NH Comparisons...

[Ron Helwig]

Coming back from checking the house ( I had to take a new route ) I noticed a highway cleanup sign. That road was being kept clean by "The White Family"     

[Fluff and Stuff]

Thanks for this info, Keith...I'm doing the comparison of MA/NH to put in the MA newspaper.

I cannot say this is 100% correct and new info for 2006 might be posted but you can check the links,

Morgan Quinto 2005 Most Livable State
New Hampshire #1 (1 in 2004)
Massachusetts #7 (16 in 2004)
http://www.morganquinto.com/sr05ml.htm

Morgan Quinto 2005 Healthiest State
New Hampshire #2 (1 in 2004)
Massachusetts #3 (8 in 2004)
http://www.morganquinto.com/hc05fact.htm

Morgan Quinto 2005 Safest State
New Hampshire #4 (4 in 2004)
Massachusetts #22 (24 in 2004)
http://www.morganquinto.com/cr05dang.htm

Lowest State and Local Tax Burden 2005
New Hampshire #2 at 7.4% (2 in 2004)
Massachusetts #19 at 9.8% (19 in 2004)
http://www.taxfoundation.org/

Best Climate for Workers 2005
New Hampshire #2
Massachusetts #18
http://www.umass.edu/peri/resources/wei/techappendix.pdf

Fewest Government Workers per Total Workers 2004
New Hampshire #4
Massachusetts #7
http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0601-29.pdf

Least Poverty 2003
New Hampshire #1 (#1 in 2002)
Massachusetts #10 (#7 in 2002)

Highest Median Household Income 2003
New Hampshire #5 ($52,409)
Massachusetts #4 ($52,713)
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/county.html

House and Senate Legislative Members
New Hampshire 1 per every 3,000 people (pay=$100 year)
Massachusetts 1 per every 32,000 people

[Kat Kanning]

Thanks!!

[Dreepa]

House and Senate Legislative Members
New Hampshire 1 per every 3,000 people (pay=$100 year)
Massachusetts 1 per every 32,000 people

salary of MA people:

http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/3-9.htm

[Fluff and Stuff]

salary of MA people:

http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/3-9.htm

So, that is $30,000, right?

[Republidog]

Morgan Quinto 2005 Most Livable State
New Hampshire #1 (1 in 2004)
Massachusetts #7 (16 in 2004)

I would list Mass much much lower on my list, in the same vacinity of CA and NY. Certainly not my idea of livable.

[KBCraig]

I would list Mass much much lower on my list, in the same vacinity of CA and NY. Certainly not my idea of livable.

When I looked over the Morgan Quinto rankings a few weeks ago, I was struck with the notion that M-Q must weight their ratings based on "soccer mom sense of security". i.e., a heavy police state and outrageous taxes are just fine, so long as they result in low crime and good schools, where all the children are above average...

Kevin

[Republidog]

I would list Mass much much lower on my list, in the same vacinity of CA and NY. Certainly not my idea of livable.

When I looked over the Morgan Quinto rankings a few weeks ago, I was struck with the notion that M-Q must weight their ratings based on "soccer mom sense of security". i.e., a heavy police state and outrageous taxes are just fine, so long as they result in low crime and good schools, where all the children are above average...

Kevin

Agreed. Most of these "ratings" view things like a high amount of police to population ratio as a good thing.  ???

[Russell Kanning]

any rating system that puts Mass and Minn near the top of many categories has to be screwy.
If Mass is so "livable", why is it shrinking .... with people wanting to "live" somewhere else?

[Republidog]

any rating system that puts Mass and Minn near the top of many categories has to be screwy.
If Mass is so "livable", why is it shrinking .... with people wanting to "live" somewhere else?

Exactly... I think the best thing to do is pick and choose the statistics that are important to you. For example, it's good to have a low crime rate but then I'm sure some people would say Mass should get points for things like gun control or socialized health care.

[Fluff and Stuff]

Kevin

Agreed. Most of these "ratings" view things like a high amount of police to population ratio as a good thing.  ???
[/quote]

Maybe so but NH is 2nd lowest in that and it still beats many states by a large margin. 
Least Police per 100,000 People
New Hampshire  #2 at 154 
New Jersey #49 at 360
http://www.nneindicators.unh.edu/ShowOneRegion.asp?IndicatorID=33&FIPS=33000

Least cops per capita
1 Oregon (Most Livable Ranking 33)
2 New Hampshire (Most Livable Ranking 1)
49 New Jersey (Most Livable Ranking 5)
50 Louisiana (Most Livable Ranking 50)

Actually, if you look at the most Livable State Ranking, I agree with most of the factors. http://www.morganquinto.com/sr06mlfac.htm

[Russell Kanning]

No $400million in taxes due for baseball stadium like Minn.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/060516