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Where Can You Get the Most Real Estate for $1M? How About the Least?
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the entire world, including the stock market. Some business’s saw massive gains while others have faced bankruptcy. The housing market did something unusual, however. During times of national and world crises, the housing markets have typically slowed and prices have dropped. In the spring of 2020, that is exactly what happened, the pandemic disrupted home sales during a time considered to be the hottest real estate season. However, since then the real estate market has bounded back impressively. Home sale inventory is low across the US, which means the market is extremely competitive and sellers are getting multiple bids above asking price. Depending on where you are looking to purchase a home in the US will determine how much you will pay per square foot. This chart from Rate.com shows where you can get the most and the least real estate for $1 million dollars in America.
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In the number one spot for the most square feet per million is the city of Flint, Michigan. This city became infamous for the health crisis that began in 2014 due to the city’s water supply. The city was already facing an extreme budget crisis when they changed to a new water source from a treated water supply plant in Detroit to the Flint River. This hurt the city even further and tanked the real estate market. Currently, you can purchase 33,333.33 square feet for $1 million. That is just $30 a square foot. On the opposite side of the graph, you have a city where a single square foot will cost you over $4,000. That city is Palo Alto, California and you better have a lot more than a million dollars because even that much money will only get you around 238 square feet, which is less than the size of a standard shed.
A recent nationwide survey by NapLab delved into sexual satisfaction across the United States, revealing some surprising trends. The results, summarized in an eye-catching ranked chart, showed that the average satisfaction rating was a modest 4.77 out of 10. This number hints that many Americans are not fully content with their sex lives. Even more surprising was that 23.6% of respondents rated their satisfaction as low as 1, while only 10.6% reported a perfect score of 10. Although 45.6% of participants said they engage in sexual activity at least once a week, it seems frequency didn’t translate into higher satisfaction levels.
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The top 10 states with the highest sexual satisfaction scores are as follows:
- Oklahoma
- Kentucky
- Texas
- Maine
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- New Hampshire
- Georgia
- South Dakota
A notable pattern emerged, with many of the highest-ranking states located in the Bible Belt, challenging the assumption that these religious and conservative areas might report lower satisfaction. On the flip side, states like Virginia, New Mexico, and Alaska reported scores below 3, despite earlier NapLab studies showing elevated levels of sexual activity in these states.
Several factors could be influencing these scores, including the impact of technology, shifting social norms, and amount of alcohol consumption. Improving sexual satisfaction may involve better communication with partners, more non-sexual physical intimacy, and even investing in a quality mattress.
There’s nothing better than a chart that can help out with complicated decisions. This graph from Florida Rentals can help you choose your next family vacation destination. Using factors that families find important in a travel destination, the team was able to rank every state in the U.S. by how great a family vacation destination it is. Here are the factors they used to create their scoring system:
- Hotel rooms per capita
- Restaurants per capita
- Museums per capita
- Total number of amusement parks
- Total miles of beaches
- Average annual temperature
- Cost of living
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The team at Florida Rentals surely celebrated when their home state, Florida made the top of the list. This result probably doesn’t surprise you. After all, families from all over the world travel to the sunshine state to enjoy the over 900 miles of beaches and to visit top attractions like Sea World, Universal Studios, and Walt Disney World. Combine that with great weather, plenty of hotels and restaurants, and affordable places to stay and there’s no doubt that Florida earned its top spot.
Here’s the top ten states on the list:
- Florida
- Wyoming
- North Dakota
- Hawaii
- Vermont
- Montana
- Maine
- Texas
- South Dakota
- Louisiana
Wyoming might be a surprise, but it actually has a huge number of hotels and museums per capita, making it a great destination for families that want to beat the heat and learn something while doing it. The same is true of North Dakota in the number 3 spot.
Explore the details in the infographic to find out what each and every state has to offer as well as potential drawbacks to planning a vacation there. Some states are expensive, others have extreme weather, and some might be chock full of amusement parks. Your number one will depend on your family’s priorities!
The work from home movement is here to stay. It’s projected that in 2024, one in five American workers will call the workplace home. Many people say that working from home saves them time and money, but just how much money will vary depending on the state. That’s why the team at Ooma decided to create an index ranking each state by how desirable of work from home location it is.
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They used their rankings to map out each state and highlight the best places to work from home. After all, working from home means the freedom to live anywhere. The factors that the Ooma team used to create their index were:
- Average work from home salary
- Median monthly rent
- Salary to rent ratio
- Utility prices
- Internet speeds
- Taxes on wireless service
The states with the highest scores offered high salaries and low cost of living with good Internet access. These are the ten states that scored highest:
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Vermont
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- Delaware
- South Carolina
- Oregon
- Idaho
In the lowest scoring states, people will not save as much money working from home because the cost of living doesn’t keep pace with average salaries. Here are the ten states with the lowest scores:
- California
- Hawaii
- Florida
- Connecticut
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Utah
- New York
- Maryland
- Alaska
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