Top 10 Worst States to Live in America in 2022.

Top 10 Worst States to Live in America in 2022.

Welcome back to the world according to Briggs and a video about states you don’t want to move to in 2022.
A couple weeks ago we did a video about the best place to live in 2022. Those videos weren’t based on anyone stat or group of stats. It was our opinion based on what we have learned over the last few years of researching videos.
Today we are looking at the other side of that coin, the states you don’t want to move to in 2022.
If you watched our video about the cheapest states to move to a couple weeks back you’ll find a lot of these states are on both lists. The reason for that of course is, if a places sort of sucks, nobody wants to live there.

The way we rank these US states is like this, we analyze categories including their economy, cost of living, crime and safety, health, education, affordability, and quality of life. We use different websites the US Census, Dept. of Labor and Statistics, along with different law enforcement sites. These are the most accurate stats we can gather.

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Here is some notes I took from watching this video.
10. Texas-Influx of people, ranked 40th in healthcare
9. Oklahoma-Low healthcare, not enough good paying jobs
8. Kentucky-Drug problem, low ranked in education
7. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Little rock worst cities to live
6. Alaska- Not enough jobs, high poverty and drugs
5. West Virginia- Lost coal industry, drug problems and infrastructure failing
4. Mississippi- Downward slide, epidemic poverty
3. New Mexico- 2nd ranked in worst crime, 24th ranked in healthcare, only 2.8% growth
2. Alabama- 45th ranked in crime, economy, health and worst in education
1. Louisiana- Combination of Alabama and New Mexico, violent crimes, poverty and government corruption.

[cloudstrife]

I grew up in Alabama, and you're right. It's sad. I will never move back there. I joined the Army. I watched everyone graduate high school and work the local dollar general, gas station, or Piggly Wiggly; or go to jail. I wanted none of the above so I left.

[NighthawkMeow]

As a Colorado native, I must say the big influx is destroying our state. Prices are through the roof, pollution is bad again and homelessness is soaring. It is so disheartening to see our beautiful state going down the toilet...

[furryfriendsfairydust]

The description of Texas fits very true to Florida as well. It was great. It's still nice - but the massive influx of people have it congested. There is a huge housing crisis. It is hard to find affordable rent (or even a place to rent) and the cost of homes (if you can snag one) is skyrocketed. Wages are not keeping up with the costs of living. If this continues, Fl will be known for homeless rates. People don't seem to be as friendly as they used to be either. Been here 30 years and I am considering moving on out.

[Matt-ugkr]

I moved to Louisiana a few years ago for med school and it's... fine. IDK I don't think I'll end up staying once I'm done with residency. Will probably end up in the midwest or NC/SC to raise a family. It's just weird to me, as someone going into primary care, that they're so desperate for primary care docs but simultaneously have some of the lowest salaries and worst benefits in the country. It's just not enough to make our class want to stay. Owning property in the areas around New Orleans also scares the shit out of me, I don't want my house getting leveled by floodwaters every 10 years and having to sell for pennies on the dollar when the neighborhood becomes an uninhabitable swamp.

[mattdog]

Moved from Oregon to Oklahoma this year. But I knew the state has issues so I came prepared. Made two scouting trips prior and had a job waiting for me when I got there. Overall my quality of live improved tremendously (own a brick home on an acre for the same price as a basement apartment in OR.) There are places here you DEFINITELY don’t want to live though.

[davidhall]

I have said WV should focus on tourism for the last 50 years. Trying to resurrect coal in WV or Kentucky for that matter, fits Einstein's definition of insanity: doing the same thing and expecting different results. We ha e a beautiful state!! Let's show it off to the world!

[sgordonxx]

I'm a Louisiana boy and it honestly hurts my heart seeing the condition it's in these days. I live in North Carolina now and my friends always ask when I'm gonna move back and it makes me laugh because the upgrade in quality of life and cost of living was game changing. Louisiana is expensive af for no damn reason. The taxes are high but the money just goes into what??? The infrastructure of the entire state is crumbling. Roads constantly have ferocious potholes, houses that have been abandoned left and right because of hurricane damage or flood damage. The politicians are terrible as well. Both sides of the aisle are as corrupt as it comes.

[eagleeye]

Depressingly, I feel this country is being destroyed by drug trafficking and addiction. Many people actually traffic drugs as "jobs." I don't agree with it, but people are going to continue to make this choice for a lot of reasons, and some of those reasons are lack of skills/training/education, resulting in not having enough money to have a place to live, pay bills and eat. The housing market is not friendly to low income workers and people are getting desperate. My humble opinion. I see it where I live in real time and I live in a decent place.

