Pretty sure “mental weakness” is actively ignoring data all in an attempt to live in your own fantasy land. Just to summarize this interaction in the hopes that you decide to “strengthen your own knowledge”:

• “Ha, at least we aren’t Mississippi”
• “Actually, Mississippi ranks higher in most of these metrics. You probably want to be more like Mississippi”
• “Ha, they just forgot to measure Mississippi. Also, cost of living here is some of the cheapest in the country and if the listing had been weighted to that then it would be all about the southeast swamplands”
• “No, they didn’t forget Mississippi. Also, using the linked page to weight the study by cost of living still prioritizes the midwest for the most part”
• “Ha, see, I told you that my cost of living was super cheap and you are just prejudiced and weak!”