Not only can driving cause stress, make you late with the inevitable traffic jams, and be the source of an all-day bad attitude, but it can also be bad on your wallet.
In 2019 alone, congestion cost U.S. drivers $88 billion and an average of 99 hours of their time.
For many Americans, however, driving down a calm back road is a way to relieve stress and free their minds.
So what it is like driving in Arizona?
Wallethub compared all 50 states across 31 key indicators of a positive commute to determine 2021's best and worst states to drive in.
According to the list, Arizona is right in the middle. The state came in at number 25 on the list. The state did place among the best in one category, however. Thanks to its desert climate, the state was second overall for fewest days with precipitation.
Here is the complete list of 2021's best and worst states to drive in:
- Texas
- Indiana
- North Carolina
- Iowa
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Idaho
- South Dakota
- Ohio
- Wisconsin
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Illinois
- North Dakota
- Virginia
- Georgia
- Montana
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Vermont
- Alabama
- Wyoming
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Florida
- West Virginia
- Mississippi
- Alaska
- South Carolina
- Minnesota
- Louisiana
- New Mexico
- Connecticut
- Nevada
- Oregon
- Michigan
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Colorado
- New Jersey
- New Hampshire
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Washington
- California
- Hawaii
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