Wie US-Bundesstaaten bei 4 verschiedenen Lebensqualitätsmetriken abschneiden

The deep south usually stands out in some way on most maps. Anyone who’s been there can understand why.

The reason wyoming is so high nobody lives there

On NM: what you’re seeing here is a consequence of how we’ve left many Native Americans to live in third world conditions. NM is a very sparsely populated state where about 70% of people live in 4 metro areas. The rest is largely very old (Spanish colonial era) hispanic communities and Native American communities. The latter sometimes lack running water and electricity. So, no matter that the majority of our population lives in modern comfort, our HDI stands out because of how we (the US) ignore and neglect our natives.

Now, that is way oversimplified for brevity. Not all states with significant native communities have that problem to such a degree. Also, many native communities are distrusting of outsiders (for good reason) and shun support/help. It’s really complex but few Americans are aware of any part of it.

TL;DR – don’t go to Mississippi.

Not really a surprise to anyone who’s spent time there, but the maps really highlight the difference between red states in the South and Midwest, and red states in the mountain west

Indiana just happy to be mid across the board

California is great by the coast but the valley really does bake-in the pollution in the summer.

do you think the deep south will get their shit together if we just start calling them the names of the countries they compare to?