MOVING TO A NEW STATE SELECTOR
Looking for the perfect state? This selector will help you to sort through tax, family issues, weather and other considerations.
1. CLIMATE: What is the highest monthly average temperature that you will tolerate? (The hottest monthly average based on several statewide reporting locations. Individual locations in the state may be hotter or cooler, particularly within large or varied altitude states.
70 to 79 degrees    80 to 89 degrees    90 to 99 degrees    100 degrees and above    No preference   
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2. CLIMATE: What is the lowest monthly average temperature that you will tolerate? (The coldest monthly average based on several statewide reporting locations. Individual locations in the state may be hotter or cooler, particularly within large or varied altitude states.
0 to -22 degrees    0 to 19 degrees    20 to 39 degrees    40 degrees and above    No preference   
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3. CLIMATE: Do you prefer a temperate climate or climate with more distinct seasons? (Results based on the differences between the coldest and hottest months.)
Temperate    Seasonal    No preference.
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4. CLIMATE: What is the highest monthly humidity average that you will tolerate? (The most humid monthly average based on several statewide reporting locations. Individual days may be a 100% humidity)
40%    50%    60%    No Preference   
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5. CLIMATE: How rainy or dry a state do you prefer?
Driest Third of the states    Middle Third of the states    Wettest Third of the states    No Preference.   
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6. CLIMATE: How snowy a state do you prefer?
No to little snow    Snowy    Snowier    Snowiest    No preference
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7. CLIMATE: Are the likelihood of tornadoes a consideration?
Lowest tornado risk preferred    No preference
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8. GEOGRAPHY: Would you like a state that is mountainous or flat?
Prefer mountainous    Prefer flat    No Preference   
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9. GEOGRAPHY: Would you prefer a state with a lot or a little inland water?
Prefer a lot lakes and rivers    No preference.
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10. GEOGRAPHY: Would you like an inland state or a state that borders an ocean (or gulf)?
Coastal    Inland    No Preference   
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11. HOUSING COSTS: Would you like a state where the cost of new home is less than the national average? (Based on metropolitan prices from key reporting areas. The median price of a metropolitan area home varies from $81,000 in Mississippi to $289,000 in Hawaii. --National Association of Realtors)
Prefer low home price    No preference
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12. SPRAWL: Would you prefer states that according to the Sierra Clubs has the less sprawl? (Sprawl, according the Sierra Club, causes longer commutes, less economic vitality, environmental problems and other concerns.)
Less sprawl    No preferences.
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13. LIFESTYLE: Is the smoking of others an issue? (As a percent of the population, twice as many people are smokers in the smokiest states as compared to the most smoke-free states.)
Prefer less smokers    Prefer more smokers    No preferences   
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14. HOME LOAN ACCEPTANCE: Would you like a state that has a higher percentage of approvals for home-purchase loan applications? (Average denial rates range from 9% in Connecticut to 42% in Mississippi)
Best Loan Approval % for all    Best Loan Approval % for Whites    Best Loan Approval % for Blacks    Best Loan Approval % for Hispanics    Best Loan Approval % for Asians    No preference
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15. DEMOGRAPHICS: Would you prefer a state that has a dense or sparse population?
sparse    dense    No preference.
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16. CHILDREN: Would you like a state that is rated by the Children's Rights Council as good state to raise a child? (Their ten point system includes such factors as drop-out rates, juvenile arrests, child death rates, and teen births)
Yes    No preference
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17. MONEY ISSUES: Would you like a state that has no income taxes?
No to low    No preference
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18. MONEY ISSUES: Would you like a state that has no sales taxes?
No to low    No preference
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