[beenadickarnold]

After watching a few of the documentaries on the history of the Appalachian people I take my hat off to them, they are some hardworking fearless people! Once I realized some of the similarities between the Appalachian situation and the urban decline and decay I became even more sympathetic to their situation.

[LaBlue]

Born and raised in Louisiana. Breaks my heart, but can't argue with you. Husband is from Texas. He has become just as frustrated with Texas. The south just seems determined to destroy itself.

[andrewstephens]

Born, raised, and live in Northwest Arkansas. And your description on Arkansas is accurate. NWA is easily one of the best places to live in the USA. Iv lived in Texas and Colorado and loved both, but NWA definitely has something special going on, love it here!

[patmccann]

As someone who lived in lousyana (Louisiana) for 20 years, I can confirm it's very corrupt. I'm surprised that he didn't mentioned that they have one of the highest divorce rates in the nation. They're pretty much bottom of the barrel on most things. I learned more from watching the history and science channel than I did in school. I'd only recommend visiting Louisiana. Do NOT live there.
-sincerely from someone who's trying their hardest to never have to go back there.

[realbadmews]

This video randomly popped up on my recommendeds, and I lightly wondered if Louisiana, my state, was number one, and sure enough. As someone who has lived in south Louisiana for their whole life so far (I grew up in southeast Louisiana then moved to south central Louisiana permanently 6 years ago), I feel hopelessly trapped here. It's true that it's been this way for so long and it's only gotten worse. It's so awful because the state itself is so beautiful but it's so carelessly destroyed inside and out and it's like no one cares or they're too tired or too held down by the system to do anything. And so many people here are just a reflection of the corrupt government, they willingly vote them back into office time and time again. I want to leave so badly if I ever can manage to but I don't want to feel like I'm abandoning my home. I feel like I'll be forced to one day if I get a direct hit from a major hurricane. My parents were on the eastern eye wall of Ida for 5 hours at night when it hit and I was 2 hours away from them and that was still the scariest night of my life knowing they were there, roof being ripped apart on my childhood home, water pouring in from the ceiling. They are extremely lucky that everything survived and that the house is almost completely rebuilt/repaired right now, there are others in my home parish who haven't been able to rebuild at all or still have years worth of work to do, and now it's hurricane season again. Not to mention people in Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana who are still recovering from two major hurricanes in 2020. Insurance companies going bankrupt or only giving 50k for repairs that cost 100k. People are saying it's Biden's fault we haven't gotten assistance for Ida but Trump didn't do anything for SWLA. Well, they usually approve federal disaster assistance, but that little is not enough. It never is. The neglect of this state goes so far beyond any political party and it is astounding at every single level.
And before anyone gets at me like "why live in such a hurricane prone area it's y'alls own fault etc etc just evacuate, move, whatever." It's extremely difficult and costly just to evacuate, even with as much notice as we get, especially if you're disabled, have disabled family members, children, pets. It costs money to MOVE. Not to mention losing/relocating your livelihood, family, friends, and your history. Don't ever tell us it's our fault. And just about every single place has their own natural disasters: wildfires, blizzards, tornadoes, earthquakes. Yet everyone's always yelling at us for being stupid for staying and rebuilding.
Anyways. Sorry for the rant. Hurricane season always puts me on edge and highlights all of the corruption and problems here.

[carlalexander]

Yea I am born and raised in Louisiana and the pandemic really showed my wife and I just how stagnant it was. We moved to DFW and the opportunities are mind blowing. Better schools, ton of jobs, great people, always upgrading everything, and tremendous quality of life!

[AlthosWTF]

Yeah, being from Louisiana I can attest to the crime. We have a huge influx of displaced people from a few different hurricanes/floods. That caused a lot of crime. I totally agree about the corruption/politics. Sometimes I feel like this state is run on greed and ignorance.

[RandomColosseum]

Born and raised in Louisiana and before I even started the video I knew we’d be number 1 worst. It’s as bad as he said and that doesn’t scratch the surface. Poverty is rampant in small towns all across Louisiana. Natural disasters have plagued us year and year. I live in Lafayette and I believe that’s the closest thing we have to a decent place to live. Hate it here.

[AntiloquaxNomad]

New Mexico is a gorgeous state and those dirt roads are great for exploring. Unfortunately, there's not much of a job market.

[michaell]

I’m glad Texas is on this list. The property taxes make it not a good move. People want to move there due to low cost of living and now it’s overpriced. There are other states with low income and property taxes that are cheaper than Texas. You can easily pay 8-12K in property taxes now. One more deep winter freeze and ppl will bail on Texas.

[nihilmusic]

Gotta disagree with you on Kentucky. I moved to KY from California in 2016. I own a home which I couldn’t do in CA and make over $60k a year without a HS diploma. I have PPO insurance and consider myself way better off here. 🤷🏼‍♂️