Working Poor Win In Red States, Due To Lower Cost Of Living

Breitbart.com ^ | January 7, 2015 | Chuck Devore

[Biggirl]

Richard Florida, from the University of Toronto, had an opinion piece in the New York Times on Sunday, January 4 entitled, “Is Life Better in America’s Red States?” In it, Florida makes this initial observation about “red states”.

[Crazieman]

The only thing I hate about my state is a lack of mountains.

I adore the weather, I adore the people, and I adore the lifestyle.

[ExCTCitizen]

The things I hate about my state is lack of mountains and dumb drivers...also Publix food prices...

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I love how people in Red States are called “working poor.” “Poor” is not a function of how many dollars you earn. Its a function of the purchasing power of your take home income. If you make $150,000 but pay half of it in tax and then pay $35,000 per year for an apartment and pay 150% of the cost of food that other people pay, you aren’t “rich.” If you make $40,000 and pay 15% in tax and a couple thousand rent and pay 80% of the national average for food, you aren’t poor.

[Beagle8U]

This was based on a NYT article written by an idiot that promotes the faggot lifestyle as the savior of cities.

[cincinnati65]

Good post, because it opened my eyes to something I never understood.

I never got why there were "elite" Communists. The only thing I could chalk up was that they believe they, or their buddies would be in power.

But your post actually got me thinking about what if housing costs and food costs were level nationwide (a la Communism, supposedly). Then, the "poor" in these states would actually be poor, because their rents would rise to offset the decrease in rents in blue states. Same with food.

These "elites" think they'll be able to keep their free-market salaries, while reducing their cost base. That's why they're so "concerned" about the "poor".

[TBP]

But don’t they understand that Republicans hate them?

[MaggiesPitchfork]

I just moved to WY and I make part of my money online, so it goes a lot further here since the town I moved to is clean and safe; my insurances are just a fraction of what they were, everything’s cheaper, I rent a 3BR house with a giant yard for the cost of a 1BR in a decent burb in my former metro area...all around, a better living experience. If the metrosexuals like to live with the dirt, crime, and prices of their liberal utopias, they are welcome to it. Oh, and I have mountains and no state income tax.