Nashville historically votes liberal. Tenn. conserv. If taxes are your main point, Tenn. wins. Educ. poverty rate, opportunity, etc. Conn wins.
Not a lot of insurance jobs in Tenn.(although I did have a insur. client in Brentwood in a prior job).
States and territories
Rank State Poverty Rate(by Household Income) People in Poverty
by Household Income
(in thousands) 2014 Poverty Rates
(includes unrelated children) Supplemental Poverty Measure (2010-2014 average)
(Geographically Adjusted)
- United States 14.8% 45,950 16.0%[1][2]
4 Connecticut
10.8% 376 10.6% 12.5%
41 Tennessee
18.2% 1,165 16.7% 15.5%
tough to read - sorry
Following from US news and world reports on an overall rating on crime, educ. opportunity, etc.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings
US News and World reports - 2014
Conn - #12
Tenn #39
Fattest states:
Conn: 21.4%
Tenn: 31.6%
fattest state Miss. 33.8%
Life expectancy at birth - Conn near top, Tenn near bottom
bachelors degree or higher - Conn near top, Tenn near bottom
The reddest states have long been the poorest. If the gov. didn't transfer lots of $ to those red states life there would be even worse.
another article';
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/op...y-is-blue.html