I Found the Best Place in the USA to Live

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I used the PH method to find the best place in the USA to live.

Some of you may have heard of the PH method before — but I’m not referring to the Potential of Hydrogen scale that is used to determine how acidic or basic a solution is.

I’m talking about the Paige Humphrey method. Yes, that’s my own name. I’ve been thinking about moving cities but can’t decide where to go so I came up with my own way to determine the best place to live. Here are the key inputs to my calculation:

State Tax Rates

State Crime Rates

Overall Happiness of Citizens

By narrowing down my potential locations to live with this PH test, I’m sure to be happy wherever I end up! Let’s see how the scale does in action.

Review State Tax Rates

Did you know there are 9 states that don’t have state income taxes? According to TheBalance.com, these states are Florida, Texas, Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, Wyoming, and New Hampshire.

These are definitely states I’d want to live in! I’ll start off my search with these.

For reference by the way, these are some of the states with the highest tax rates: California…