30. North Carolina
The mountainous gateway to the true American south, North Carolina can seem charming and terrifying all at the same time.
The Good: Contrary to the ugly old "dumb Southerner" stereotype, North Carolina's public university system is top-notch (especially Chapel Hill, obvs) and towns like Asheville are artsy, cultured places full of beer. In terms of scenery, the Outer Banks are some of the East Coast's most beautiful shoreline, and the dark and shadowy Blue Ridge mountains are picturesquely moody.
The Bad: A traditionally old-school southern Democratic state, North Carolina has an often contentious political scene and is not untainted by, sigh, a history of bad race relations. Remember the watermelon guy? He was a real gem. The city of Charlotte is a strange place, at once a depressed and rundown shanty and, conversely,
the second-largest banking center in the US. (A large banking sector makes for a pretty dull city, too.) Beyond that, Duke kids are real gems, as are some of the state's more deeply pious folks. The worst thing about North Carolina, though? The poop monsters.
Final Score: 5.66
Bolded is why people from New York move to NC, see I wasn't lying when I said that

And the college thing is why I don't want to leave state for college