Ich habe mir einen gefälschten Index ausgedacht: den Kehrwert der Lebenshaltungskosten multipliziert mit der dritten Potenz des Human Development Index (HDI) jedes US-Bundesstaates. Höhere Punktzahl = billigerer Staat mit höherer menschlicher Entwicklung. Ich würfele den HDI, um die Staaten mit niedrigerem HDI stärker zu bestrafen

~~How did Mississippi end up with such a high score? It’s cheap as hell, yes, but is their HDI really that high?~~

Edit: my bad, misread the graph

This is a weather map

You don’t have to call it fake just because you invented it!

Penalizing the lower-HDI states with a cube is letting them off easy.

Some of the dark blue states have very severe winters. Southern Kansas is probably the best option if you want an affordable quality of life and a decent climate


Did it account for income distribution? Cost of goods and services can be upset by earning more.

Is cost of living normalized to salary though?

It’s no longer a fake index after you come up with it. I really like this

I’d love to see this broken down by county or census tract. Georgia for instance averages out between the high cost of living and high HDI around Atlanta, and the low cost of living, but low HDI in the more rural areas.

I mean… You can call your metric fake all you want, but this isn’t any different than half of the metrics economists use.

This map really shows where it pays off to be able to tolerate some weather.

White excellence.