By Cathi Coppinger
A real estate website called Estately just ranked all 50 states from best to worst using these eight . . . uH. . . “non-traditional” criteria: We’re talking Arby’s locations, vape shops, magicians, and Nickelback concerts per capita . . . Facebook fans of Chris Brown and Gwyneth Paltrow’s newsletter Goop . . . and the total Google searches for egg salad recipes and hoverboards. And based on all that, the 10 worst states in the country are (NOT Illinois, no matter how we feel) Nevada . . . Oklahoma . . . Nebraska . . . Ohio . . . Delaware . . . New Mexico . . . Tennessee . . . North Carolina . . . New Jersey . . . and Florida.
And the 10 best states are: New Hampshire . . . Oregon . . . Maine . . . Alaska . . . Vermont . . . Hawaii . . . West Virginia . . . Massachusetts . . . Virginia . . . and Wyoming. (Also not Illinois)