All 50 STATES in AMERICA Ranked WORST to Best 

I hope you guys enjoy this video. Let me know which ones you feel got a raw deal.

so we just gonna ignore the fact that this man ranked Maine third best state in 2019 and now its at 26? like did Maine got hit by an asteroid or what? wtf happened?

Alright, let's do this. 0:40 #50: Lousiana 1:03 #49: Arkansas 1:47 #48: Mississippi 2:30 #47: Alabama 2:41 #46: Alaska 3:06 #45: New Mexico 3:28 #44: Oklahoma (at least y'all have a musical made about your state) 3:59 #43: West Virigina 4:27 #42: Michigan 4:56 #41: Nevada 5:14 #40: Kentucky 5:42 #39: Indiana 6:10 #38: Ohio 6:27 #37: New Jersey 6:57 #36: New York (at least a bunch of people make songs about y'a...oh wait, those are just about NYC) 7:30 #35 Missouri 7:43 #34: South Carolina 8:08 #33: Arizona 8:31 #32: California (I am sad that my home state dropped down the list, but the whole state is gonna burn down at some point, so...) 9:00 #31: Wyoming 9:11 #30: Illinois 9:24 #29: Rhode Island 9:53 #28: Montana 9:59 #27: Texas 10:33 #26: Maine 10:46 #25: Tennessee 11:00 #24: Kansas 11:12 #23: Hawaii 11:28 #22: Oregon 12:00 #21: Pennsylvania 12:17 #20: Delaware 12:45 #19: Connecticut 13:22 #18: Maryland 13:37 #17: Colorado 13:56 #16: Georgia 14:15 #15: North Dakota 14:41 #14: Iowa 14:55 #13: South Dakota 15:12 #12: North Carolina 15:34 #11: Vermont 16:02 #10: Florida 16:34 #9: Idaho 16:53 #8: Virigina (wasn't expecting that) 17:21 #7: Massachusets 17:40 #6: Wisconsin 18:10 #5: Nebraska 18:26 #4: Minnesota 18:54 #3: New Hampshire 19:20 #2: Utah 20:20 #1: Washington

NY: “They got jobs, they got good people” The only time New York has been peaceful for 1 day was in 2012.

I've lived in several states now, and their rankings are honestly not surprising. I lived the longest time in New Mexico, but I'm living in Utah currently. The differences are absolutely shocking. Let's just say I'm starting my own family in Utah for many reasons, even though some of my family and friends are still in New Mexico...

You know, I've lived in Michigan (#42) and Utah (#2), and they're not that different. My point is that if you're moving to anywhere in the US, it's not like a third-world country in one state and first-world in another state. The differences are slighter than people like to pretend.

For the next time you "update" a list, it would be cool to see the rank changes. Not only show the new rank but also the old one. That would also allow viewers to see which states are improving a lot

As a Missourian who now lives in Illinois, I concur with your assessment of both states.

From Washington, and I was pleasantly surprised to find it topped the list! I love it’s temperate climate and beautiful nature!

As someone who was born and raised in WA, I’m surprised it’s #1, it’s nice here but it isn’t that far off from being ridiculously expensive like California. It’s definitely a challenge for the younger adults to get something established on their own here. Also crime has been on the rise in certain areas. Not a bad list though.

I moved out of Washington State four years ago because Seattle has become overrun with lunatics on the city council and vagrants on the streets. The housing prices have become outrageous too. The oppressive clouds and constant rain are depressing as well.

Really glad to hear lots of jobs are being more applied in Ohio. I just moved there recently for a fresh start in life, convenience and more opportunity and I love it here. Originally I was gonna move to Virginia, but there's almost no opportunity there for someone like me and they're alot more expensive- doesn't mean I didn't like it there, I love Virginia, but Ohio just seems to be the best fit for me, especially in Sandusky where you have so many things close to you if you don't drive as well as giving more like an old town vibe rather than a city.

I'm so sorry you're going through this 😔 I love your videos, they have been so insightful, and have helped me understand everything thst goes into some people's appearance and you always do it with the upmost respect 🥰 You're such a doll, and I love how you bring things to light when celebrities attempt to live in denial.

