If you are young and looking for a place to settle where the economy is likely to thrive in the future, you need to look at these rankings...

Where is the economy doing well now and potentially in the medium and long term?  The rankings below are enlightening.  Take note of the States that appear several times across the measure.  Those are the places to be.

""And here are the top 10 future boom states, with some awfully familiar names at the top. For this category, the authors looked at different types of job growth, the education level of each state’s young workforce (25-44 years old), the median income for a household of four adjusted for cost of living, as well as a few secondary data elements.""--Source: Economic Modeling Specialists International

Below are rankings of States by various measures of what would be called factors condusive to doing business/promoting commerce.