re: Alabama falls to #49 in ranking of all 50 States. Drops 3 spots from #46 in 2018.

Every place has its positives and negatives. They have beautiful places and not so beautiful places. Take Colorado for example, you can’t argue that the Rockies are breath taking, but eastern Colorado is flat nothing. I’d love to have a cabin in the mountains, but I would only be able to access it 4 months out of the year and it would have a dirt road and no utilities. If I lived in Colorado Springs or Denver, I’d pay a larger percentage of my income on housing versus the south. I’d also have to deal with snow and ice in my driveway all winter.

Point - all places have positives and negatives. It depends on what you like.