want to do that. We still aren't locals, but at least we can say we were here before it was popular.

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (JFaIe)

204 btw DE has a progressive income tax that IS a killer

why people don't switch residences even tho they're there all the damn time until they stop working

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (j+aD2)

205 Lib: Ha ha! Red states are the worst!

Me: What criteria did they use, and how were they weighted?

Lib: [Blank stare.] Pedophile!!

Posted by: Interview with a Nitwit at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (qUkBO)

206 If only we can't get a non-corrupted census next time. I have lots of wishes.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (n5tGW)

207 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (/WQyy)

208
11. Not enough freedom to form Muslim rape gangs.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (Fi81e)

209 I left Massachusetts 2 years ago and moved to Tennessee. I love it here. Less expense to live and the people are so nice. Best decision.

I miss New England but I had enough of being ruled by crazy people who tax the living snot out of me. And the Covid debacle up there was unlivable. I lost my job because I wouldn’t take their shot. Then couldn’t get a job up there as a vaccine card was required for employment.

I’ll wear the #1 spot on this list for TN as a badge of honor.

Posted by: Mrs Emma Peel at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (np2zX)

210 Careful. Paul told us last night he was more dangerous than a commie. He owns a small business.

And will put us in camps when they win.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (UQtCA)

211 Alaska migrants are former adventurous spirits who have had enough of the cold weather.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (cWLG3)

212
They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026

But their dogs are disgustingly cute!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (pZEOD)

213 I figure California will implode if taxing unrealized gains gets passed.

I have noticed that nobody talks about unrealized losses. This could be a huge problem.
Posted by: SMOD

==

The problem is all of these tax hating refugees will go out into red states and start voting on all the other issues they are liberal on.

Except taking their own money. That issue they are positively right wing on. But they want everyone else taxed/

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (iZHgT)

214 Check out these idiots running towards a Grizzly Bear with her cubs:

http://tiny.cc/rup6101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)

215 Embrace the horror of CNBC's ratings.

This just might keep those stupid Left morons out of your state

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)

216 Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.

Who was that, Kamala's daughter?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

217 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)
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Not like border jumpers.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

218 Welcome to Charlotte. We hope you don't die.

Posted by: nckate at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (enNUy)

219 no public accommodation law protecting non-disabled people

Wait... what? They're talking about a law to protect people who don't need protection? Are they talking about "accommodations" for transgenders? Or homosexuals? Trying to avoid plain language saying "We think you should require companies to let transgenders use the bathroom they want" it seems like.

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (kU0PQ)

220
CNBC?
LOL.

Posted by: Most people at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Vk4Gj)

221 But their dogs are disgustingly cute!
Posted by: Piper

Albeit tumor-ridden.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)

222 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

They are above average but not a killer. It's offset by other lower cost of living factors.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (/WQyy)

223 CNBC think Jim Cramer is a genius.

What more do you need to know about CNBC?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (RIvkX)

224 It came on faster than I original thought, but it is clearly time for a Constitutional Amendment to cap taxation at 50% for all forms of government. It's 50%, then they can fight among themselves for it.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (RHGPo)

225 Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.

Surprisingly, these idiots exist. We call them Californians, New Yorkers, and so on.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

226 Seattle. That's where you want to move to. It's perfect and inclusive and not that far from Portland.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (MWfyi)

227 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?

Property taxes here in Cowtown are modest but by the time they add on all the associated taxes: city, county, school district, water district, hospital... it adds up.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (3Ope8)

228 193 > Teacher pay is blue state/red state difference.

Sure, but if you look at the cost of houses, plus the state income tax, plus the general cost of living, Utah and super liberal Washington State have nearly the same cost of living, with Utah being slightly more expensive. AND my wife would take a pay cut, so our quality of life would go down a bit.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (mkw2N)

A lot depends on were you live in WA state. West of the Casades, housing prices are super high. (Except SW Wa, weirdly). Central and Eastern WA are like a whole 'nother country. You can find cheap housing there but jobs are scarce. North of Spokane is probably the sweet spot but its in danger of gentrifying.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (xcxpd)

229 This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

Oh please, Dude...

