America’s Top States for Business
This is interesting. Some folks over at CNBC put together a list of the top states for business.
Here are the ten categories ranked in our study:
– Cost of Doing Business
– Workforce
– Economy
– Education
– Quality of Life
– Technology & Innovation
– Transportation
– Cost of Living
– Business Friendliness
– Access to Capital
Some of the criteria such as transportation and technology may have little impact on some businesses but I think it’s fair to say that the “cost of doing business” and “cost of living” impact any business.
The Top 10 in terms of Cost of doing business are: Texas, Virginia, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, North Carolina, South Dakota, Georgia, Iowa and Minnesota.
The Top 10 in terms of cost of living are: Tennessee, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Georgia and Mississippi.
Do you see a pattern here? Nine of the Top 10 “Cost of doing business” states voted for George W. Bush in 2004. (Minnesota being the exception where John Kerry won by less than 100,000 votes.)
All 10 “cost of living” states voted for George W. Bush in 2004.
Just a little something to feed the trolls.
Category: Politics
This is hideously skewed, though. There is No. Way. that New York isn’t high in cost of living and cost of doing business. Even if it’s not the whole state, the fact that 10 million people are concentrated in the city should spread that out a bit.
COB6 Wrote: New York is the highest in the country in Cost of doing business and 4th highest in Cost of living.
COB, your “anonymous” poster misunderstood what the list was. You were showing the top 10 LOWEST cost…not highest.
Proof that moonbats are everywhere.
Have a good trip…
Snowman