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Bettie

(16,100 posts)
3. "We are Alabama. Nobody tells us how to vote or what to do."
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 02:32 PM
Mar 2020

It shows, it really, really shows that you refuse to take advice from anyone else.

https://whnt.com/news/alabama-second-to-last-in-us-news-ranking-of-best-and-worst-states/

Alabama is next to last on the list of best and worst states, according to the new rankings from US News and World Report.

The Best States ranking of states compiles thousands of data points to decide how well states are taking care of their citizens. Health care, education, the state’s economy, roads, bridges, internet and other infrastructure, public safety, the fiscal stability of state government, and opportunity are factors in determining which state is the ‘best’.

Alabama ranked 49th, beating Louisiana.

Bottom 10 states:

41. Pennsylvania

42. South Carolina

43. Oklahoma

44. Alaska

45. Arkansas

46. New Mexico

47. West Virginia

48. Mississippi

49. Alabama

50. Louisiana


Alabama rankings:

23rd in the state’s fiscal stability
35th in natural environment
38th in infrastructure
45th in economy
45th in opportunity for residents
45th in crime and corrections
46th in healthcare
50th in education

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