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)

230 Alberta Oil Peon

Kansas outmigration is due to tax burden, a Democrat Governor, Woke courts, woke public schools, a crackdown on illegals in meat plants, and housing supply constraints. 80% of the population is in a few urban areas, which skews results.
In addition, we have pole-vaulting chiggers, tornadoes, Kansas City Chiefs moving to the state, a lack of useable water, and 6 million cows, mostly Angus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (u82oZ)

231 I am VERY disappointed that my state of Idaho did not make the list. Maybe we'll jump up in the standings when we start shooting child rapists.

Posted by: Bobinidaho at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (zmupA)

232 "CNBC?
LOL.
Posted by: Most people"

Aren't they Canadian?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (MWfyi)

233 "What explains net migration losses for Alaska,"

8 months out of the year it is not an easy place to live.
Along with the high cost of living.

Posted by: Bosk at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (VMFAF)

234 I am VERY disappointed that my state of Idaho did not make the list. Maybe we'll jump up in the standings when we start shooting child rapists.
Posted by: Bobinidaho

Godspeed

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (sn5xH)

235 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (3Ope

You're over 29 so you get an exemption break.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (/WQyy)

236 It's disappointing that Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming didn't make the list. We'll have to do somethings about this, like training our bears to crap on the porches of the locally designated woke houses.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (5b2dp)

237 The funny thing is that most of us don't have any problem letting woman-to-man transgenders use the men's restroom. We might think it's not wise, but we're not worried about it for our own sakes.

It's just the perv men wanting to hang their d*** out in front of real women that drives this anti-bathroom response. And we're doing it to protect the women who have cried for decades now over how toxic men are. And those toxic men are doing this crap and the women are insisting "No, no! You can't deny them!"

It's enough to make you want to lock certain people away. SMH.

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (kU0PQ)

238 233 "What explains net migration losses for Alaska,"

8 months out of the year it is not an easy place to live.
Along with the high cost of living.

Plus it's full of people making reality shows about living in Alaska.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

239 It's 50%, then they can fight among themselves for it.
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (RHGPo)

How about 10%.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (UQtCA)

240 We can all agree Europe is a terrible place to live, but Europe may be changing, and moving right (Hungary notwithstanding):

https://tinyurl.com/s2xy5jps

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (lfLiC)

241 Welcome to Charlotte. We hope you don't die.
Posted by: nckate
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[waves]

Haven't seen you in a while.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, Myers Park native at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (XeU6L)

242
You should feel good they're willing to trade me for you, tho.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14

Until they realize that I am actually a pain in the neck about so many things. They will trade back.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (pZEOD)

243 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone

12 acres, 3/2/2, 1652 sq ft, total property tax for 2026 is $2652.50

11 of the 12 acres is ag exempted.

$1122.12 county
$1530.38 school

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (F5FAo)

244 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N
___________

This is common and not necessarily unfair. The menus are often NOT the same. The English versions of the food usually are bigger portions -- because westerners eat bigger portions -- and different ingredients.

I think you'd have to order both sets of food and see how they stack up before making a determination whether this is fair or not.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

245 229 This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

Oh please, Dude...
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)
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She had Kate Upton hips without the face or boobs.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (cWLG3)

246 I saw Pole-Vaulting Chiggers open for...

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (77rzZ)

247 Damn. Only 9th

Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (vHOH5)

248 Cultural prejudice

Tennessee sounds nice

Posted by: Ouric the Tumescent at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (ZxPkt)

249 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (j+aD2)

I just want to go on record as having let it pass without comment, I like you and didn't want it to get creepy. Or should I say creepier.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (Qr870)

250 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (/WQyy)
____________

Sure, whatever you say. LOL.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

251 Went to Alaska for a couple of weeks. Looked around, said, “ yep, it’s pretty, and interesting”, left. Left a boatload of money there, too. Nice to visit. Visit.

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (Gqar8)

252 You would think that all of those red states have a "tighter asshole" percentage, which should appeal to CNBC, but no...
They lean towards states with a higher rectal square footage per capita, which is counter-intuitive.

Posted by: UncleJefe at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (gAuAm)

253 This is blue states trying to step out migration.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (mPXxA)

254 200 Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper
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Uh.....
Posted by: Jacob Marley's ghost at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (XeU6L)

I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard, kale leaf by kale leaf; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”

Posted by: Kale is a curse beyond death at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

255 > A lot depends on were you live in WA state. West of the Casades, housing prices are super high. (Except SW Wa, weirdly). Central and Eastern WA are like a whole 'nother country. You can find cheap housing there but jobs are scarce. North of Spokane is probably the sweet spot but its in danger of gentrifying.

