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See what could complicate your move before you fall in love with a state.
Your Big Picture reads your answers and shows what matters most, what has to work together, and which assumptions are worth checking before you start comparing places.
- A personalized report, not a quiz result
- Answers saved for any report you choose later
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Your Big Picture
What your questionnaire says matters most, what has to work together, and where the move may create opportunity or strain.
Your priorities at a glance
- Lower everyday costs without giving up quality
- A lasting rental home for two, with your dog
- Healthcare you can actually reach in a smaller city
Annual surplus · State A
$72,885–$76,748To verify
Medicaid after a moveFrom the illustrative sample
Twelve pages built around one household’s answers.Yours reflects your own priorities, budget, and plans.
What you get, free
- Your top priorities, explained in plain language
- What has to work at the same time for the move to succeed
- Where your stated budget may go further
- The issues to verify before you commit to a state
The Big Picture doesn’t pick or rank states. It shows what your eventual state search needs to take seriously.
Inside the Big Picture sample
See how a set of answers becomes a clear starting point.
The sample follows a retired couple who want to lower costs, rent long term with their dog, and keep good healthcare within reach. It shows what has to hold together, where their budget may stretch, and what to check first.
Illustrative sample: created from a fictionalized questionnaire profile. It does not describe a real customer.
- Priorities
- 3 essentials
- Lower costs without losing quality, a lasting pet-friendly rental, and reachable healthcare.
- Budget tested
- $1,500–$2,000
- The monthly spending range the household said would feel comfortable.
- Potential annual surplus
- $72,885–$76,748
- An anonymous example state, using the top of that budget and modeled after-tax income.
- Flagged to verify
- Medicaid
- Coverage doesn’t transfer between states, so eligibility has to be re-established.
From the sample report
A strong fit is not the state that wins one category. It is the place where the priorities in your questionnaire work together without one major need undoing the others.
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It’s free, and the questionnaire you complete is saved for any report you choose next.
What it may uncover
The personal connections that “best state” lists miss.
A move rarely fails on one thing. It fails when two needs pull against each other and nobody noticed. The Big Picture looks across your whole household to find those places early.
- 01
Budget
How your budget may interact with housing, taxes, insurance, and transportation.
- 02
Healthcare
Medication, specialist, disability, or long-term-care needs that have to keep working.
- 03
Work and income
Licensing, remote-work, or income assumptions that need to be checked.
- 04
Climate
Weather preferences that may collide with hazards, insurance, utilities, or infrastructure.
- 05
Family and community
Schools, family, safety, accessibility, community, or policy needs that shape the fit.
- 06
Tradeoffs
Priorities that can’t all be maximized in the same place, and which ones matter most.
What it does
A concise, personalized pressure test.
- Summarizes your most important relocation priorities
- Shows where needs, wants, and practical realities may need balancing
- Surfaces hidden assumptions and issues that require verification
- Gives you practical questions to carry into your state research
What it does not do
It prepares the search. It doesn’t replace it.
- It does not rank or recommend specific states
- It does not promise that every priority can be satisfied
- It does not replace legal, tax, medical, financial, or local professional advice
- It does not make the final decision for you
Where it leads
Start free. Go deeper only when you’re ready.
Your Big Picture answers carry forward, so each report after it asks only for the extra details it needs. Most people go to State Match next to see which states fit.
- Free first stepFree
StateMatcher Big Picture
What matters most, what has to work together, and what to verify.
- Find your states$19
U.S. State Match Report
Discover the U.S. states where your needs, preferences, budget, and desired way of life may come together especially well.
- Explore one state$79
U.S. State Deep Dive
A tailored exploration of one U.S. state, shaped by your household, needs, wants, priorities, and the life you hope to build.
- Compare two choices$129
U.S. State Compare
Compare two U.S. states side by side so you can see what each one offers and how each one fits your life.
- Plan the move$169
U.S. State Action Plan
Turn a promising destination into a practical, personalized plan for places, logistics, timing, and next steps.
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Get your free Big Picture.
Answer the questionnaire once and see the shape of your move before you spend anything on state research.
- 1Create your free account
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- 2Answer the questionnaire
Your answers are saved, so any StateMatcher or FlagSeek report you choose later can reuse them.
- 3Read your Big Picture
Your report is prepared around your answers and delivered to My Reports in your account.
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- Your top priorities, explained in plain language
- What has to work at the same time for the move to succeed
- Where your stated budget may go further
- The issues to verify before you commit to a state
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