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It looks like the map measures poverty by income in dollars without any cost-of-living adjustments. So it may be more of a map of regional cost-of-living than a
by msgilligan 13y ago
It looks like the map measures poverty by income in dollars without any cost-of-living adjustments. So it may be more of a map of regional cost-of-living than anything else.
- jds375 13y agoExactly. That's why some of the rural areas (Alaska, Dakotas) look so bad and some of the bigger urban areas (New York) don't.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 13y agoThe worst-off counties in South Dakota match up pretty well with Indian reservations, and it should be a surprise to nobody (and a shame to everybody) how poor the people are there.
- jchung 13y agoNot sure. New York looks very bad to me.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoCost of living in Alaska, even rural Alaska, is actually competitive, if not higher than, with living in NYC.