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You don't explain why it's flawed, but fine, let's ignore where the rich choose to live, and let's take your advice and use the entire U.S. population.
Where are the poorest areas and cheapest prices in the U.S.? The Southeast. Where are the richest areas and highest prices in the U.S.? Everywhere else.
No matter how you slice it, the South is the poorest, least desirable part of the country. This isn't debatable.
Everywhere in the country is richer that the south. LMAO!!!! do you get out much???
What a dumb comment. Go get some education. Your hate for the south has warped your mind. Educated people see things differently.
What a dumb comment. Go get some education. Your hate for the south has warped your mind. Educated people see things differently.
So using actual verified data from the Census is "dumb" according to Scotty011.
Please, oh wise one, since you are apparently much more "educated" than the hundreds of PhD statisticians at the Census Bureau, please show us a source that indicates that the Census is fabricating numbers. Not all of us are as smart as you. I only have two Ivy League degrees, and work with numbers for a living, but I'm sure you have much to teach us!
I'm not saying it's horrible, I'm just sharing the experiences of everyone I know who has chosen to move South - usually NC, but sometimes SC, Florida, VA outside DC area, and Texas. Number one reason was always cost. The South is notorious around here for being so cheap. Everyone knows you can get a large, usually new home, in a development often, for super cheap compared to what we're used to - list price and taxes. Many people know at least one family/person who have decided to make the move for that reason. Sometimes people don't even care about weather.
They can get houses even cheaper in states like Ohio and Indiana, so why aren't they going there?
So using actual verified data from the Census is "dumb" according to Scotty011.
Please, oh wise one, since you are apparently much more "educated" than the hundreds of PhD statisticians at the Census Bureau, please show us a source that indicates that the Census is fabricating numbers. Not all of us are as smart as you. I only have two Ivy League degrees, and work with numbers for a living, but I'm sure you have much to teach us!
You have too much to learn oh unwise one. it would take eons to educate you. Yeah right, a person with an education would not be spouting the hate and ignorance you are displaying.
You don't explain why it's flawed, but fine, let's ignore where the rich choose to live, and let's take your advice and use the entire U.S. population.
Where are the poorest areas and cheapest prices in the U.S.? The Southeast. Where are the richest areas and highest prices in the U.S.? Everywhere else.
No matter how you slice it, the South is the poorest, least desirable part of the country. This isn't debatable.
That isn't true. I've seen real estate in the Midwest that is dirt cheap compared to my area of Alabama.
Growth rates typically slow as the baseline population increases. So, to use growth rates as some sort of validation that sunbelt states have their best days behind them is foolish.
It's also foolish to use region-wide or even statewide statistics about economic mobility, poverty rates, etc. as a similar presumed validation.
The reality is that sunbelt state growth is VERY targeted to key metropolitan areas and, as driven by our nation's politics, is the manifestation of our economic policies. The gap between the haves and have-nots is widening. Certain metropolitan areas in the sunbelt are growing economically while the non-metropolitan areas are suffering. Even in fast growing places like Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, most of the growth is centered around key metros (Miami/Tampa Bay/Orlando/Atlanta/Charlotte/Raleigh) while many counties in those states continue to lose population. Because the South (in particular) has had a much more rural populace in many decades past, this dynamic is playing out to a greater extent than it is in Rustbelt states where population is more urban and growth is much slower.
The areas that are growing are not the culturally deprived, economically depressed wastelands that many on this forum hope them to be and it's foolish to keep ones blinders on to their ascendence.
You have too much to learn oh unwise one. it would take eons to educate you. Yeah right, a person with an education would not be spouting the hate and ignorance you are displaying.
I gots me 2 ivy league degree, i's smart. LOL
I get that an MBA from Columbia is nothing compared to your backwoods coon-skinning smarts, but, again, please point us to a source that indicates the Census data on wealth is false. Put up or shut up.
They can get houses even cheaper in states like Ohio and Indiana, so why aren't they going there?
Probably due to weather and perception of those areas.
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