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I have to admit I have spent much time in Rural America but also much time in places like California and Colorado which are filled with overwhelmed people trying to live a millionaires lifestyle at the end of the day.
But at the end of the day, people in West Virginia have a non-existent commute, very little pollution, low electric bills from all the coal and most of them have houses paid off with hardly any property taxes.
Love seeing the 91 from Riverside into Orange County at 5am packed with miles long traffic jams as West Virginians will be in bed for a couple more hours with their non-existent commutes
California chasing fantasies by either paying a million plus for a small house or commuting in bumper to bumper traffic for hours each way thinking that they will all be rich executives some day.
2,100 median mortgage payment in California, 900 in West Virginia
$10,000 retail sales per-capita in Los Angeles despite all the movie stars and real estate executives shopping sprees compared to $29,000 in Charleston, WV
91% high school graduation in Charleston compared to 75% in Los Angeles
13% uninsured in Charleston compared to 23% in Los Angeles
The low taxes are why the school system sucks there. Mississippi is ranked 49th on the list of 'most educated states' and West Virginia is ranked 50th.
I don't understand this post. Republican politicians have failed rural America. Living in West Virginia is not an easy life, most people work long hours and still need government assistance to get by. Unfortunately, banning Muslims and building a wall will do nothing for these people.
Yes, that's what I've always wondered: how good is a "good" job if you have to pay 3x for a house and spend 20% of your conscious life sitting in traffic?
I really don't envy all of the debt slaves on the coasts, even if there are higher-paying jobs there. The pay differential does not usually cover the differential in COL.
$10,000 retail sales per-capita in Los Angeles despite all the movie stars and real estate executives shopping sprees compared to $29,000 in Charleston, WV
91% high school graduation in Charleston compared to 75% in Los Angeles
13% uninsured in Charleston compared to 23% in Los Angeles
Can't help but notice that you suddenly slipped form state-to-state comparisons and decided to instead compare a state capital with 50,000 people - presumably the upper crust of WV, such as that is - to a 10-million metropol that encompasses every income level.
But as I said - the market has allocated a higher price tag on CA living. Weird, isn't it?
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