The Realities of U.S. Southern States

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  1. JoeNation
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    How are those Republicans working out for you Southern man?

    These 9 Maps Should Absolutely Outrage Southerners

    The Huffington Post | by Emily Cohn
    Posted: 03/06/2014 8:00 am EST Updated: 03/06/2014 8:59 am EST



    Look, there are lots of things to love about the South. It's clean and quiet. There's delicious food, good people and often amazing weather. But that's exactly why it makes us so sad to think about all the ways in which the region is struggling today.
    First off, poverty rates are a lot higher in the South.
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    Source: USDA
    In fact, as many as one in four southern kids lives in poverty, compared to the national average of one in five.
    In the map above, red shading indicates a poverty rates between 17.9 and 22.8 percent. Orange indicates 15.9 to 17.8 percent; light orange, 12.2-15.8 percent; pale yellow, 9 to 12.1 percent. As you can see, there's a lot of high-poverty red in the south.
    And minimum wages are much lower.
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    Source: Department Of Labor
    Virtually no southern states, with the exception of Florida, have a minimum wage higher than the federal floor of $7.25 an hour. Many southern states do have relatively low living costs. But they are not dramatically lower than costs of living in other states, such as Ohio and Missouri, that have set minimum wages at least slightly higher than the national limit. The southern states are doing the absolute minimum for their poorest citizens by keeping the minimum wage at the lowest levels possible.
    And people living in the South are a lot less likely to move up the economic ladder.
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    Source: Equality Of Opportunity Project
    If you want to achieve the American Dream, don't move to the South. That's because states in the South have extremely low levels of economic mobility. In the map above, pale yellow represents places with higher mobility, while red indicates low mobility.
    Many living in poverty in the South are being denied access to affordable health care.
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    Source: Urban Institute
    States that didn't choose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare are highlighted in lighter gray.
    ...which is costing these states a ton of money.
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    Source: The Huffington Post
    This map shows how much money the 19 states that rejected Medicaid expansion will lose by 2022 as a result of doing so (assuming all other states participate).
    This is particularly troubling because the South has several health crises on its hands. Like obesity.
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    Source: CDC
    Obesity rates are too high across the U.S. But they're particularly high in the South.
    Southern states also have a higher percentage of cigarette smokers.
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    Source: The Huffington Post
    Most southern states have a higher percentage of smokers than anywhere else in the country. Incidentally, most southern states have relatively low taxes on cigarettes.
    And a much higher rate of teen births.
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    Source: Zara Matheson + Atlantic Cities
    The map plots birth rates among women ages 15 to 19. In states shaded dark blue, there are more than 50 births per 1,000 teenage women.
    Perhaps all this is why some southern states are among the least happy states in the country.
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    Source: Gallup
    That's according to Gallup's recent "State of American Well-Being" report, which surveyed thousands of Americans and ranked states based on an average of six measures: "life evaluation," emotional health, physical health, healthy behaviors, work environment and basic access to things like food, water and shelter.
     
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  2. freshmeat

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    Thanks for putting that together :)
     
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    You really want to get these guys going show them the statistical relationship of IQ v either conservatism and religiosity. World wide and in this country. Just don't tell them which is the cause and which is the effect, let them ponder that for as long as it takes. :)
     
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  6. freshmeat

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    ^ still pondering ....
     
  7. freshmeat

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    If you look at the source "

    Posted: " 11/01/13 EDT" for the map then compare with data at OK.gov you gave (26.1%) for 2011 and shows no data for 2013, so far all is good. Not only that the original map is based on those 12 or older. Your site is about adults ( yes I know you probably think 12 year olds are adults just because they outsmart you on a regular basis - but they in fact are not) The only problem here exists between your chair and the keyboard.

    I understand you probably have difficulty with things like facts figures and (oh my gawd) statistics, but geesus man they gave it to you in pictograph form, how much easier could it have been? Was it the lack of crayons?

    You hold the ignorant beliefs you have a death grip on because of your inability to comprehend.
     
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    Posted: " 11/01/13 EDT" for the map then compare with data at OK.gov you gave (26.1%) for 2011 and shows no data for 2013, so far all is good. Not only that the original map is based on those 12 or older. Your site is about adults ( yes I know you probably think 12 year olds are adults just because they outsmart you on a regular basis - but they in fact are not) The only problem here exists between your chair and the keyboard.

    I understand you probably have difficulty with things like facts figures and (oh my gawd) statistics, but geesus man they gave it to you in pictograph form, how much easier could it have been? Was it the lack of crayons?

    You hold the ignorant beliefs you have a death grip on because of your inability to comprehend.

    ~Best laugh I've had in a long time. Thanks! :D
     
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    But seriously, are you and I guilty of blaming the victim here? Those 9 maps sort of have Coin Oklahoma City written all over them. Now I might just be playing the odds here but given those 9 statistics, we might just be a pickin' on a victim here. As a labeled liberal myself, I'm suppose to be against that kind of thing. There is just one thing I want to know. Is it wrong that I am smiling? :D
     
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    Oh, WOW, oh WOW!
     
  12. freshmeat

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    You probably have a point there, good thing your hat hides it.
     
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    My pleasure you can send donations to cureignorance.org
     
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    Just like Mr. RB hid his comment ion your referenced post.
     
  15. JoeNation
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    Another victim of the maps.
     
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    Who is RB and what does that ^ mean in human talk?
     
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  18. JoeNation
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    There is a term Freud coined that explains his use of this term.

    Psychological Projection: a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously rejects his or her own unacceptable attributes by ascribing them to objects or persons in the outside world. For example, a person who is a racist may accuse other people of being racists.

    Just another GOP playbook specialty.
     
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