Survey of best states to live places Illinois near bottom

(The Center Square) – A real estate company has released the results of a survey of the best states to live in and Illinois is not one of them. Clever Real Estate asked 1,000 Americans to rate the U.S. states on nine quality-of-life metrics. Each respondent answered 25 questions related to where they live, which states they prefer. Researcher Jamie Seale said Illinois placed 48th in the ranking, ahead of only New Jersey and New York.“Illinois has pretty high taxes and when people respond to our questions about what makes a state desirable, it’s low cost-of-living and low taxes, and so they are going to maybe prefer a state like Florida or Texas,” said Seale. Recent U-Haul migration trends data on growth states recapping one-way customer moves places Illinois near the bottom of states. Growth states are ranked by their net gain or loss of U-Haul customers, calculated via one-way arrivals that began in other states and one-way departures for other states. According to the report, Illinois ranked 45th in the country. Some of Illinois’ neighbors fared well in Clever’s survey, including Kentucky at No. 8 and Missouri at No. 10. According to the survey, the top five states to live in are North Carolina, Montana, South Carolina, Maine and Hawaii. Clever also asked about the top cities in the country with Chicago placing 5th from the bottom ahead of only Riverside, California, Cleveland, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan. Nashville, Tennessee was voted the best city to live in.

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