Red states, as a group, are falling behind blue states on a broad range of economic

[Lightbringer]

And social outcomes—including economic productivity, family income, life expectancy, and “deaths of despair” from the opioid crisis and alcoholism.


But the big story remains that blue states are benefiting more as the nation transitions into a high-productivity, 21st-century information economy, and red states (apart from their major metropolitan centers participating in that economy) are suffering as the powerhouse industries of the 20th century—agriculture, manufacturing, and fossil-fuel extraction—decline.

The gross domestic product per person and the median household income are now both more than 25 percent greater in the blue section than in the red, according to Podhorzer’s calculations. The share of kids in poverty is more than 20 percent lower in the blue section than red, and the share of working households with incomes below the poverty line is nearly 40 percent lower. Health outcomes are diverging too. Gun deaths are almost twice as high per capita in the red places as in the blue, as is the maternal mortality rate.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...letter/661377/

Which states are growing right now jewbot?

[signalmankenneth]

And social outcomes—including economic productivity, family income, life expectancy, and “deaths of despair” from the opioid crisis and alcoholism.


But the big story remains that blue states are benefiting more as the nation transitions into a high-productivity, 21st-century information economy, and red states (apart from their major metropolitan centers participating in that economy) are suffering as the powerhouse industries of the 20th century—agriculture, manufacturing, and fossil-fuel extraction—decline.

The gross domestic product per person and the median household income are now both more than 25 percent greater in the blue section than in the red, according to Podhorzer’s calculations. The share of kids in poverty is more than 20 percent lower in the blue section than red, and the share of working households with incomes below the poverty line is nearly 40 percent lower. Health outcomes are diverging too. Gun deaths are almost twice as high per capita in the red places as in the blue, as is the maternal mortality rate.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...letter/661377/

The red states are far behind in education too, knowledge is power?!!

[Stringfellow Hawk]

And social outcomes—including economic productivity, family income, life expectancy, and “deaths of despair” from the opioid crisis and alcoholism.


But the big story remains that blue states are benefiting more as the nation transitions into a high-productivity, 21st-century information economy, and red states (apart from their major metropolitan centers participating in that economy) are suffering as the powerhouse industries of the 20th century—agriculture, manufacturing, and fossil-fuel extraction—decline.

The gross domestic product per person and the median household income are now both more than 25 percent greater in the blue section than in the red, according to Podhorzer’s calculations. The share of kids in poverty is more than 20 percent lower in the blue section than red, and the share of working households with incomes below the poverty line is nearly 40 percent lower. Health outcomes are diverging too. Gun deaths are almost twice as high per capita in the red places as in the blue, as is the maternal mortality rate.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...letter/661377/

One needs a much larger income to live in a blue state due to higher taxes, cost of living, and ridiculous inflated costs outside of what we are seeing now, not story here

[Sawyerloggingon]

And social outcomes—including economic productivity, family income, life expectancy, and “deaths of despair” from the opioid crisis and alcoholism.


But the big story remains that blue states are benefiting more as the nation transitions into a high-productivity, 21st-century information economy, and red states (apart from their major metropolitan centers participating in that economy) are suffering as the powerhouse industries of the 20th century—agriculture, manufacturing, and fossil-fuel extraction—decline.

The gross domestic product per person and the median household income are now both more than 25 percent greater in the blue section than in the red, according to Podhorzer’s calculations. The share of kids in poverty is more than 20 percent lower in the blue section than red, and the share of working households with incomes below the poverty line is nearly 40 percent lower. Health outcomes are diverging too. Gun deaths are almost twice as high per capita in the red places as in the blue, as is the maternal mortality rate.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...letter/661377/

California, the house Republicans built that democrats are burning down.

[NiftyNiblick]

Red states shouldn't be part of the United States.
It's time to let the Confederacy go their separate way.
They're a drag on the Blue states.

[cawacko]

Red states shouldn't be part of the United States.
It's time to let the Confederacy go their separate way.
They're a drag on the Blue states.

Why do you think blue states essentially won't build housing? Is it simply a Boomer thing and you're worried about your property values? For some reason housing doesn't get talked about a lot but it's a major driver in where people choose to live.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

And social outcomes—including economic productivity, family income, life expectancy, and “deaths of despair” from the opioid crisis and alcoholism.


But the big story remains that blue states are benefiting more as the nation transitions into a high-productivity, 21st-century information economy, and red states (apart from their major metropolitan centers participating in that economy) are suffering as the powerhouse industries of the 20th century—agriculture, manufacturing, and fossil-fuel extraction—decline.

The gross domestic product per person and the median household income are now both more than 25 percent greater in the blue section than in the red, according to Podhorzer’s calculations. The share of kids in poverty is more than 20 percent lower in the blue section than red, and the share of working households with incomes below the poverty line is nearly 40 percent lower. Health outcomes are diverging too. Gun deaths are almost twice as high per capita in the red places as in the blue, as is the maternal mortality rate.


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...letter/661377/

yeah well you're gay as a group.

[NiftyNiblick]

Why do you think blue states essentially won't build housing? Is it simply a Boomer thing and you're worried about your property values (and F everyone else)? For some reason housing doesn't get talked about a lot but it's a major driver in where people choose to live.

I'm not a fucking contractor.
What the fuck do I know or care about housing other than I have one?
Actually, I really don't have one because I've already put in the kids' names so they don't have to fuck with probate when they want to unload it for a million bucks or so.
I just pay the expenses and taxes as if I still owned it. That's what my parents did with me when they were alive. You drag kids onto this pigshit planet, you've got to take care of them.

I have plenty of other stuff: golf clubs, a dog, jazz records, books, an old Corvette, opinions--I talk about that. Why do you want me to build houses?

[cawacko]

I'm not a fucking contractor.
What the fuck do I know or care about housing other than I have one?
Actually, I really don't have one because I've already put in the kids' names so they don't have to fuck with probate when they want to unload it for a million bucks or so.
I just pay the expenses and taxes as if I still owned it. That's what my parents did with me when they were alive. You drag kids onto this pigshit planet, you've got to take care of them.

I have plenty of other stuff: golf clubs, a dog, jazz records, books, an old Corvette, opinions--I talk about that. Why do you want me to build houses?

LOL, I’m talking about housing policy. (We talk about tax policy, health care policy, education policy, abortion policy - yet a topic as important as housing gets very little discussion in many places)

[Into the Night]

The red states are far behind in education too, knowledge is power?!!

Indoctrination is not education, dude.

[Into the Night]

Red states shouldn't be part of the United States.
It's time to let the Confederacy go their separate way.
They're a drag on the Blue states.

The SDTC is already no longer part of the United States. Happy?

[Into the Night]

I'm not a fucking contractor.
What the fuck do I know or care about housing other than I have one?
Actually, I really don't have one because I've already put in the kids' names so they don't have to fuck with probate when they want to unload it for a million bucks or so.
I just pay the expenses and taxes as if I still owned it. That's what my parents did with me when they were alive. You drag kids onto this pigshit planet, you've got to take care of them.

I have plenty of other stuff: golf clubs, a dog, jazz records, books, an old Corvette, opinions--I talk about that. Why do you want me to build houses?

So you're homeless...gotit.