{"id":16,"date":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jerrymarbury-com\/2026\/09\/11\/heres-where-arizona-ranks-among-best-states-to-live-in\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","slug":"heres-where-arizona-ranks-among-best-states-to-live-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/heres-where-arizona-ranks-among-best-states-to-live-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s where Arizona ranks among best states to live in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Arizona came in 34th for overall livability, according to a recent ranking that considered 51 indicators\u2014from housing costs to hospital quality. For those of us who know the state inside and out, these numbers offer some interesting context: affordability was ranked 23rd, quality of life at 21st, but areas like economy (39th), education and health (37th), and safety (43rd) lagged behind. States like Idaho and New Jersey topped the list. As someone who\u2019s worked across Arizona\u2019s markets for over three decades, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how these stats reflect both our challenges and our real opportunities\u2014especially when navigating everything from affordable housing programs to investment portfolios. I always encourage clients and investors to look beyond the rankings and dig into what really matters for their specific goals here in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/azbigmedia.com\/lifestyle\/heres-where-arizona-ranks-among-best-states-to-live-in\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona came in 34th for overall livability, according to a recent ranking that considered 51 indicators\u2014from housing costs to hospital quality. For those of us who know the state inside and out, these numbers offer some interesting context: affordability was ranked 23rd, quality of life at 21st, but areas like economy (39th), education and health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}