how great is MT

[hopalong]

Didn't make the top 5 states to live in.... :shock:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101758236

Mt is 33 :wink: :wink: :wink:

 

[Faster horses]

Didn't make the top 5 states to live in.... :shock:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101758236

Mt is 33 :wink: :wink: :wink:

It didn't list top states to live in, it listed top states for BUSINESS.
We all know Montana is anti-business. Has been that way for years.
Lots of companies in ND because their business climate is so much
better than in Montana. It's apparent when you cross the state lines into
ND, SD and Wyoming who wants industry. Montana wants tourists and
National Parks and NO SALES TAX. So the property owner pays...

 

[hopalong]

with out business how can you attract people to live there????

oldtimer is always telling us how great the economy is there

 

[Anonymous]

with out business how can you attract people to live there????

oldtimer is always telling us how great the economy is there

I'm not supposed to do that anymore... Some of the folks that I had told to check out the characters on this site told me to quit bragging it up because they didn't want those types moving here!

That's why Montanan's personally believe Montana is the greatest state to live in- but don't want any out of staters knowing it so they might move here and screw up our state like they have their own...

Best bumper sticker going is:

DON'T CALIFORNICATE MONTANA

Which U.S. states have the most pride?




State pride across the USA

A Gallup poll surveyed people in all 50 states to find out what percentage of residents say their state was the very best or one of the best places to live.


Jolie Lee, USA TODAY Network 10:12 a.m. EDT April 25, 2014




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(Photo: Brenda Ahearn, AP)



People who live in Montana and Alaska have the most state pride, according to a poll by Gallup.

In these two states, 77% of residents said their state was the best or one of the best possible states to live in.

Among the worst places to live in are Illinois, Rhode Island and Mississippi according to residents.

Residents who have a lot of state pride also "generally boast a greater standard of living, higher trust in state government, and less resentment toward the amount they pay in state taxes," according to Gallup.

The poll shows a correlation between positive attitudes and the state's location in a mountainous region with cold weather.

The bottom 10 states show a correlation between negative attitudes and state's location east of the Mississippi River or bordering it.

Most survey respondents did not say their state was the single best place to live, preferring instead to say it was "one of the best."

Texans were most likely to say their state was the very best place to live.

Gallup conducted the poll from June to December 2013 and interviewed at least 600 residents in each state.

Top 10 places to live:

1. Montana

2. Alaska

3. Utah

4. Wyoming

5. Texas

6. Hawaii

7. New Hampshire

8. North Dakota

9. Colorado

10: Vermont

Worst 10 places to live:

1. Rhode Island

2. Illinois

3. Mississippi

4. Louisiana

5. Michigan

6. New Mexico

7. New Jersey

8. Maryland

9. Missouri

10. Connecticut

See complete article/map: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/25/state-pride-gallup-montana-alaska/8140879/

 

[Mike]

OT wrote:

Some of the folks that I had told to check out the characters on this site told me to quit bragging it up because they didn't want those types moving here!

No need to worry. If all Montanans are anything like you, NO ONE wants to move there.

Besides, I'd much rather live on land/property that was acquired from Indians by payment instead of theft.

 

[littlejoe]

Didn't make the top 5 states to live in.... :shock:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101758236

Mt is 33 :wink: :wink: :wink:

http://www.krtv.com/news/montana-company-creating-homes-from-shipping-containers/

you shore you ain't heah alweady, grounlooper?

 

[hopalong]

Am sure I am not lilone... don't smell a stink of a sloper

 

[VCC]

Off of OT's list, the ten best, The first 5 are red states, there are 6 red and 4 blue. The worst states, the first 2 are blue and a total of the worst 7 blue and 3 red.

 

[Steve]

Off of OT's list, the ten best, The first 5 are red states, there are 6 red and 4 blue. The worst states, the first 2 are blue and a total of the worst 7 blue and 3 red.

I was just surprised NJ wasn't in the top five worst. :shock:

 

[Anonymous]

Off of OT's list, the ten best, The first 5 are red states, there are 6 red and 4 blue. The worst states, the first 2 are blue and a total of the worst 7 blue and 3 red.

Where did you put Montana?

According to the political scientists- Montana is a PURPLE state-- due to its heavy libertarian following... While Montana went Repub every time since Clinton on Presidential elections- Ron Paul also garnered a fair amount - it has had and has 2 Democrat Senators and a Republican Congressman... The Governor is a Dem (historically over the years with 14 Democrats and 9 Republican Governors) while the Attorney General is Repub- with most the state offices and legislature split that way...

Voting for the individual and the issues and not the party!

 

[hypocritexposer]

Being a libertarian state, you'd think a libertarian would have won at least 1.

Voting for the individual and the issues and not the party!

Or dividing the vote, so the Democrats win...

 

[hypocritexposer]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/160196/alabama-north-dakota-wyoming-conservative-states.aspx




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