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The US is huge, numbers in one area can be very high or very low and skew things significantly. It doesn't help most American's if salaries are pulled up (in th
by pnutjam 7y ago
The US is huge, numbers in one area can be very high or very low and skew things significantly. It doesn't help most American's if salaries are pulled up (in the average) by a high cost of living area, and housing is pulled down (in the average) by a different area 300 miles away.
You see this alot in school data. The top 90% of schools would, if averaged, put the US in top standing. However, those bottom 10% pull us down (alot). The big fight in America right now is whether we cut those bottom 10% and say EOBAD's (GOP), or work to help them catch up (Democrats).