Rich State, Poor State Rankings: This One Tops New England

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If you like the mountains (summer or winter) then you need to visit North Conway, NH. Becky and I have a cabin in Bartlett just up the road and have spent a ton of time in North Conway even before we had a home in the area.

If you’re a skier you have plenty of slopes to enjoy within 40-minutes or less including Bretton Woodsranked by Conde Nast Traveler as the #6 resort in the U.S. and Canada.

This week Stephen Moore and his partners Arthur Laffer and Jonathan Williams released the 12th edition of their annual Rich States, Poor States report. The best-ranked state in New England was New Hampshire.

New Hampshire performed well because of 1st place rankings for income taxes, sales tax, estate/inheritance taxes, and state minimum wage levels. New Hampshire also scored well for its personal income tax progressivity and its state liability system survey.

New Hampshire continues to rank high because the Live Free or Die state is open for business.

Read more about Rich States, Poor States here.