The red states in the first map are literally the best states in America.
Oh yes, I hear all of the time how everyone envies the quality of life in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana...
Tennessee was awesome and I liked Huntsville a lot. I've lived in 5 different states and been to close to 40 of them.
I don't mean people can't love those states nor that there aren't wonderful parts and people in them, only that their quality of life isn't very enviable. A situation which isn't exactly their fault, mind you. Personally, I've never been to any of those states, but I do have family in KY and TN. They seem content with them, but I couldn't imagine living in states with that kind of highly religious, generally rural, Southern conservative culture with their high levels of poverty and relatively poor infrastructure.
It's not for some people, and that's understandable. But for some, there's no place like it.
