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     Superman Pilla Bewarse Username: Superman Post Number: 474 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 75.73.208.143 Rating: N/A |
Here are the 13 measures used as the basis for the rankings: Full-time employment Economic confidence Job creation Healthy employee-supervisor relationships Standard of living Optimism about a place's future Optimism about their future Perceived learning opportunities Clean water Safe places to exercise Obesity Smoking Dental visits Gallup-Healthways found that Horace Greeley's 19th century frontier advice still holds--Go West, young man. States in the West and upper Midwest clearly lead the nation as best places to live in the year 2032. Here are the top 10 states, including their national ranking on each of the 13 indicators: 1. Utah Full-time employment: 21 Economic confidence: 10 Job creation: 5 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 1 Standard of living: 6 Optimism about a place's future: 2 Optimism about their future: 30 Perceived learning opportunities: 2 Clean water: 1 Safe places to exercise: 4 Obesity: 5 Smoking: 1 Dental visits: 9 2. Minnesota Full-time employment: 8 Economic confidence: 1 Job creation: 10 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 12 Standard of living: 19 Optimism about a place's future: 6 Optimism about their future: 48 Perceived learning opportunities: 6 Clean water: 2 Safe places to exercise: 1 Obesity: 12 Smoking: 7 Dental visits: 5 3. Colorado Full-time employment: 10 Economic confidence: 12 Job creation: 33 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 3 Standard of living: 20 Optimism about a place's future: 13 Optimism about their future: 33 Perceived learning opportunities: 7 Clean water: 7 Safe places to exercise: 3 Obesity: 1 Smoking: 13 Dental visits: 12 4. Nebraska Full-time employment: 2 Economic confidence: 6 Job creation: 4 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 5 Standard of living: 5 Optimism about a place's future: 5 Optimism about their future: 42 Perceived learning opportunities: 12 Clean water: 8 Safe places to exercise: 14 Obesity: 31 Smoking: 24 Dental visits: 20 5. North Dakota Full-time employment: 1 Economic confidence: 4 Job creation: 1 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 2 Standard of living: 2 Optimism about a place's future: 14 Optimism about their future: 37 Perceived learning opportunities: 11 Clean water: 25 Safe places to exercise: 20 Obesity: 38 Smoking: 16 Dental visits: 18 6. Virginia Full-time employment: 9 Economic confidence: 9 Job creation: 16 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 20 Standard of living: 15 Optimism about a place's future: 15 Optimism about their future: 20 Perceived learning opportunities: 17 Clean water: 14 Safe places to exercise: 22 Obesity: 26 Smoking: 22 Dental visits: 14 7. Iowa Full-time employment: 6 Economic confidence: 5 Job creation: 3 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 4 Standard of living: 17 Optimism about a place's future: 7 Optimism about their future: 46 Perceived learning opportunities: 26 Clean water: 4 Safe places to exercise: 16 Obesity: 40 Smoking: 34 Dental visits: 19 8. Hawaii Full-time employment: 47 Economic confidence: 8 Job creation: 31 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 46 Standard of living: 1 Optimism about a place's future: 19 Optimism about their future: 7 Perceived learning opportunities: 3 Clean water: 33 Safe places to exercise: 8 Obesity: 10 Smoking: 8 Dental visits: 7 9. South Dakota Full-time employment: 13 Economic confidence: 3 Job creation: 6 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 44 Standard of living: 7 Optimism about a place's future: 1 Optimism about their future: 41 Perceived learning opportunities: 23 Clean water: 13 Safe places to exercise: 9 Obesity: 22 Smoking: 32 Dental visits: 21 10. Maryland Full-time employment: 3 Economic confidence: 2 Job creation: 24 Healthy employee-supervisor relationships: 24 Standard of living: 9 Optimism about a place's future: 40 Optimism about their future: 16 Perceived learning opportunities: 19 Clean water: 23 Safe places to exercise: 27 Obesity: 24 Smoking: 17 Dental visits: 13} 
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