Flee Louisiana as Soon as Practical

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Dec 9, 9:30AM EST

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Americans became more mobile during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of this was because many could work from home. This mobility allowed people to live where they wanted to instead of where they had to live. Evaluations of the best and worst states to live in become more important. According to a 24/7 Wall St. analysis, Louisiana is the worst place among the states to live. Residents who can move elsewhere should do so.
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24/7 Wall St. is not the only medium that suggests Louisiana is a poor place to live. It ranks sixth on the worst state list in an analysis by CNBC. The cable network points to poor health care and high crime among residents.
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Money.com ranks Louisiana as the 11th worst state. Its editors also pointed to high crime and poverty rates, food insecurity and a weak education system.
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24/7 Wall St. said in its best and worst states to live in report: “Based on a range of key socioeconomic indicators, Louisiana ranks as the worst state in the country to live in. While the state has advantages, including a low cost of living and more sunlight than most of the country, it compares less favorably in other ways.” These included low life expectancy and low income.
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The fact is that most Americans cannot move, at least not easily. They must find jobs and affordable housing, and those with children must find good school systems. The poorest Americans may be the least mobile. They lack the financial resources to move.

For those who can move, Louisiana is the place to leave.

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.