Middle Mexico, USA
While middle-of-the-road in sleepiness, drunkeness, fitness & fatness, New Mexico is tops in least amount of personal tax burden, clean energy, national security, agriculture, adventure destination and ironically gay friendliness in the state capital where our unfriendly leader resides.
More tragic than that NM ranks low to DEAD LAST in job creation, gun violence, safety, education, poverty/hunger and child welfare.
Here are those rankings and the rest of what we found:
Sleepiest: Parade
Fittest Fattest: Calorielab
Drunkest:
Eater
Gay Friendly: Santa Fe Magazine
Clean Energy: The Street
Gold Panning: eHow
Worst Drivers: ABQ Biz Journal
Adventure Destination: Trusted Reviews
Job Creation: ABQ Biz Journal
Employment: Business Degrees NM
Personal Taxes: 24/7 Wall St.
Biz Tax: Santa Fe New Mexican
Tech. Pay: Electroiq
Edu:
News Channel 10
SAT/ACT: Edu. Colleges.com
Early Edu: NM Voices
Oil & Gas: New Mexico Independent
Hunger:
Clearly New Mexico
Health: NM Health.org
Diversity: NY Times
Internet Use: CAAS NM
Violence: Legal Community Against Violence
Safety: Ask.com
Best Performing Cities: Picacho Mountain.com
National Security: Washington Post
Agriculture:
NM Dept. of Agriculture
Economy:
Fizber
Identity Theft:
Microbilt
Hint – Crackdown on crackheads
Manufacturing: Foorum NM
Indian Owned Business: Bloomberg
Child Welfare: NCWWI Report
Edu Spending: Rio Grande Foundation Report
Happiness: Live Science
Depression: Mental Health America
Pro Athletes: Players From.com
Fame:
Wikipedia
Biz Ranks: Foorum NM
Opinion: Yahoo! Answers