I'm in western WA, but not in a super expensive town.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (mkw2N)

256 167 77 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago a comic book artist, Warren Ellis, got cancelled for "grooming". He liked the ladies and there were no limit to the amount of gamma level groupies at comic cons he could invite to his hotel room. However, he was accused of "grooming", "love bombing", and even hypnotization of these 20 something and older women. Cancelled as a perv, hasn't worked again in the industry to my knowledge.
Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (kkG09)

Can confirm Warren Ellis is a dirtbag. I've met him. Don't get me started on Grant Morrison too. Or fucking assmonger Alan Moore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (xcxpd)

257
I think if I lived in a state that was free to make it's own abortion laws and chose restriction, and I really wanted to abort a child, I'd travel to the nearest blue state.

I don't think "rights" are about convenient access.

After all, do you know how much work it would take for me to have my own news network? That restricts the sphere of influence of my "first amendment rights", but it does not restrict them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (Fi81e)

258 Huh. Alaska is a net out flow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (mPXxA)

259 255 > A lot depends on were you live in WA state. West of the Casades, housing prices are super high. (Except SW Wa, weirdly). Central and Eastern WA are like a whole 'nother country. You can find cheap housing there but jobs are scarce. North of Spokane is probably the sweet spot but its in danger of gentrifying.

I'm in western WA, but not in a super expensive town.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (mkw2N)

Monroe was cheap 16 years ago, now everything single family is selling for 600k+

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (xcxpd)

260 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)

261 Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

LOL and btw I belatedly saw you say sorry in the other thread for misunderstanding or whatever, there was no need.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (Qr870)

262 As a Navy buddy of mine once put it, "They can call you an uncouth barbarian in the politest way possible."
Posted by: Bulg

Sounds like they need another whiff of canned sunshine.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (F5FAo)

If you have Netflix, watch "Chainsmoker Cat" and you will see that there is nothing worse that we can do to them than they have done to themselves.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (TR4+2)

263 If I'm going to be taxed somewhere, I think I'd prefer it be property taxes instead of income taxes.

I feel like there's more resistance to raising them and less transplants that sort of "freeload" that are just part time residents.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (iZHgT)

264 Check out these idiots running towards a Grizzly Bear with her cubs:

http://tiny.cc/rup6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)

Pretty sure those aren't grizzlies, but it does take a special kind of retard to sprint towards a bear.

Posted by: far cry at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (wBRco)

265 209 I left Massachusetts 2 years ago and moved to Tennessee. I love it here. Less expense to live and the people are so nice. Best decision.
___

We're trying to leave Mass but the housing market seems to be cratering. Can't even get anyone to come look at our nicely updated home, even after we significantly lowered the price. I guess we waited a little too long -- should have left two years ago (at least).

Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (qUkBO)

266 She had Kate Upton hips without the face or boobs.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (cWLG3)

We've seen very different images of Kate Upton's hips then.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (xcxpd)

267 Uh.....
Posted by: Jacob Marley's ghost at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (XeU6L)
---------

I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard, kale leaf by kale leaf; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”
Posted by: Kale
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Ebenezer Scrooge: You have my sympathy.
Jacob Marley: Ah! You do not know the weight and length of strong chain you bear yourself! It was as full and as long as this seven Christmas eves ago and you have labored on it since. Ah, it is a ponderous chain!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 12:58 PM (XeU6L)

268 I saw my first black bear in the wild the other day. It was cool. A little disconcerting. I did not run towards it. Or away from it.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:58 PM (Qr870)

269 Check out these idiots running towards a Grizzly Bear with her cubs:

http://tiny.cc/rup6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)

Pretty sure those aren't grizzlies, but it does take a special kind of retard to sprint towards a bear.
Posted by: far cry at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (wBRco)
_________

Those idiots look like they are running from ICE. They seem to be running up the road, not intentionally towards the bears.

Those are black bears. Grizzlies have round ears and a pronounced "hump" over their front shoulders.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

270 260 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)

Their laws are really weird and favors corporations. Could be a reason.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (xcxpd)

271 Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (/WQyy)

The taxes I cited apply to every property, but yes, you can claim a homestead exemption, and at 65 you can claim and additional exemption. Cummulatively, the two exemptions reduce the taxable value by about $200k

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (3Ope8)

272 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)
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They must not know about the oil cancer.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (Fi81e)

273 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.

