according to U-Haul: STUDY RANKS US STATES WITH MOST FINANCIALLY-DISTRESSED RESIDENTS — SEE THE LIST 50. California 49. Massachusetts 48. New Jersey ...

Midwest and West Coast — and particularly California, which remained in the bottom spot for the second year in a row, according to U-Haul. 48. New Jersey ...

California is at the bottom of the U-Haul list for the fifth consecutive year. States in the Northeast — New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey — are also near the bottom.