Nice column on the Blue State Depression

[American Expat]

Originally Posted by MUTGR

The thing is, we talk about Blue and Red states, but you have to look at the county level.

Illinois for example is considered a true blue state, but if you look at the county results, most of the state outside of Chicago, Peoria and the college towns are as red as can be.

Missouri is now considered a pretty deep red state, but the urban areas and main college town went for Hillary by significant margins.

The difference is Chicago is so big it dominates the state, not the case with the urban areas in Missouri, but otherwise not that much difference between the two.

It's not so much state versus state, but urban/college town versus the rest.

I'm not disagreeing but how does that tie to the thread or my theory about moving away due to higher cost including higher taxes?

[earthlyfather]

Economically speaking, but after the election may be mentally too. Only those who cannot 'escape' or the elites stay.

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

The blue state depression - Washington Times


They are of course, referring to the direction of how these states are faring.

[WaldoKitty]

Originally Posted by JamaicaOnTheHudson

The states you mentioned are also the wealthiest in the country. ....

So? Saudi Arabia is very wealthy. But unless you are part of the 1% you don't benefit from it.

NY is going to lose 1 if not 2 electoral votes, yet again, to the South after 2020, and California will not gain any.

This speaks for itself.

[marino760]

Originally Posted by American Expat

California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Interesting that the 10 state with the largest HRC margins all have outward domestic migration, despite the fact as someone mentioned these in general are the richest states in income average. So people from these state (especially if you migrated out), why leave a state with such riches?


My working theory is that they are the most expensive to live in and if you retire or lose your job, you leave to live better in the cheaper red states.


Conversely, all 10 state that were the highest % voting Trump (Wyoming, West Virginia, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Dakota, and Idaho) all won with domestic migration. Again, why? In general these tend to be lower income and cost states.

Don't worry about the population of CA decreasing. Sure the middle class has been leaving in large numbers but they are being replaced by illegals, thus the population doesn't decrease. It also explains why CA has the highest number of people on welfare and the highest percentage of people in poverty, despite it being the economic powerhouse it claims to be.