New Hampshire is best place to live for U.S. kids

[The Northerner]

BOSTON (Reuters) - New Hampshire is the best place in America for a child to live thanks to lower rates of child poverty, according to a report released on Wednesday measuring health, education and economic security.

Holding onto the lead for the ninth time in a decade, New Hampshire once again got top marks for child well-being from the Annie E. Casey Foundation annual Kids Count report.

"Children in New Hampshire, generally speaking, are going to be less likely to be living in poverty, and it affects all the other indicators we track," said Laura Speer, associate director for policy reform and data at the foundation.

Poverty among children in 38 states, meanwhile, is on the rise, with 14.7 million American children, or 20 percent, categorized as poor in 2009. That is 2.5 million more than in 2000, when 17 percent of the nation's youth lived in low-income homes, the foundation said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/hampshire-best-place-live-u-kids-202139977.html

[elleng]

1. Except its cold!

:scared: (Shivering)

[handmade34]

2. only 8 months out of the year, silly

:silly:

[elleng]

3. Right, silly me!

Love it up there; its been too long!
:hi:

[Tesha]

4. And schools are being defunded everywhere in the state. (NT)

[Shagbark Hickory]

5. Those "best place" articles are stupid. nm

[demosincebirth]

6. what do you due in the winter?

[PoliticAverse]

7. Make more kids ? n/t

[MahayanaLotus]

8. Ever been in Manchester?

Having worked the DMZ there the rate of poverty is staggering. And FYI N.H. has the highest rate of children on Ritalin than any state in the U.S.