User blog comment:Ty Rezac/Best states to live/@comment-2159942-20130521212621/@comment-32656-20130523072916

While looking into his bull for another purpose, Ty, I think I see a reason for this.

The person may have taken the GDP per capita and used it, without any context, in his calculations. Those two states, and Maine, trend low on that measure. That, however, is more than balanced by it being inexpensive to live there.