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> It would not surprise me if the easiest places to live have identical demographics and characteristics as the hardest places to live.

I gather you haven't travelled much. The difference between poor scoring places (pick a town in Kentucky) and high scoring ones (Seattle for example) is absolutely huge. Almost to the point of feeling like being in a different country.

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Considering I am a European that has only traveled to the USA's west coast once in his life, you are right in this sense.

> It would not surprise me if the easiest places to live have identical demographics and characteristics as the hardest places to live.

I think a big part of the problem is that the article explicitly uses "demographics and characteristics" to determine difficulty of living, so the above statement is false by definition. I think you do make a good point though, unfortunately, I'm not sure how to phrase it any better.

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