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big improvement over the old Amtrak waiting area under Madison Square Garden
The bottom 10 in per capita income: West Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee. Red states, with the exception of New Mexico.
The top 10: Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, New Hampshire, Alaska, Washington, Virginia
Moving on to life expectancy:
The top 5: Hawaii, California, New York, Minnesota, Connecticut
The bottom 5: West Virginia, Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas
Highest suicide rates: Montana, Alaska, Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, West Virginia, South Dakota, Arkansas
Highest incarceration rates: Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee
10 best educated states: Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Vermont, Colorado, Virginia, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Washington, New Jersey
10 least well educated states: Mississippi, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, Oklahoma, New Mexico
source: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/the-...s-in-2018.html
States getting the most and least from Uncle Sam (funds allocated to that state minus taxes paid)
Most: Virginia, Kentucky, New Mexico, West Virginia, Alaska, Mississippi, Alabama, Maryland, Maine, Hawaii
Least: Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, North Dakota, Illinois, New Hampshire, Washington, Nebraska, Colorado
Source: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2019/03/14/states-getting-the-most-and-least-from-uncle-sam/10/
10 most beautiful states: California, Hawaii, Alaska, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana, Michigan
10 least beautiful states: Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Ohio, New Jersey
source: https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/donut-boss-kamal-grant-shares-his-key-to-success
So as I've said for a while...when these fools threaten to secede in the next couple months, I don't think anyone is going to try to stop them.
Good riddance to the drain on this country. They can all line up behind their cult leader and live in a 2nd world country that buys all innovation from what remains of the old US.
We will almost certainly need a wall to keep the losers out...
Why do we think people so eagerly flee their blue havens?
That article made me sad.
"People unhappy with their state move to not yet screwed up states, retain voting habits that screwed up their last state."
Me thinks you’ll need to revisit this analysis in a year once everyone is back to work full time. A significant amount of workers in California, New York, Massachusetts, etc. are migrants from other states. The pandemic has afforded people the opportunity to move back with family temporarily. I suspect once employers start requiring employees back on site you’ll see these trends reverse.