DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — Do you like living in Alabama? A recent poll surveyed people across the nation and ranked states from the worst to the best places to live.
According to YouGov, Washington D.C. is one of the worst places to live in the nation but Alabama ranks the second-worst state to live. However, not everyone agrees.
Tina Hollinger and her son Brandon Henderson both have their hands in the real estate market.
Both the realtors work with people, every day moving to and from Alabama they said Alabama is a great place to live, work, and play, despite what the results show.
“Compared to other states, the cost of living in Alabama and our taxes are drastically much lower than many other bigger states,” Henderson said.
The poll asked just a little over 1,200 people to choose the better state, between two states, in a series of head-to-head matchups. According to YouGov, states were then ranked based on their “win percentage.”
Hawaii a state known for its sunshine and beaches took the top spot with Colorado ranking right behind.
Hollinger tells WDHN News people who are moving are not leaving because they want to but rather because they have too.
“People that are putting their houses on the market for sale or just moving into something bigger or something smaller,” Hollinger said. “They aren’t moving away unless they are moving away for a job or military.
Henderson agreed and said that Alabama is currently in a seller’s market, which means people are moving to Alabama.
“The real estate market has been hot here for about, year and year and a half,” Hollinger said.
Both Hollinger and Henderson said they do not agree with YouGov’s poll and that people have the choice to make their neighborhood and state one of the best places to live.
“We still see people moving here from other states up north, towards California. We are so close to the beach and we have lake Eufaula close by,” Hollinger said.