Who else is addicted to this channel

As an "over the road" trucker, covering every state but Alaska and Hawaii, I've seen some truly remarkable and amazing things. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Great Lakes to the Mexican border and just about everything in between. I don't think a lot of Americans realize just how expansive, grand and beautiful this country really is. From the laid back, cool beaches to the majesty of the mountains. From the natural beauty of forests to the calmness of waterfalls, rivers, lakes and streams. Personally, in my opinion, driving Route 12 from Mt Saint Helen's to Yakima Washington, is the most beautiful place I've ever seen in America. I was blown away, it's stunning. Knocked Tennessee to #2 on my list of most beautiful states. Each state truly has something remarkable to bring to the table. Even my home state of New Jersey is beautiful. And if you disagree, you'll make great fertilizer, I'll bury your ass in the Pinelands. Furgeddaboutit.

As someone who’s lived in Utah for many years, I agree with the ranking. Opportunities are abundant, education is great, cost of living is going up but still better than other places, especially if you live outside of the Salt Lake valley it’s not too bad and if you’re an outdoorsy person there’s lots to do here. I’ve also lived in California and I also agree with the comment about it being the best and also the worst state to live in.

I’m glad my buddy from Louisiana didn’t see this. But speaking as a former Pittsburgher, I think you should have done a nighttime drone fly over the city while you were talking about Pennsylvania. It is ranked the 2nd most beautiful view in the US

"Mississippi is ranked 50th in infrastructure." I'm watching this at a time when Jackson doesn't have safe drinking water due to a water treatment plant failure. So, I agree.

Here in NH we don't even think about safety -it's just safe. Really notice it when traveling. In spite of our brutal winters we still always rate high in lists.

I dated a guy who was from Oregon while living in Oklahoma. His family moved from Oregon in the 90s. I asked him why his family ever moved from such a beautiful place. Long story short, his family couldn’t afford living out there anymore . His dad referred to Oregon as “poverty with a view. “ I can’t remember where they lived exactly, but it was either Eugene, Redmond, or Bend.

I'm from Washington, and I was honestly surprised, but not disappointed, that it made number one. I think one of the lower qualities over here is the high cost of living, but putting that aside it's a pretty nice state to live in -Your friend in eastern Washington

Utah has great statistics but after living here for a few years I can tell you that living along the Wasatch Front Range takes a massive toll on your health due to the horrible air quality during many parts of the year. I will be leaving in a few years because of this horrible issue that lowers quality of life here tremendously. Clean air is underrated.

Kinda impressed my home state of Wisconsin was ranked so high, but you really hit the nail on the head with the state not having any major downfalls. The towns along the Michigan coast (minus admittedly Milwaukee) are an awesome place to move to right now, and the Mississippi River area has always been great.

Glad Utah made it to number 2, Moved here a year ago (from a desert in California) And I moved to the City area and it has definitely made me much happier. Opportunity here is so good! Jobs left and right for great pay!

Lived in WA State all my life. The various diverse geographical regions in the state are amazing. How can an area have so many different regions. Rain forest to desert grassland, high mountain Cascades, grazing ranges, stunning river valleys, beautiful lakes, ocean beaches, scablands, rich farm land, thick forests, flat rolling wheat fields, Puget sound and quiet ocean islands. The mountains in North Central WA remind me of the Alps but far more rugged and remote. Pretty amazing. The only place in the state I've never visited is the Northeast part of the State. I hear it is very pretty.

As someone who grew up in Washington State. I should add some things. The best city to live in is Snohomish. Worst place right now is Seattle. But I have high hopes it gets better

Listening to this in early 2022, as a lifelong washingtonian, I greatly value the statistics and reports on your channel. That being said, the only other states I could ever imagine moving to thanks to your channel are maine, but also Montana or idaho. As someone who absolutely adores the chilliness and the temperamental but beautiful change in seasons, the Pacific northwest, even the lesser known treasure of Eastern Washington certainly have more than their market share of natural beauty combined with decent infrastructure, good history, and a generally friendly and welcoming population! I've been to many other states but I've never found one that is truly as all around satisfying as Washington. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful work, it is much appreciated!

Honestly wasn't expecting us to make top 5. Pretty rad

Thanks man!!

I grew up in Washington and have lived the last six years in Utah. I've also lived in and visited pretty much every other state and I have to say Utah and Washington certainly deserve their top place on this list.

Have you ever considered including US territories on lists like these? It would be pretty interesting to see

The thing is: I live in a suburb of Nashville and my towns about an hour away. Many people are moving here and it’s getting a bit crowded.

Thanks! Just made me mad asf as a Louisianan! Thank you very much!

