加州人最好不要再吹捧自己的海滩、高山和文化,因为美新周刊(U.S. News)的最新报告表示,这些特点完全无法为加州加分,加州的“生活品质”乃全美最差。
这项年度排名是美新周刊今年“最佳州”调查结果的一部分,其他还包括健保、教育、经济、公民机会、基础建设、犯罪与惩教、财政稳定等项目的排名,每个项目的得分比重依“民众认为的重要性”来决定,比重最大的是健保和教育,各占16%,经济占14%,公民机会占13%,调查数据来自麦肯锡公司(McKinsey & Company)的领先州指数(Leading States Index)。点此可下载查看英文版详细排名原件
美新周刊表示:“如此就可以说明,为何基础建设排行第一和健保排行第三的爱荷华州会是全美冠军,生活品质第二和公民机会第三的明尼苏达州会是全美亚军。”
加州在经济项目获得第四名,但是公民机会排行第46,财务稳定排行第43,生活品质更是倒数第一,故整体排行只获得第32名。
美新周刊说:“除了健康的生活环境,个人生活品质与人与人之间的互动有很大的关系。研究指出,当人们感受到社会的支持时,他们的幸福感会比较大,生理和心理的健康状况也会比较好。”
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#2 | Minnesota | 7 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 2 |
#3 | Utah | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
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#8 | Massachusetts | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 5 | 40 | 25 |
#9 | Vermont | 6 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 35 | 7 | 16 | 26 |
#10 | Colorado | 9 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 29 | 31 | 10 |
#11 | Wisconsin | 17 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 3 |
#12 | Idaho | 18 | 30 | 7 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
#13 | Maryland | 16 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 31 |
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#15 | Florida | 34 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 33 |
#16 | Oregon | 20 | 33 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 30 | 18 |
#17 | Hawaii | 1 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 35 | 36 |
#18 | Delaware | 25 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 15 | 24 |
#19 | New Jersey | 12 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 49 | 49 |
#20 | Virginia | 29 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 14 | 41 |
#21 | Wyoming | 33 | 15 | 47 | 15 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
#22 | Maine | 22 | 19 | 37 | 26 | 43 | 1 | 29 | 12 |
#23 | North Carolina | 37 | 16 | 18 | 40 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 34 |
#24 | Connecticut | 4 | 14 | 43 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 41 | 38 |
#25 | New York | 15 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 28 | 37 |
#26 | Tennessee | 43 | 28 | 13 | 31 | 15 | 41 | 5 | 28 |
#27 | Montana | 26 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 13 |
#28 | Rhode Island | 8 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 48 | 13 | 33 | 23 |
#29 | Kansas | 30 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 39 | 16 |
#30 | Missouri | 39 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 15 |
#31 | Georgia | 42 | 31 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 35 | 13 | 32 |
#32 | California | 11 | 26 | 4 | 46 | 38 | 28 | 43 | 50 |
#33 | Indiana | 40 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 48 |
#34 | Nevada | 35 | 44 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 44 | 38 | 43 |
#35 | Illinois | 27 | 24 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 47 |
#36 | Texas | 38 | 37 | 8 | 47 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 46 |
#37 | Michigan | 32 | 36 | 22 | 20 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 29 |
#38 | Pennsylvania | 23 | 38 | 34 | 16 | 29 | 25 | 42 | 44 |
#39 | Arizona | 24 | 43 | 16 | 45 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 39 |
#40 | Ohio | 36 | 41 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 37 | 40 |
#41 | Kentucky | 45 | 34 | 45 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 46 | 27 |
#42 | South Carolina | 41 | 48 | 15 | 39 | 33 | 42 | 18 | 30 |
#43 | Oklahoma | 48 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 31 | 34 | 22 | 17 |
#44 | Alaska | 28 | 40 | 50 | 5 | 42 | 50 | 47 | 19 |
#45 | Arkansas | 49 | 42 | 40 | 41 | 46 | 47 | 20 | 7 |
#46 | Alabama | 46 | 47 | 38 | 48 | 32 | 43 | 25 | 35 |
#47 | West Virginia | 44 | 45 | 49 | 23 | 50 | 33 | 36 | 45 |
#48 | New Mexico | 31 | 50 | 46 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 44 | 8 |
#49 | Mississippi | 50 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 16 | 45 | 6 |
#50 | Louisiana | 47 |