Nations and their regional differences of wealth (crime, how much)

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by NOLA101

Actually, the U.S. is fairly unusual in that there aren't huge regional economic disparities. There used to be, but not now.

Maryland has a median household income of $70,000. Mississippi has a median household income of $36,900.

Not exactly a trivial difference.

[NOLA101]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

Maryland has a median household income of $70,000. Mississippi has a median household income of $36,900.

Not exactly a trivial difference.

But very minor compared to historical differences.

New York/Connecticut/Maryland type states used to have 4:1 income gap with Mississippi. Now it's less than 2:1. Mississippi basically has the median income of Germany.

[NOLA101]

Originally Posted by drro

That's just too bad, I had no idea Connecticut has become just as poor as Mississippi is today. It used to be a fairly nice state.

The exact opposite occurred, but I suspect you knew that.

The wealthier states didn't get poorer, the poorer states got wealthier.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by NOLA101

Mississippi basically has the median income of Germany.

Just because the average household in Mississippi is larger than that of Germany.
If you look at per capita income you will see people in Mississippi are a lot less rich than people in Germany.

[Drewjdeg]

Originally Posted by NOLA101

But very minor compared to historical differences.

New York/Connecticut/Maryland type states used to have 4:1 income gap with Mississippi. Now it's less than 2:1. Mississippi basically has the median income of Germany.

That's not how you compare wealth.

[NOLA101]

Originally Posted by Drewjdeg

That's not how you compare wealth.

How would you compare wealth, then?

[NOLA101]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

Just because the average household in Mississippi is larger than that of Germany.


If you look at per capita income you will see people in Mississippi are a lot less rich than people in Germany.

None of this is true.

Average household size in Mississippi is only slightly higher than in Germany. 2.5 compared to 2.2. Hardly a major difference. And that doesn't even make any sense. Children don't earn income, so it isn't like having more children artificially makes a household richer.

And per capita income is fairly similar.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by NOLA101

None of this is true.
Children don't earn income, so it isn't like having more children artificially makes a household richer.

Some teenagers do and most in their 20's that live with their parents for sure do.

[Davy-040]

Originally Posted by NOLA101

And per capita income is fairly similar.

Mississippi's per capita income is just over $20k, Germany's is well over $25k.

[grega94]

Also Germany is not equal, east Germany (ex communist country) is a lot poorer than west Germany.