...Texas

 

 

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2023/07/18/texas-worst-places-states-to-live-work-in-america-cnbc-business/70421581007/

The rest of the states that landed on the top ten worst states to live and work for 2023 were:

  1. 1. Texas
  2. 2. Oklahoma
  3. 3. Louisiana
  4. 4. South Carolina and Alabama (tie)
  5. —
  6. 6. Missouri
  7. 7. Indiana
  8. 8. Tennessee
  9. 9. Arkansas
  10. 10. Florida

I think I see a pattern here.