From my experience, the people in Tennessee are even worse : p We have family from there, and every time they come here they always talk about how much better their state is than ours.
We're too far north to get Florida summers.
We're too far south to get Wisconsin winters.
Too far from the east and west coasts to get their smog.
Too far inland to get hurricanes.
Too many rivers and streams to get drought. I've heard of lack of water, but never seen it.
And we still have broadband internet almost everywhere.
I have no interest in being better than anybody else, I just like living here. If it sounds to you like I'm saying we're better than y'all, it's probably a good indication that you need to move over here. Come on over, we got plenty of room.
And about your relatives, Yezara, if they talk about Tennessee being better than other places, tell them they should stop going to places that aren't as good as Tennessee.