I've been in Washington for 23 of 24 years and I can confirm its only a good state to live in if you make 6 figures and don't mind extremely one sided politics. Traffic and road quality is a nightmare, fuel tax is the 3rd highest in the nation, sales tax rates are very high, and the drugs and homelessness are rampant and none of the leaders are doing anything to fix it. Been trying to get the hell out of this place for the last few years.

As a North Carolinian, I agree. The state is always near the top 10, but never quite in it. Although, this may change in the years to come, as more people are moving in, and the metros still have yet to branch out.

In Richmond Virginia it feels like it's almost a mini LA in terms of traffic... Mid 2000s weren't bad but today it's terrible.

I live in Connecticut and the image he put up is Mystic, CT and I’ve been there before! It was so cool to see that image.

Michigan is super underrated and I love it that way. Fresh Great Lakes, beaches everywhere, wineries, rocky shoreline, 450 foot sand dunes, clean air, huge forests, 11,000 inland lakes, 7 months of the best weather in country, beautiful autumns, quaint small towns, and tons of clear rivers. As long as you don't live in Detroit, Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Flint, or Saginaw, you are living large in Michigan!

Enjoyed this one quite a bit. In numerous videos you talk about how one or two cities can pull a whole state down. Would you please do a video about how, in the same state, two cities can be at opposite ends of the suckage scale? In this one you mentioned Grand Rapids and Detroit, but I am sure there are plenty others.

Took a road trip from Salt Lake to Louisiana a few months back, passing through New Mexico and Texas en route. Totally agree with New Mexico’s ranking on this list, but never could quite understand why Louisiana gets such a bad rap. Maybe it’s because we only went as far as Beaux Bridge? In any case, the area we visited was amazingly beautiful, all the people we met were friendly and welcoming, and the food… Well, I can tell you, if the local cuisine was included in your assessment, Louisiana would shoot up into at least the top 20!

I live in New Hampshire from Texas. I was a traveling nurse I’ve been all over the place. I had a assignment at Dartmouth Hitchcock people were awesome and so the doctors. When I retired I stayed and never regret it. I ❤ New Hampshire

I live in Montana and have lived in Wyoming. For the reasons you mentioned is why I love it here.

I live in Minnesota and I was so suprised to see it as #4!

I used to live in Washington in 2018, my family loves it there, but we moved to wisconsin because of family and cheaper real estate. If we wanted to live within 30 mins to an hour from seattle, the houses STARTED at over a million dollars. Most were pretty small and like no yard. In my house in wisconsin it was less than 400k for a 4000+ sqft house with 3 acres of land. That would be over 5 million dollars in (most of) washington. If you want to move their, a pretty nice area with decent real estate prices is squim.

I’ve lived in Pennsylvania my whole life and I gotta say I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. I think the fact that we experience all 4 seasons, and that housing is super affordable is huge. Plus I really enjoy having Philadelphia nearby and Lancaster is also a great place and community

Great video, love the work you put into it. Some constructive criticism though, you’re very inconsistent about saying a state ranks higher or lower when it ranks better or worse. For example, sometime you’ll say a state ranks higher on this list, meaning it’s closer to the number one slot, but you’ll refer to a different states as being higher on the list meaning it has a bigger number and is thus further from the number one spot. It takes some extra thought to figure out what you mean. But like I said, great video! Just wanted to see the next one be even better!

as a Tennesseean i just want to say first I didn't think we'd be that high on the list second thank you for showing batman building

I personally loved the one in 2019 like I know it was in three separate videos but I liked how slow it was well compared to this video anyway. That is however my personal preference though.

Briggs, thank you for your videos. You are one of a few creators that I totally look forward to watch.

I moved to a suburb of Albuquerque, NM a couple years ago, and it’s the kind of place where if you make 50k/year, this can be one of the best places to live in the country. If you don’t have the money, however, it gets real dicey real fast.

California: "They got a serious homeless problem, they have great weather" *its freaking 120 degrees over here, what do you mean we have great weather*

As someone from California, I think its worse than Alaska because a lot of houses out here still don't have AC when temps can be in the 90's or 100's during 3 seasons of the year, and we have a terrible drought situation right now.

As a native Iowan, I can confirm that we do have what might be called a boredom problem. We don't really have any attractions in this state. But it's so reasonably priced. Our population in constantly sort of equaling out because many youths from Iowa move to the coasts for more vibrant lives, while at the same time tons replace them in opposite moves, because it's so cheap to live here, and we have good schools and decent cities.

This is kind of a silly premise: we typically live in cities and only venture outside on weekend trips or vacations. So the average quality of the state doesn't matter much.

