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Research that has backed up what I have always said about living in MS/LA/a poor state
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:20 am
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:20 am
If you aren't a complete loser - these places are a great place to live. My hometown of Madison, MS is a jewel in a middle of a turd.
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New research from GOBankingRates says that Mississippi is the best place to move to live the American Dream, as long as you and your spouse make at least $107,000 a year.
“When you look at the economics of it, Mississippi is a good place to live,” said Ted Davis, a long time Mississippi resident.
The research factors in typical costs and figures that anyone living in Mississippi can "live the American dream," - that is nice house, nice car, healthcare, child care, etc. for $107,913 in combined household income.
Louisiana ranked 6th on the list at $120,813.
Hawaii was the most expensive at $206,775.
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New research from GOBankingRates says that Mississippi is the best place to move to live the American Dream, as long as you and your spouse make at least $107,000 a year.
“When you look at the economics of it, Mississippi is a good place to live,” said Ted Davis, a long time Mississippi resident.
The research factors in typical costs and figures that anyone living in Mississippi can "live the American dream," - that is nice house, nice car, healthcare, child care, etc. for $107,913 in combined household income.
Louisiana ranked 6th on the list at $120,813.
Hawaii was the most expensive at $206,775.
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Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:22 am to anc
Sounds great if you can find a job worth a shite.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:23 am to anc
So it's better to be a rich person in a poor place than to be a poor person in a rich place?
Compelling stuff.
Compelling stuff.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:23 am to anc
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healthcare
Where in America do people not have healthcare?
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:31 am to anc
Trade offs
Good people, affordable, can afford the nicer things (relative to what's available)
The downside to this life is that expectations and competition are generally lowered when it comes to kids. If going to Ole Miss is generally the top tier of achievement at a school, then you're just limiting the worldview and suddenly Southern Miss is the good, average option. Contrast that with somewhere like in town Dallas, where Ole Miss is a bigtime fall back school, and you can just see how that is going to impact a kid's view of the world during formative years.
I'm not saying one is necessarily right, but...trade offs.
Good people, affordable, can afford the nicer things (relative to what's available)
The downside to this life is that expectations and competition are generally lowered when it comes to kids. If going to Ole Miss is generally the top tier of achievement at a school, then you're just limiting the worldview and suddenly Southern Miss is the good, average option. Contrast that with somewhere like in town Dallas, where Ole Miss is a bigtime fall back school, and you can just see how that is going to impact a kid's view of the world during formative years.
I'm not saying one is necessarily right, but...trade offs.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:32 am to anc
Well no shite it’s better to be a baller in a podunk poor state, but who wants to own a mansion surrounded by meth trailers?
This seems very subjective.
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nice house, nice car
This seems very subjective.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:36 am to anc
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as long as you and your spouse make at least $107,000 a year.
There's like 12 people making that much money in Mississippi.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:39 am to Bob Sacamano
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Sounds great if you can find a job worth a shite.
Definitely helps if you can work remote or have the ability to travel for your job.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:45 am to Pettifogger
Dallas isn’t exactly the first place I think of when it comes to being an epicenter of culture or expansive world views 
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:47 am to anc
Housing market and job market are the first to collapse in these kinds of places.
My in-laws live in Madison on the Reservoir and it is awesome. We would get their house and have thought about living near them before they pass it on, but there just isn't a lot to do there and the risk is a lot higher that any company I work for or start would fail.
My in-laws live in Madison on the Reservoir and it is awesome. We would get their house and have thought about living near them before they pass it on, but there just isn't a lot to do there and the risk is a lot higher that any company I work for or start would fail.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:48 am to anc
My wife and I combine to make 175k with no kids (yet) in lafayette. It’s been pretty damn great in terms of affordability
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:49 am to TheSlizzardKing
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Dallas isn’t exactly the first place I think of when it comes to being an epicenter of culture or expansive world views
Dallas is a pretty "global" city man. They have tons of billionaires and everything you could want in a major city.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:50 am to anc
You must be some sort of genius. Nobody has every thought of or figured this out before
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:53 am to TheSlizzardKing
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Dallas isn’t exactly the first place I think of when it comes to being an epicenter of culture or expansive world views
Dallas is a top 5ish metro in the country. Living in the city and going to good public or private schools is going to be set wildly different expectations than living in medium-town Mississippi or even the suburbs of Dallas.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:55 am to anc
quote:still in a pile of shite though
Madison, MS is a jewel in a middle of a turd.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:55 am to anc
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as long as you and your spouse make at least $107,000 a year.
Well yeah, the problem is there aren't that many decent paying jobs available in the majority of the state.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:58 am to anc
Dollar goes far but there aren’t many dollars floating around.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 11:02 am to Pettifogger
There are private schools in jackson that send kids to Ivy League schools every year and cost half of what the same education would cost in Dallas or Atlanta. St. Andrews for example, the average ACT of the class of 2019 was 30.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 11:07 am to anc
Mississippi the best place to live?? 
Maybe in some alternate universe
Maybe in some alternate universe
Posted on 10/17/19 at 11:09 am to stateofplay
The coast is nice, but I’m not sure that level of income would have you living well.
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