
Readers: mass. Isn’t 2d-best state — for different reasons
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Real Estate News IT SEEMS THAT WALLETHUB’S OPINION OF MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO “HMMM." . It seems that WalletHub’s ranking of New Jersey and Massachusetts
as the No. 1 and No. 2 states in which to live, respectively, is one of those things that make you go “Hmmm …” At least as far as Boston.com readers are concerned. In other words, they
aren’t buying it. “Vermont is better than both NJ and Massachusetts, as is Maine and NH,” replied one reader, while another elaborated further: “If you love high taxes, bloated unions,
terrible roads and bridges, out-of-control social services, oh, and throw in cold winters, on top of lousy politics and lockdowns, then yes, for sure, these two states are for you.”
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