Minnesota's wokeness is heavily concentrated in the Twin Cities, and they don't have a lot of statewide laws on the books that are incandescently stupid like most of the true blue states.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (2ocoG)

274 260 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?
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Cheaper than surrounding Blue shitholes + decent beaches. It's all relative.

Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (qUkBO)

275 If I'm going to be taxed somewhere, I think I'd prefer it be property taxes instead of income taxes.

I feel like there's more resistance to raising them and less transplants that sort of "freeload" that are just part time residents.
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I'd rather the opposite. If it can't be all sales/tariffs.

No property; all income; zero deductions or credits for anyone, business or personal.

I can't adjust the value of my property--but counties can and do, especially when they need to raise more revenue.

But I can adjust my income.
And if everyone is taxed, no one gets a discount, everyone has skin in the game to keep taxes low.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (3cUTc)

276 265 209 I left Massachusetts 2 years ago and moved to Tennessee. I love it here. Less expense to live and the people are so nice. Best decision.
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We're trying to leave Mass but the housing market seems to be cratering. Can't even get anyone to come look at our nicely updated home, even after we significantly lowered the price. I guess we waited a little too long -- should have left two years ago (at least).
Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (qUkBO)

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Sucks for people selling now, but its a necessary correction after the immigrant wave under Biden jacked up home prices 20% (according to the Fed).

That gets corrected through deportations.

A sign of mass deportations is a weakening sellers market in housing

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (3hMEn)

277 I saw my first black bear in the wild the other day. It was cool. A little disconcerting. I did not run towards it. Or away from it.
Posted by: ...

Cool! Where are you?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

278 CNBC definitely has some split personality. I've seen anchors they have slamming Dems for being anti business and/or clueless. Then you have leftist dingbats like this guy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (m2wmY)

279 Their laws are really weird and favors corporations. Could be a reason.

A Hawaiian judge declared those laws inoperative because it could hurt Elon. So a lot of companies, including left-leaning ones, have been re-incorporating outside of Delaware.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

280 >>Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.

There are good areas and bad areas. The town I live in has and effective crime rate of 0. Taxes are moderate, amenities are through the roof, people are beyond friendly and helpful, the range is 15 minutes from my house and I only lock the doors at night out of habit. I'm more likely to have a deer invade than a person.

I've been in every state other than North Dakota and Alaska and I chose this place because it suits me. If my needs change I'll consider moving but I'm not lacking in any freedoms and the cost of living isn't really an issue.

One thing Rhode Island doesn't have is an entire city being taken over by muslims. Some states do.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)

281 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)

Their laws are really weird and favors corporations. Could be a reason.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (xcxpd)
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There's quite a bit of wealth and nice property areas in DE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

282 >>>Pretty sure those aren't grizzlies

Black bears. I saw one several months ago crossing the canal located along my property line before climbing up onto my seawall and trotting away toward a nearby conservation area.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (J4Dwc)

283 272 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)
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They must not know about the oil cancer.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (Fi81e)

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You have to live in California to get oil cancer.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (cWLG3)

284 273 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.

Minnesota's wokeness is heavily concentrated in the Twin Cities, and they don't have a lot of statewide laws on the books that are incandescently stupid like most of the true blue states.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (2ocoG)

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Its legislature is 50/50 (effectively), reducing the amount of statewide fuckery, I assume.

Kamala won it by less than Trump won NC.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (3hMEn)

285 I saw my first black bear in the wild the other day. It was cool. A little disconcerting. I did not run towards it. Or away from it.
Posted by: ...
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Pfft. The garbage-raiding buggers wander through here like they own the place.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (XeU6L)

286 I was born and raised in a scruffy little town in Tennessee, at a time when meeting someone from out of state was something of a novelty rather than the norm. On seeing this article yesterday, I let out a whoop of joy and hope that it gets widely disseminated amongst libs of what a horrible place this is to live.

Posted by: EyeTest at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (7FmXs)

287 A sign of mass deportations is a weakening sellers market in housing
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Agreed. I've also noticed that rents have fallen for the same reason, so people who might otherwise be buying now are finding a better deal if they rent and wait for house prices to fall.

Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (qUkBO)

288 The SC market has been flattened by soaring homeowners insurance rates. They have doubled in the past couple years.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (wBaIH)

289

Why not just come out and say that the fags on staff pick the best states to have unprotected anal sex with young boys in? The NAMBLA ranking.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (et1vG)

290 @224 those are black bears but running at cubs with mom there while you are holding you're own toddler is a Darwin Award waiting to happen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (m2wmY)

291 One thing Rhode Island doesn't have is an entire city being taken over by muslims. Some states do.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)
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Looking at you Dearborn and Hamtramck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (RIvkX)

292 And if everyone is taxed, no one gets a discount,

That is the taxing miracle of inflation. The "Fair Tax" is effectively the same thing with a ton of regulations, carve-outs, and opportunities to game the system in such a way it destroys savers, and rewards foreigners who return to where they came once they earn their tax free income.

Inflation taxes remittances and those repatriating money.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 01:04 PM (/TiS1)

293 I live on a main Street in a small city 90m north of NYC. I've had bears walking around my neighborhood. Never had the urge to run at one

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:04 PM (m2wmY)

294 Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM
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Well this should be interesting, but I really wonder if he is able to do anything about it. Too many lefty judges trying to stop him.
Thune better get to work and confirm more judges than Biden was able to because we have no time to waste until Trump is out of office. Every single day matters.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 01:05 PM (NpAcC)

295 Cool! Where are you?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

Ha, not falling for that one, Bob from NSA!!!

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (Qr870)

296
Never ever believe any of those "The 10 Best [or Worst] Places [or Countries]..." bushwa. They all use soft, easily manipulated criteria to come up with the desired answer. That's why California and New York are always at the top.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (O0L8i)

297 I can see this being important if you're a tranny, but what about the other 99% of the population?

Oh right -- normal people just don't count.
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They have queered the terms of the deal; pray that they do not queer it further.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (Fi81e)

298 Kansas
Curremtly a Dem governor.
Johnson county full of Leftists that whine about the rest of the state.
Most jobs require physical labor (oil and ag). Not a lot of opportunity for DEI.
People think it will be more exciting somewhere else.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bkuEU)

299
286 I was born and raised in a scruffy little town in Tennessee, at a time when meeting someone from out of state was something of a novelty rather than the norm. On seeing this article yesterday, I let out a whoop of joy and hope that it gets widely disseminated amongst libs of what a horrible place this is to live.
Posted by: EyeTest at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (7FmXs)
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This scene from Stepbrothers is a good idea how to control the influx. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl85ro60YTU

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (cWLG3)

300 those are black bears but running at cubs with mom there while you are holding you're own toddler is a Darwin Award waiting to happen
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Remember that picture of Steve Irwin provoking a crocodile while holding his infant son?

I liked the guy, but that was NOT a prudent thing to do.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (77rzZ)

301

"Georgia, the fifth-worst in the survey, was explicitly called out for offering “few protections for LGBTQ+ people, making it one of America’s least inclusive states.”"

That is one weird way of looking at how keeping trannies out of the girl's bathroom.

Protecting young girls equals not protecting sexual deviants in these people's minds.

So odd that this brand of thinking is the same across the planet. How does that happen.

Seems like a planted story tbh.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (et1vG)

302 I only wish Indiana were lower on the list to encourage more fags, trannys, and libs (although I repeat myself) to leave my state.

Posted by: toddg at July 14, 2026 01:07 PM (KCFD3)

303 294 Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM
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Well this should be interesting, but I really wonder if he is able to do anything about it. Too many lefty judges trying to stop him.
Thune better get to work and confirm more judges than Biden was able to because we have no time to waste until Trump is out of office. Every single day matters.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 01:05 PM (NpAcC)

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I wouldn't expect anything like removal of Ossoff or Warnock.

I would expect potential criminal charges against individuals in the GA and Fulton governments.

Most importantly, I'd expect a weird, completely unexplainable and marked shift rightward in GA politics starting this November.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:07 PM (3hMEn)

304
A Hawaiian judge declared those laws inoperative because it could hurt Elon. So a lot of companies, including left-leaning ones, have been re-incorporating outside of Delaware.
Posted by: Ian S.

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Because it could *help Elon?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (mmrXZ)

305 "Notice something in common?" Newsom posted.

"All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
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None of them are centers of Big Media?

