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South Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country and during my few visits to the state I didn't find any problems with the culture there. W
by amock 15y ago
South Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country and during my few visits to the state I didn't find any problems with the culture there. Why do you think it isn't doing well culturally and economically?
- Aloisius 15y agoIt is in the bottom 50% of GDP per capita in the United States (26th). If economic or personal freedom were any indicators of success, I'd expect it to at least be better than average (it is quite a bit below, $47,275/person for the whole US and $37,375 for South Dakota).
- hugh3 15y agoThere's a loose correlation between freedom and economic/cultural attainment. It works on large scales and explains the difference between, say, the United States and North Korea. On smaller scales though, such as comparing different states within the US, other things tend to dominate -- in particular the presence of big cities, which are positively correlated with economic and cultural attainment and negatively correlated with freedom. Honestly, if this graph were the best case we have for the proposition that freedom is nice then it'd be a pretty weak case.
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- michaelcampbell 15y agoHow does its GDP/capita relate to cost of living/capita?