Gallup's Where You'll Want to Live in 2032 looks at the state and regions of the U.S. with the brightest future.
Aftering crunching a series of metrics that include economic, workplace, community and personal choice factors, they are suggesting we all move to North or South Dakota (or at least nearby).
The Gallup chart shows the results of their study by state. Ice fishing anyone?
Peter: Gallup has a fair amount of detail on the metrics and calculations on their site. Click on the link in the post.
Cynthia: The vast majority of unbiased studies on fracking show it to be safe if properly done.
We clearly need strong federal and state fracking regulations and oversight to ensure it's done properly and safely. We also need more studies on fracking.
But your claim that fracking is per se bad is not supported by the current research.
Posted by: Steve King | July 19, 2012 at 03:16 PM
I think this study is skewed if hydrofracking is not part of the matrix.
Hydrofracking causes earthquakes, posions water wells and deep earth aquifers, causing significant environmental damage and unresolvable health issues. Check, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Texas, Wyoming. CO and WY are second ranked in this study, come on!
Posted by: Cynthia | July 19, 2012 at 01:34 PM
It'd be really interesting to know what each metric was and what score each state received.
Posted by: Peter Davies | July 17, 2012 at 09:20 AM