Yeah. They have
MS 49th in quality of life. I guess I'm too dumb to realize how bad I have it. It is hot..... so I will give them that.
And yet in their write-up: "Older Mississippians
don’t report having a poor quality of life, however. It ranked second for liking what you do each day and seventh in having a good social life."
Pretty contradictory. And I don't know the value of pulling satisfaction ratings from caring.com members. Seems rather random.
They confound poverty and health outcomes. You're naturally going to have worse health outcomes for states with high levels of poor, relatively uneducated people (e.g., MS, LA), because those two go hand in hand.
That says nothing about what
my experience would be like, moving to that state for retirement. I ain't poor and I gots me some edumacation.
Here's more misleading info: "There’s a lot of financial stress, though, as the state ranked last for older Americans’ financial well being."
Well, yeah, no kidding. MS, like a lot of southern states, is filled with poor people on Medicaid. It ranks near the bottom in resident "financial well being." Having lots of poor people tends to do that.
Again, that says nothing about what the experience would be like for
one of us moving there. They're telling us about average financial status of the current residents, not about what it would be like for us to relocate there.
p.s. In related news:
https://www.caring.com/articles/best-adult-diaper