What is the best STATE in the UNITED STATES to live?

Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Live off the grid in the wilderness

i like florida. fresh water everywhere, cheap housing in many areas, and loose gun laws/protection of the right to defend yourself, others, and your car/home.

Vermont : Beautiful all four seasons. Lots of fresh air and a very healthy state. Organic foods ,locally brewed beer, and wines. Bike paths, hiking paths, lakes to swim or fish in.Ranks second in the nation for heart health. Friendly people who still believe in helping their neighbor.
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I was gonna say Vermont... very nice... hope to get back someday

stay out of California and Alaska

Not Maryland

It's all a state of mind.

It's gotta be Arizona. Really no risk of natural disasters. The summers aren't the greatest, but if you have a pool you're good to go.

Deserts, mountains, ocean, islands, volcanoes, redwoods, highest point in the continental U.S., lowest point in America, vineyards, cosmopolitan cities with cultures from around the world, small seaside town, mountain resorts (not just the one Dorner fled to). If you like the outdoors and being active, there's only one state that has it all.

I left Arizona 3 years ago, I miss it bad.

Depends on your criteria. If you want a state with low income tax, or best education system, or low crime rate, or great weather, or low cost of living, etc...BTW none of these are California, so cross that one off the list.

Move back (while you can). It will only get harder to do with each month that goes by.

california^

Coma? lol

Texas.

Montana, Wyoming, Maine, Texas, Arizona, Oregon, Washington all seem like good states to me. my current one isint bad either.

México

Arrrrrrriiiba!!!!

I moved to Arizona from the Philly suburbs in '93 and felt I had died and gone to heaven. Still do. The summers are hot, but you find ways to cope. The rest of the year - never having to fight slush or freezing rain again - fabulous! Cost of living is good. There isn't a feeling of oppressive slavery as I've known in other places. And there is much varied, beautiful scenery within a short drive. Have found lasting friendships too.

Suffered from Seasonal Affective Disorder (depression from sunlight deprivation) in PA. There is so much sunlight here it compeltely went away.

Gulf of Mexico, some sandbar, in the middle of nowhere.

Or Oklahoma.

I would move, if I could to either New Mexico or West By God Virginia.

And I live in Texico.

The newly acquired state of Canada is nice to live in.

Denial is the best. Particulary on the shores of cognitive dissonance. Everything is surreal there.

So many live there though it might seem crowded.

Not telling.

Canada! Go there and be safe!

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