These are the best and worst states for millennials — and New York didn't make either list
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- Analysts used affordability, quality of life, economic health, and civic engagement to determine the best and worst places in the US for millennials to live and work.
- Washington, DC was at the top of the list, with North Dakota, Minnesota, and Massachusetts close behind.
- New Mexico was ranked the worst state, followed by West Virginia, Mississippi, and Nevada.
Millennials might get a bad rap, but we actually have a lot going for us. Among other things, experts suggest that millennials may actually have the happiest relationships and that millennials might prove to be the best crop of parents our society has ever seen. If we’re to live up to all this awesome potential — and prove the haters wrong while we’re at it — we need to set ourselves up for success. To help put you in the best position possible (literally), WalletHub recently compiled a list of the best and worst places for millennials to live and work. With this information available to us, our generation extra motivation to kick butt at life.
The team of analysts at WalletHub studied all 50 states (plus Washington, DC) across a series of 30 metrics, including affordability, quality of life, economic health, and civic engagement. Academic experts worked alongside the WalletHub team to devise this ranking system so it could accurately capture the full scope of information that millennials really need to determine where they should live. WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez notes that, unique from other geographical studies, this one “analyzes the states based on the needs of millennials — not those of their parents.” Good looking out, WalletHub!See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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