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (Fi81e)

306 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

Posted by: John Thune, worthless asshole at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (sn5xH)

307 Huh. Alaska is a net out flow.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (mPXxA)

They're tired of seeing Russia from their house.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

308 Corinthian mockery? Of course, why not the best.

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (/iygw)

309 Thank you, CNCB. The people with those priorities need to stay in blue states. Self segregation is just fine.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (afJtY)

310 I wouldn't expect anything like removal of Ossoff or Warnock.

I can only hope he says Biden was illegitimately elected and subsequently sworn in, and everything he did was illegal.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (3Ope8)

311 Can confirm Warren Ellis is a dirtbag. I've met him. Don't get me started on Grant Morrison too. Or fucking assmonger Alan Moore.

yeah I don't know who he is but the other two yeah

anyway I trust your judgment!

still, I want to believe Gaiman is ok. I met him a few times when I was a young lass and he was always really nice and gentlemanly.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (j+aD2)

312 @224 those are black bears but running at cubs with mom there while you are holding you're own toddler is a Darwin Award waiting to happen
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (m2wmY)

As it SHOULD be. That child should be removed from the parents and placed in a family that has a brain amongst them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (2YhKe)

313 Never ever believe any of those "The 10 Best [or Worst] Places [or Countries]..."

Otherwise known as Click Bait, and generated based on whatever arbitrary crap a person can feed into an AI research assistant into an article.

"Grok: Rank the cities/states/countries on criteria X, Y and Z, then write a folksy introduction and summary in 500 words or less. if you can add an example attractive photo for the Best and a dystopian photo of the least."

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (9Hs2w)

314 Pfft. The garbage-raiding buggers wander through here like they own the place.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (XeU6L)

Some passing motorists informed my wife she was standing about 50' from one last week when she was taking the dog out to pee. It wandered all the way through town to the river and they lost it. He (probably) has no fear of people. He isn't even paying attention to the people that filmed it. Just a bear doing bear stuff.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (UQtCA)

315 also black bears are ANNOYING

they're all over PA and they are not afraid of people at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (j+aD2)

316 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (sn5xH)

317 >>They're tired of seeing Russia from their house.

It's amazing to me how many leftists I've either heard in person or read who believe Sarah Palin actually said that.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (J4Dwc)

318 >>Most importantly, I'd expect a weird, completely unexplainable and marked shift rightward in GA politics starting this November.

Trump claims to have solid evidence of foreign involvement. Do you really think they only targeted Georgia?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)

319 215 Embrace the horror of CNBC's ratings.

This just might keep those stupid Left morons out of your state
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)

Exactly! Who cares what CNN says? They're leftwing r*tards. Anyone who watches that pigslop unironically is a r*tard. If it causes them to self segragate in their expensive sh*tholes, that is a good thing.

Posted by: Nelly at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (6+ehB)

320 Cost of living in Rhode Island is about 10-12% higher than the national average. Sounds about right for a large gated community.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (/WQyy)

321 Kansas
Curremtly a Dem governor.
Johnson county full of Leftists that whine about the rest of the state.
Most jobs require physical labor (oil and ag). Not a lot of opportunity for DEI.
People think it will be more exciting somewhere else.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bkuEU)
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Thus answering Thomas Frank's question.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (Fi81e)

322 305 "Notice something in common?" Newsom posted.

"All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
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None of them are centers of Big Media?
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (Fi81e)
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The "TDS" label must really sting, eh? Enough to use the phrase "Derangement Syndrome" in a "I know you are, but what am I?" fashion.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (cWLG3)

323 Coworker had a good old boy from Florida visit for work ages ago. He was talking about alligators, and how the Yankees would leave their dogs tied up outside and gators would get them. My coworker relayed to me his exact quote, "There is nothing a gator likes better than little dogs and n****r young 'uns."

Sheesh.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (ufFY8)

324 Still don't get the Left obsessing over public restrooms.
The places are disgusting enough.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (UjdFS)

325 ) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

A lot of that is just signaling, for blog cred

Posted by: Sentinel at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (z0zd7)

326 Trump claims to have solid evidence of foreign involvement. Do you really think they only targeted Georgia?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)
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Seeing how the DSA is a product of Germany, I wouldn't be surprised if he has a case.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)

327 Take a look at Cohn's other article lists. This is his schtick. He picks the criteria to form his lists based on his own values (which, arguably, require work).

He did a list of the best State economies and listed California, New York, and Minnesota near the very top of the list. California has $1.3 Trillion debt. New York has $2.33 Billion debt. Minnesota has $8.54 Billion debt. All three of these states are losing taxpayers inclusive of high value commercial businesses and high income earners.

