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Unfortunate headline. Would expect to see it changed. Growing up I spent a few years in Alabama. Not at all surprised by any of this, but it's not "the worst i
by futhey 9y ago
Unfortunate headline. Would expect to see it changed.
Growing up I spent a few years in Alabama. Not at all surprised by any of this, but it's not "the worst in the United States", or the developed world, by any stretch.
Not that it's a competition, but census data would put a couple of states (I believe consistently Louisiana, West Virginia, & Arkansas) below Alabama in median household income.
- c2h5oh 9y agoIt's not about how poor or rich the state is, but what percentage of people live in poverty. The poverty definition used is living for less than 50% of median income in the area (in this case state) so it's more of an income inequality measure.
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- prostoalex 9y agoThat seems like a gameable metric. Encourage the 5/10/50/100 highest-income individuals to establish their primary residence someplace else (in this case other state) and things will look very positive comparative-equality-wise.
- Spooky23 9y agoAs the GOP slashes federal spending, you’ll see that.
- Jesus_Jones 9y agoHah, being from Arkansas, we always said "Thank god for Mississippi". Arkansas was often 49th in many scales of poverty, MS was 50th. I'm sure Alabama has issues too.