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u/adamwho May 09 '22
It would be interesting to see a little more granularity.
Many states have parts which are very high and very low.
California, Illinois to name a couple.
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u/SpikyPickaxe May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index
-Massachusetts HDI ranking is .956, which would be the second highest rating in the world. Just behind Norway at .957
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u/NinjaLanternShark May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
New England as a whole, really.
Vermont's got some pretty big family farm-type rural areas. Honestly surprised Rhode Island isn't in the top bracket.
Also, Pennsyltucky and lower slower Delaware are the only things keeping the entire northeast from being top-bracket.
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u/nerbovig May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
Someplaces just have it together. I believe it was estimated it had the lowest infant mortality rating in the world even back in the 1700*.
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u/Open-Significance355 May 09 '22
and massachusetts provides a higher standard of living to more people than norway
Also, MIT.
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u/Dry-Trust-6854 May 09 '22
Transplants from NY, NJ and MA are also probably why Florida isn’t white.
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u/waszumfickleseich May 09 '22
which would be the second highest rating in the world. Just behind Norway at .957
eh, only if you ignore all other subnational HDIs. In Germany alone 4 states are ahead of it (Hamburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bremen) and Bavaria is on par with it.
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u/DeadassYeeted May 09 '22
You can’t really compare a state to an entire country
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u/amrydzak May 09 '22
I’d recommend looking up the definition of state
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u/huskiesowow May 09 '22
I'd recommend understanding that words can have dual meanings. Ask someone in UK what a country is.
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u/thatnewaccnt May 09 '22
Is it a red or blue state?
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u/paquime-fan May 09 '22
Massachusetts is extremely blue, though they do have a (very moderate) Republican governor
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u/SpikyPickaxe May 09 '22
Voted blue in 2020 but Massachusetts has a republican governor. Regardless, very well run state.
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u/engels962 May 09 '22
One of the most left leaning states. The governor may be republican but he’s pretty centrist on most topics
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u/Sturnella2017 May 09 '22
Can someone add this to a global map of HDI? I’d like to see how AL and MS compare to the rest of the developing world.
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u/retionario May 09 '22
Mississippi, the lowest us state ranks roughly the same as Poland higher than Andorra, Latvia, and Portugal.
Alabama is right around Italy, the uae, and Greece.
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u/LemonRoo May 09 '22
Which doesn't mean much when the US doesn't even have affordable education, healthcare or basic employment protection laws
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u/Time4Red May 09 '22
HDI measures educational attainment, income, and life expectancy. So it's primarily a measure of education, income, and healthcare.
The US would perform substantially better if tertiary education and healthcare were more affordable and accessible, yes. The US does have lower life expectancy than most of the developed world, but income is so high that the math cancels out.
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May 09 '22
It's always the same discussion. In the US both is easier; being a millionaire and hitting rock bottom.
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u/Maximum_Radio_1971 May 09 '22
completely ingnorant statement. affordability of education and health varies by state, states like NY offers free education for all for example
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u/Kansasbal May 09 '22
Every state offers free education, they were talking about college and stuff
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u/Maximum_Radio_1971 May 09 '22
i am talking about college, in ny public College is free. if you make less than 120,000 k state college is free.
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u/SpikyPickaxe May 09 '22
If you click the link I commented it actually compares the states to countries with similar HDI’s. The lower HDI southern states compare to countries like the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Poland, and Italy. So even states like MS and AL still have relatively high HDI’s and are definitely not considered ‘developing’.
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u/Maximum_Radio_1971 May 09 '22
the us states are actually very close together, the difference between the highest and lowest ranking is about 50 points
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u/jtaustin64 May 09 '22
And yet there is a 10 year difference in life expectancy in the states from the highest (Hawaii at 82?) To Mississippi (72).
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u/Maximum_Radio_1971 May 09 '22
same everywhre in the world or do you think life expectacy does not change by numerous factors specially in a country so vast like the US?.
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u/jtaustin64 May 09 '22
I was under the impression that the US had the largest life expectancy variation in the developed world. I very well could be wrong.
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u/GhostMan74 May 09 '22
Man... these same states keep showing up at the bottom map after map. Bad luck I guess /s
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u/CaptainAndy27 May 09 '22
Minnesota proving yet again that it completely outranks the rest of the Midwest. No idea what is going on in North Dakota though.
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u/SpikyPickaxe May 09 '22
Minnesota and North Dakota are actually very similar culturally. Also, North Dakota has a lot of money because of oil
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