These are America’s 10 worst states to live in for 2026
To score the states for quality of life, we use hard data on factors like crime rates, air quality and healthcare. We also consider the cost and availability of childcare, inclusiveness of state laws, and reproductive rights. Some states offer exemplary quality of life. But these ten states do not make the grade.
Starting at worst:
- 1- Tennessee
- 2- Texas
- 3- Indiana
- 4- Louisiana
- 5- Georgia
- 6- Utah
- 7- Missouri
- 8- Alabama
- 9- Oklahoma
- 10- Arkansas
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All red states, go figure....
Meanwhile fox is running articles saying this study is being mocked because it's only showing red states and that ACKSHUALLLLYYYY they have more population growth so you're wrong!
... except that wasn't the metric used to determine a good state, and I think we all know really really shitty places have high populations because they're cheap and we have a huge compensation issue in our economy.
"States with no access to reproductive health care, sex education, or birth control have the highest birth rates in the country, and that's what makes them great! Don't pay any attention to the suffering of our women, we sure as hell won't."
When Mississippi can look down on you, you're in a bad place.
Not surprisingly the GOP has a trifecta in every one of these states - Republican governor and control of both the house and senate. The AG in each of these states is Republican too.
It's clear that Republicans are especially good at one thing - Making their states the worst places to live in the U.S.
Hopefully at some point American voters will figure out that Republicans do not represent them, they only represent the wealthy. They create lousy conditions for the rest of us when they are put in charge.
If our media companies weren't so absurdly right wing they would point that out in articles like this one.
amazing overlap with most obese states.
Pretty good overlap with least educated states as well.
World Population Review
yet time and time again people vote to turn the entire country into what these shithole grifter states are, is it spite? take care of your mess
There's no fucking way I believe this list if Mississippi isn't on it.
Lol - same same
Or Florida. That state is only good to the wealthy.
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