Never lived in WA but pleasantly surprised to see it at #1 I grew up vacationing to the San Juan Islands which always blew me away, unbelievable natural beauty

As someone from Louisiana, we are literally the worst. There’s like a shooting every day and it’s scary but the education is just as bad. The schools are put in cheap places to cut corners but then they wonder why we have lockdowns so often. It sucks here.

50) Louisiana 49) Arkansas 48) Mississippi 47) Alabama 46) Alaska 45) New Mexico 44) Oklahoma 43) West Virginia 42) Michigan 41) Nevada 40) Kentucky 39) Indiana 38) Ohio 37) New Jersey 36) New York 35) Missouri 34) South Carolina 33) Arizona 32) California 31) Wyoming 30) Illinois 29) Rhode Island 28) Montana 27) Texas 26) Maine 25) Tennessee 24) Kansas 23) Hawaii 22) Oregon 21) Pennsylvania 20) Delaware 19) Connecticut 18) Maryland 17) Colorado 16) Georgia 15) North Dakota 14) Iowa 13) South Dakota 12) North Carolina 11) Vermont 10) Florida 9) Idaho 8) Virginia 7) Massachusetts 6) Wisconsin 5) Nebraska 4) Minnesota 3) New Hampshire 2) Utah 1) Washington

I moved from New Jersey to Washington and couldn’t agree with this rank list more.

ok Briggs, you know I gotta do it... you need to redact Idaho from these lists now that we're in the top 10, too many people are gonna want to move here. :)

I think on top of metrics, it’s helpful to hear people’s personal experiences with the state and the natural beauty. And also consider that no place is 100 percent good or bad.

As someone who’s lived in Michigan their entire life, this is blasphemy of the highest order! The only reason Michigan should be so low in the list is our roads are admittedly complete ass. We recently arrived home from a vacation in North Carolina, and aside from coming home to freeze my rear off, the INSTANT we crossed the border from Ohio to Michigan, I could have sworn we got teleported to driving on the moon…

I think you got the last two mixed up. Yes, Alaska is bigger and you get paid to live there, but you don't have to wait forever for stuff to get to Montana and you also don't have to take an airplane to your village. It looks pretty much exactly like Alaska, just a little smaller, and we still get 8 hours of sunlight in the winter.

I moved to RI somewhat recently and the schools are absolutely fine (also some of the highest paid teachers in the country). The low ranking in infrastructure is absolutely, simply, the roads and bridges.

Moved to NH in 2018 and LOVE it here. People are nice and everywhere seems to be dog friendly. The challenge is to work out indoors during the winter.

Thank you so much for your video and I am just shocked that you gave Washington your top spot after you have been blasting Seattle so much, I moved to Washington in 1999 from California and I appreciate the quality of life here. I can get to the outdoors on public transportation and with the improved light rail system for the Seattle area you can get around here so easily. I hope you have a blessed week and get back soon to see our light rail system. Thank you 🙏

Interested Video

I live in Michigan and imo, depending on where you go, it is the best state to live in. Also the only negatives are the existence of flint and our terrible roads. I find detriot to actually be a very nice city, just not so much the neighborhoods.

Thank you, Briggs for this video, very much appreciated

Funny observation: Briggs talks about Maine being cold, while the video shows a building displaying the temperature: 85 F.

as someone originally from massachusetts, kind of shocked it was so high lol

Living in a Tiny Town in Illinois, I'd say this is pretty accurate!

One thing about people moving to West Virginia - I think that influx is largely in the eastern panhandle around Harpers Ferry. It’s close enough to DC, so it’s got the edge of exurban expansion. It’s only an hour from Harpers ferry to Dulles international. If you have have to fly a lot for work, but you can work remotely and want country living - that eastern end of WV works out well for some folks.

Top States n time stamp! 1. Washington 20:20 2. Utah 19:20 3. New Hampshire 18:54 4. Minnesota 18:26 5. Nebraska 18:10 6. Wisconsin 17:40 7. Massachusetts 17:21 8. Virginia 16:53 9. Idaho 16:33 10. Florida 16:02 11. Vermont 15:34 12. North Carolina 15:12 13. South Dakota 14:55 14. Iowa 14:41 15. North Dakota 14:15 16. Gorgia 13:55 17. Colorado 13:37 18. Maryland 13:20 19. Connecticut 12:45 20. Delaware 12:16 . 24. Kanas 11:00 25. Tennessee 10:45

as someone who lived in california my whole life (moved to indiana about a year and a half ago), i'm honestly surprised to see it at 32!! it's fine if you're rich enough to be there, but if you're not, it's not that great. plus, can we talk about how it's always on fire, both figuratively and literally?? 🤔🔥

The Twin cities (Minneapolis/st Paul) in Minnesota is a terrific plsvr to live with a lot of opportunities. But it does get cold/snowy in the Winter but has a beautiful summer spring and fall. If you can get used to the winter (and nany people do) it can be a great place to live. Washington is a wonderful state.

