10-31-2022, 01:29 PM
(10-28-2022, 04:47 PM)JasonBlack Wrote: The worst by every conceivable metric....except only 1 of the top 10 states for unemployment is in the South, and even then, it is at the bottom of that list. West Virginia scores the lowest on this metric, but still beats out NY, D.C. and IL, ties with CT and is only 0.1% behind California, which the rest of the south stays comfortably ahead of.
How about the next 10? Only two: Kentucky and North Carolina (three if we count Texas). The South certainly has its problems. For example, I agree a bit more of that "honor culture" of the upland south and hierarchical authoritarianism in the lowland south need to die, but the difference between the bad apples in the South vs the bad apples up north is...you can typically avoid the former, because they don't actively seek out targets quite so readily. Meanwhile, the identitarian crowd up north proactively dox people, try to get them banned from events, micromanage acceptable work behavior, etc.
source: BLS
https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
Working in the South is do-or-die. There's not much in the way of social safety net, so failutre to work offers two options: mooching and crime. I fail to see that as a net plus.
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