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...what? Flyover country doesn't care about their jobs and their economies? Suicide rates[0] and drug abuse statistics would suggest otherwise. [0] https://ww
by scarmig 8y ago
...what? Flyover country doesn't care about their jobs and their economies?
Suicide rates[0] and drug abuse statistics would suggest otherwise.
[0] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6345a10.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6345a10.htm
- randomdata 8y agoOhio, featured in the article, is only slightly above the national average. Is that significant?
- scarmig 8y agoIdeally we'd have more granular data. Not all of Ohio is dead--it has several major metropolitan areas. And, likewise, the Central Valley in CA probably isn't doing that great, but it's outweighed by the California cities.
- Karishma1234 8y agoThey care about their routine more than jobs and economy. Suicide rates may not be correlated (or causing) with jobs and economy. Else India and China should have had big sucide rates.