Why are BLUE STATES desirable to live in, but RED STATES aren't as much?

Correction: Not Arizona

There are more states than that. You forgot the greatest red state of all - Texas.

I've been to 45 US states so far and I can tell you that people in blue States are more dependent on welfare while people in red state are conservative and Mormons.

True. But I based my list on the SOLID Blue and Red States for this 2012 Presidential election. Check out this map...

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well i do know that ny has great benefits just ask all the parasites collecting them. does it mean ny is more desirable? no, it just means that politicans tax workers to death to keep the free stuff flowing and votes in their column. when you give away free stuff people will come.

Yes, that's true.

Correction;

Oklahoma has the best economy in the country. Our unemploment rate is the lowest in the nation.

If one wants to work in Oklahoma, there's a job to be had.

Also of note, not one single county went to Obama last presidential election. Oklahoma rocks.

Desirable doesn't equate to logical.

Yes, good point. But I think it's the chicken or the egg. The Blue States had and have robust economies, so they draw lots of people for work. As the economic cycle ebbs and flows, many of these jobs are outsourced or have become automated, or are rendered obsolete, so these states then are forced to provide for their much larger populations.

I've been to Oklahoma(Bartlesville,Oklahoma city,Tulsa) and felt very depressing for some reason.

Yes, but you're basing "desirability" on national statistics. I don't live in a state based on its unemployment rate. On tax rates, sure. But I hear ya. That is a consideration, I suppose. But still...it's Oklahoma. (No offense, but when one things of the ideal place to live, Oklahoma doesn't jump out at them).

*thinks

If you want to live in left-wing, crime ridden,
sexual perversion abounding,
political corruption pervading states,
by all means, go blue.

I'm in beautiful West Virginia, where we cling
to God and Guns and the Bible.
Most of us grow much of our own food.
I get my water from a crystal clear mountain spring.
Free, with no fluoride or chlorine, thank you.
In my neck of the woods there hasn't been a crime
of any kind for decades, and the last violent crime
was a hundred years ago.

Life is pretty much like paradise up here in the
clean mountain air, and just about anyone here would
sooner go to hell than to New York or California.

I live in California. The thing about California is people not from here think the entire state is Los Angeles lol. There are many pockets of pristine, beautiful, clean, no crime areas. Lots, actually. But, like anywhere, those areas are outside of the large urban areas. Texas is a Red State, but Dallas is riddled with crime.

I'm glad to hear about your situation in West Virginia. It's a beautiful state, yes. I visited years ago. Loved it. Really like walking around Harper's Ferry.

Just for the record, I think Los Angeles is hell on earth. :)

But I live in northern CA, thankfully.

If an income, and low cost of living aren't taken into consideration, then people have seriously lost focus on what's important.

Define desirability.

Better yet, let's use a definition that suits everybody.

See the problem with this?

Interesting point, though off-topic -- every State that saw a rise in employment since 2010 elected a Republican Governor.

Things that make one go "hmmm..."

Why are we feeding this nitwit troll? There are nice places to live all over the USA. OP, you need to just shut the fuck up and go back to doing what unemployed liberal arts majors do best...serve coffee and play Xbox.

True. Very true. Good point. It's subjective. It comes down to what one finds "desirable" about a state. Point well taken. :)

Troll? By all means, if you'd rather read threads about farts and the Kardashians, be my guest.

Just did a quick look at your thread creations. So I see you're an anti-Islam, Limbaugh/Hannity robot. Typical. Do you masturbate to the Limbaugh Letter? Mega Jowls, Mr. Snerdly. One of those people who thinks a college education makes one "uppity" or "liberal". LOL. Not uppity or liberal. Just employable. :) Enjoy your lemming status, tool.

Not if you look at the statistics. Blue state money goes to pay red state welfare.

Seems like a matter of opinion to me. There's no way in hell I'd ever want to live in one of those blue states.

True. Matter of opinion. I'd never want to live in most red states. No offense, but Kansas? Nebraska? North Dakota? Alabama? I'd rather live in the African bush with Hotentots. :)

I thought Minnesota was a blue state since there 99% of white population living in the state. I guess huge influx of Somali population turned the state into blue.

Why are nearly all of the Red states overwhelmingly white and conservative? Texas is one of the few Red states with a diverse population. Let's face it...the Red states aren't marching forward in progress. Blue States are where innovations are made.

Yeah, Somali and Hmong.

Biggest consumer products outsourcer = Walmart. Based in Arkansas. RED State.

The beach?

Superficial bs. Desirable to most people is "how much meaningless bullshit I can shove into my petty life before I die".

EWW texas smells like Swamp ass. That state should be made into a parking lot for the Mexico. Lone star state ha, don't kid yourself, the only reason its called that is because Mexico nor the US wanted that waste land. Nothing good comes out of texas. Never meet a texan I liked or would even piss on if they were on fire. Puerto Rico would be a better state than texas.