Poll: Florida 'Most Desirable' State to Live In

The survey found respondents relatively split when it comes to their preferences on an area to live when choosing between urban (18 percent), suburban (31 percent), and rural (22 percent) areas or a small town (26 percent).

Most respondents, 57 percent, said they lived in a state other than California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, or Illinois.

Options included California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, as well as “some other state.” .

California followed seven points behind with 11 percent choosing the Golden State, followed by New York (10 percent), Texas (9 percent), Pennsylvania (6 percent), and Illinois (4 percent).

There is very little reciprocation by Floridians, just seven (7%) of whom would rather live in New York, four percent (4%) would prefer Pennsylvania and none of whom (0%) would move to Illinois if given the chance.

And while 16% of Democrats say they’d rather live in New York, only five percent (5%) of Republicans and eight percent (8%) of unaffiliateds would prefer to be New Yorkers if they could live in any state they wanted.