User blog comment:Ty Rezac/Best states to live/@comment-5789047-20130512172131/@comment-32656-20130519034004

1st, 2nd, and 4th points not true whatsoever, DI.

Three large cities. That is the reason right there. When the vast majority of the population lives in massive cities, the ranking is low. Simple. Because most of the population suffers from those problems.

Just because a state is large, does not mean it is better than the smaller ones. Heck, there is a very good reason why the small ones are listed better every time.

The states that don't suffer from those issues are at the top. Simple. California suffers from them. So they are not at the top.