Hi Briggs. Been a Masshole all my life but I've got to admit besides the cold weather (it can last 5 months) and the horrible roads and creaky bridges it's actually a nice place to live.

For someone that moved from Texas to New Hampshire, I couldn’t agree more with their rankings.

I lived in a small town in New Mexico for a year and it was horrible. I am so glad I live in Texas now.

nice to see the boulder, colorado flatirons in the intro. :)

Thanks!

Glad to see my state get some love (Wisconsin) I was in New York and I heard someone say “if you don’t have a friend from Wisconsin I’m surprised because they are like the nicest people I’ve ever met” just made me feel good

Great video with a lot of great points! I would only argue that nobody is moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana. That place sux hard.

Used to live in Hackensack NJ funny you mentioned it😂

I've lived in Northern Virginia for my entire life, and I've never thought of leaving. It's got everything, from beautiful scenery, to great education, to great opportunity.

Utah resident here: been trying to buy a house for 6 months and have been denied 13 offers(offering 15-25k over asking and 7.5-10k over appraisal.) The housing market here IS NOT reasonable in the slightest. Everything else about the state is great.

I have lived in Washington all my life and I wasn’t expecting this

this is gonna create some interesting opinions

I feel like this was generally a good video but several times throughout you mentioned a state being cold but not the average winter temperature. Also, while it seems like more people prefer hotter temperature to colder ones, there is a portion of the population who would prefer the cold. So I feel like if and when you update this video you should give a more well rounded view of temperatures in the hottest and coldest states or not mention it at all.

I was extremely happy when I saw Massachusetts at #7, that's where I'm from, it's a great and beautiful state overall. Great education and many entertainment all around.

As someone from Georgia and was born in the Sweet Onion city, and now lives in Atlanta I can say that it is really crowded. And I would also recommend if you are moving to Georgia, Statesboro, Savannah, Brunswick, Dublin and Douglas are some great places to move to. Also as South Carolina’s neighbor the only two things I don’t like about their state is their part of the interstate. Especially I-95. And I don’t like their football team.

My mom used to live in wyoming when she was a kid, and she used to get sick a lot, so when she had to go to a hospital, she had to drive 3 hours to denver. Now we are in texas.

Born and raised in Boise, Idaho. Lived there 24 years. Been in Austin, Texas for 6. I would be interested in seeing you do a list for best 50 cities. I feel like I’ve lucked out in cities in my life :)

Moved from Dallas/Fort Worth to southern Washington, couldn't be happier.

16:02 Talks about Tampa, proceeds to show Orlando in the clip...

As being born and been living in Washington my whole life I was very surprised it was number one! I do love living here though

I’m dual citizen in Canada have been to all 50 (often working at airports) I also have (had) grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins in Wa and Ut so they would be happy. Your ranking is spot on in my opinion. My personal feeling is based on experiences so I might not come to same conclusions exactly for example first time I was in Fl it was Miami and it was muggy hot, unhappy people, police sirens continually at night, I couldn’t wait to get out of Florida. Next time I was in the gulf side and found Tampa absolutely great despite fact one night we had large cyclone pass through with a foot and half of rain and 100 mph winds overnight but by time storm passed it was beautiful and I hated to leave. My friends in HNL would not agree as they know “O Hawai’i ka maika’i” but they won’t comment since they think there are enough people who know that already. Lol

As an Illinoisan, I can confirm the reason Illinois is not in the top 5 is Chicago. Chicago and not Chicago alone. We also have absurd taxes, miles of corn without civilization and my other least favourite, a Governor that doesn't do crap to help our state.

Missouri never fails to have like one lack luster sentence about it and the on to the next state in every one of these kind of videos

I live in Oklahoma and I'm within a 10 minute drive of two major hospitals, maybe 3. Here's how to know when to leave the state you're currently living in; when Briggs shows up, it's time to call your realtor!

Most cost of living comparisons aren't compared by good metrics. I'd love to see where they compare average pay in the area.