Those states also include:
Some of the most business unfriendly states in the US. Included are the bottom 5. And all are seeing business flee.
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Those are also uniformly all very high cost of living states
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They have more welfare recipients than most states
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Many have some of the overall highest crime rates in the US
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Unsurprisingly, California tops the list in every one of those categories except cost of living where it trails Hawaii.