Why You Should Flee Missouri As Soon As Possible

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Oct 1, 12:30PM EDT

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A recent study published on MSN.com showed that Missouri is the worst state to live in. Crime rates and educational attainment were among the reasons. However, the list does not end there.

A recent study by US News put Missouri as the 30th best state to live in. However, its scores on some measures were much worse. This was topped by crime in 44th place and healthcare at 39.

The Common Wealth Foundation ranked Missouri’s healthcare as 38th, which is where Becker’s puts it.

Missouri ranks seventh among states for violent crime based on FBI statistics. USA Today ranks it 8th from the bottom based on a similar measure.

Missouri is among the states with the lowest incomes. Based on The World Population Review, it ranks 11th from the bottom among all states at $61,847. Maryland tops the list at $90.203. ‘

According to Smart Asset, Missouri ranks in 35th place based on infrastructure quality.

There are several “worst states to live in” ratings. Among the most widely followed is CNBC’s. It puts Missouri at 6th from the bottom. Its weaknesses were “Voting Rights, Reproductive Rights, Crime.”

Several states tend to get good grades across most of the “best states to live.” Missouri residents ought to consider these.

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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.