Yet, somehow, to Cohn, NY, CA and MN are great places to do business.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (dIske)

328 I read a study about taxes by state. And the conclusion was most states tax in pretty narrow narrow band. They looked at the 4 major taxes: income, sales, property, fuel.

And then looked at the median income earner in each state and the % of income paid via those 4 taxes.

The 10 highest states had an average of 11.5% of income paid. The bottom 10 had an average of 6.5%.

High tax states aren’t that high and low tax states aren’t that low for the median income worker. They all tax in the same general neighborhood. Where it gets to the extremes is for high income people. California fucks you good and hard if you make $500k or more whereas TN or NV with no income tax, obviously does not.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (ehU09)

329 304
A Hawaiian judge declared those laws inoperative because it could hurt Elon. So a lot of companies, including left-leaning ones, have been re-incorporating outside of Delaware.
Posted by: Ian S.

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Because it could *help Elon?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The Hawaiian judge was operating from a Delaware courthouse. Killing the only reason why Delaware even exists. We should help Delaware out by declaring it a territory and housing all illegals there in prep for their deportation. That should depopulate the state fairly quickly and it could return to a state of nature that enviromentalists would love.Make Delaware Useful Again!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (hDe5k)

330 265
We're trying to leave Mass but the housing market seems to be cratering. Can't even get anyone to come look at our nicely updated home, even after we significantly lowered the price. I guess we waited a little too long -- should have left two years ago (at least).

That’s too bad. I think it depends how far you are from Boston. I was only 35 mins out of Boston directly west. I had a tiny (<1000 sq ft + 250 finished basement with only 1 bath) 50 yr old house but in a nice town. I made a boat load on it with a bidding war. All my sons had left Mass and I only have 1 sibling left in CT, who’s going south once retirement is reached. There was nothing keeping me there, especially since I couldn’t get a job. I miss New England but not all the crazy Karens who were driving around with masks on in their cars.

Posted by: Mrs Emma Peel at July 14, 2026 01:16 PM (np2zX)

331 "All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
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It takes a lot to ruin such a great state as California. Newsome is the right guy to do the job!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (hDe5k)

332 "There is nothing a gator likes better than little dogs and n****r young 'uns."

Sheesh.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian

I live in the deep, Deep South and never have I heard anyone say anything close to this. In fact, when I had to live in NJ (sorry NJ peeps) for 2 years, it was shocking to me how openly racist many people were.

To be honest, this type of thing would be frowned upon and the person saying it taken to task here. I am not saying we don’t have people who are racist, every place does, I suppose. But I assure you, race relations here are far better than many places.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:19 PM (p4NUW)

333 One thing Rhode Island doesn't have is an entire city being taken over by muslims. Some states do.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)

Was this asset listed along with the wheelbarrow?

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 01:19 PM (LHPAg)

334 Don't move to Spokane. Just don't. I know it's been a long time since I lived there, but it likely still sucks. The weather is awful too

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 01:20 PM (bkuEU)

335 Noodlum.

Posted by: Nooder at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (2Ez/1)

336 when I had to live in NJ (sorry NJ peeps) for 2 years, it was shocking to me how openly racist many people were.

NJ has a lot of little ethnic enclaves, still, like NYC used to and I think Long Island still does. If you live in Little Italy all your life, especially if you're old and remember life before the Internet, you just didn't see many nonItalians outside of work. Diversity was when you mingled with the Irish after Mass.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (gKWVE)

337 Wyoming is gaining quickly. But since they are measuring on a per capita basis I think there will still be room if I decide to move there once I quit working and can ditch Colorado.

As far as Minnesota gaining population I do wonder how many are Somali and Haitian.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (PV+Zw)

338 noting that Texas added over 67,000 residents and Tennessee added over 42,000

Were they all legal residents? (I'm betting the largest portion of them were.)

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (kU0PQ)

339 The real question is:
WHO is leaving?
Business owners?
Taxpayers?
Homeless?
Illegal aliens (pardon the h8 crime of stating the plain truth)
I lived near Charlotte, NC in 2008. After the banking debacle, construction cratered, and MANY illegal aliens left, with their families. Suddenly, school enrollment dropped like a rock, as did crime.
Neither change was a bad thing.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (7Rs+y)

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