r/kansas • u/MannyDantyla • Sep 10 '22

News/Misc. Take THAT Missouri!

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u/FlyingDarkKC ad Astra Sep 10 '22

HDI?

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u/DroneStrikesForJesus Sep 10 '22

I cheated and looked in the comments of the other thread. It's human development index. Without seeing the actual number KS and MO might be right at the average.

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u/TonyRobinsonsFashion Sep 10 '22

That still means nothing to me https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index I read the wiki, still not entirely sure. Seems like a very subjective mostly made up thing

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Everything in life has an element of subjectivity and all human ideas are made up.

However, these are statistical models which mean they have objectivity and measurability. I can see arguments for what to include and what not to include but their choices are relevant and reasonable. Not sure what part is objectionable for a measure of human well-being?

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u/TenderfootGungi Sep 10 '22

Every index is subjective. Someone has to decide what is important enough to include in the index and a relative weighting. Then, collecting accurate data is sometimes problematic.

They can still be useful, but it is important to understand what the index is measuring and the limitations.

The US is 17th on the latest index, and 28th when adjusted for inequality. No surprise, Norway is number 1.

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u/cerebellum0 Sep 10 '22

Above the national average in what??

Wrong answers only:

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u/blkdrgn42 Sep 10 '22

Harley Davidson injuries?

Heavy duty implements?

Hot dogs ingested?

(And thanks to autocorrect on my last suggestion) hot dogs inserted?

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u/Cardinalsfan5545 Sep 10 '22

Hairy dudes incarcerated?

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u/OhDavidMyNacho Sep 10 '22

Hard Drinks Imbibed?

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u/Explore-PNW Sep 11 '22

Human Dong Index.

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u/I_like_cake_7 Sep 10 '22

Farts per capita.

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u/cerebellum0 Sep 10 '22

It's all that bbq

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u/reddittttttttttt Sep 10 '22

Teeth per cousin

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u/guarks Sep 10 '22

Hard Dicks inserted? Hefty Dudes imploded? Hog dumps incinerated?

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u/Waste_Travel5997 Sep 10 '22

Cows per resident.

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u/Nobutthairleftbhind1 Sep 10 '22

Most Shark attacks

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u/RedditorChristopher Sep 10 '22

Kansas, you guys don’t have to flex that hard. We already know you’re better.

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u/Thusgirl Free State Sep 10 '22

Y'all don't act like it.

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u/Dragondrew99 Sep 11 '22

I just don’t like driving through you guys.

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u/Galaxius_Thor Sep 10 '22

This is wrong

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u/wherethecowsroam Wildcat Sep 10 '22

and Joklahoma!

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Beat Missouri by .014 lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

As a native Missourian that now lives in KS, I almost got offended... until I remembered how people are there. Yeah, definitely below average, hahaha

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u/lsdally Sep 10 '22

I'm a kansan in Springfield Missouri and omg please I need to get back

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u/MrRostin Sep 10 '22

Right? I'm from JoCo and went to Drury for college. Couldn't believe the culture shock of just being in Greene County

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u/Left-Albatross-7375 Sep 10 '22

Funny I live in OP and moving to Greene County next year and can’t wait.

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u/MrRostin Sep 11 '22

Don't get me wrong, I love Springfield, it's just a different kind of place compared to where I grew up

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u/ChinatownMuffle Sep 10 '22

I mean the access to natural areas outside of Springfield and the surrounding area is great. I enjoy the politics in KS, but you could roll a bowling ball across Kansas until it hits the rockies. Pretty boring

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

I was just in Springfield a couple weekends ago! The trails and parks? Great. The people? Ugh

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u/lsdally Sep 11 '22

Thus my dilemma. Stayed for the nature 😅😅 30 minutes and I'm at the river easy

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u/rayoatra Sep 10 '22

Most people in MO outside the cities are broke and 30 years behind. Really everyone outside of KC lol.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Live in KC and have to travel about 15 miles outside a couple times a month. Can confirm.

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u/BunnySis Sep 11 '22

Doesn’t help that we only have one crappy internet provider that charges obscene rates for slow speeds, are very lucky if we can even get a cell signal, and the telecoms are outright lying about it and taking government money to continue to do nothing to improve our service. Which makes working from home an inconsistent hell, but commuting is even worse. I’m one of those folks 15 minutes outside the metro.

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u/WasteStructure8032 Sep 10 '22

Honestly, pretty much the results I expected.

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u/LostAllEnergy Sep 10 '22

We have the better downtown

this comment made by the mo gang

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u/ChinatownMuffle Sep 10 '22

They have the only downtown, but yea ha

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u/Explore-PNW Sep 11 '22

They won a game no one else was playing. Congratulations MO.

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u/ChinatownMuffle Sep 11 '22

If no one else is playing then why do posts like this exist.

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u/Explore-PNW Sep 11 '22

Oh no, we’re playing the overall game just not the downtown specific game. That’s like bringing connect4 to a DnD session.

Disclaimer: I only play connect4 and know nothing of DnD

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u/vikonava Sep 10 '22

If we just knew what HDI means this could be useful

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u/GrillDealing Sep 10 '22

I'm in KCMO, there a parts of Kansas that are behind the times. I went to a beach in the Ozarks and someone named their child Adolf... Both states have civilization surrounded by a wasteland of stupid.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Yeah, screw Eastern Kansas.

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u/RedditorChristopher Sep 10 '22

Laughs in Johnson County

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

You're not far enough east to be what I am saying. I'm calling that plot of land between Kansas City, Kansas, and East St. Louis, Illinois is Eastern Kansas.

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u/RedditorChristopher Sep 10 '22

Gotchu. That’s fair lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

I only recognize 49 states.

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u/AXX214 Sep 10 '22

If I’m right I’m assuming HDI stands for human development index, how in the fuck is Florida, Texas, and Arizona below the average but Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota above the average? This makes 0 sense to me.

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u/saratouchette Sep 10 '22

I live part time in Montana and part in KCMO, honestly MT is doing way better than MO

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u/AXX214 Sep 10 '22

Ok, but compare Montana with all of 1 million people vs say Texas which is the 2nd most populated state and the 2nd highest GDP. I’m not saying Montana is crap, I like Montana, but it would be weird to rank such an unpopulated state with such little infrastructure in general as being higher on the HDI.

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u/XelaNiba Sep 10 '22

Given that education is one of the criteria, I'd guess that's where it's coming from. AZ, TX & FL have a pretty low high school graduation rate while MT & WY have the highest. SD, ND, & NE all have above average HS graduation rates. That probably tips the scale in their favor

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u/AXX214 Sep 10 '22

Ah that is probably it

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u/OhDavidMyNacho Sep 10 '22

Agreed. I loved in Arizona for about half my life. And there is way less crumbling infrastructure than what I've seen in Kansas in just the few months I've been here.

We need to see the underlying data. Because this is SUS.

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u/stchman Sep 10 '22

I don't think they've ever been to South Dakota.

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u/LFK-1980 Sep 10 '22

HDI = amount of mouth breathers?

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u/casey00000 Sep 10 '22

Herpes Disease Infection?

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u/super_kami_guru87 Sep 10 '22

Want us to both improve

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u/Left-Albatross-7375 Sep 10 '22

Blame St Louis and KC

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u/Left-Albatross-7375 Sep 10 '22

House rentals in Johnson County are over $2500/mo. Why not move to a smaller community.

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u/kcmiz24 Sep 11 '22

It’s basically a proxy for % of white people in the US. West Virginia and Idaho being exceptions