The Real Value of $100 in Each State

rcjordan · August 19, 2014, 10:23:40 PM

http://taxfoundation.org/blog/real-value-100-each-state

DK would be $7

littleman · August 20, 2014, 04:20:20 AM

Great map! I wish I could find one with it broken down by county.

rcjordan · August 20, 2014, 10:51:01 AM

Notice how the 100+ ones are rural/semi-rural 'red' states?

Mackin USA · August 20, 2014, 12:56:24 PM

AK & HI have transportation issues.

In the continental U.S. the TAX & SPEND states do stand out.

Rumbas · August 20, 2014, 01:53:09 PM

>DK $7

Haha, pretty much.

>100+
how can that be? a $100 can't be worth more in value than $100?

JasonD · August 20, 2014, 02:59:25 PM

So Mississippi is the lowest cost / greatest value, state?

littleman · August 20, 2014, 03:10:57 PM

>how can that be? a $100 can't be worth more in value than $100?

Its the relative cost of goods and services in the different states. For instance, a burger and fries may cost you $12 in California and only $10.50 in Tennessee.

rcjordan · August 20, 2014, 05:06:59 PM

>mississippi

Ugh! Yeah, technically, but I think they'd have to pay me to live there.

Mackin USA · August 20, 2014, 05:54:29 PM

ME 2, RC

JasonD · August 20, 2014, 06:29:23 PM

> Mississippi

is the whole state that bad then?

littleman · August 20, 2014, 06:41:03 PM

The map roughly correlates with pay/poverty rates.

JasonD · August 20, 2014, 06:43:47 PM

> pay/poverty rates

So likely just standard market forces at work.

JasonD · August 27, 2014, 10:27:33 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/08/26/if-the-uk-was-a-u-s-state-it-would-be-the-second-poorest-behind-alabama-and-before-mississippi/?hpid=z5

"If Britain were a U.S. state, it would be the second-poorest, behind Alabama and before Mississippi"

littleman · August 27, 2014, 03:22:41 PM

That is surprising Jason. I've only been to Britain twice, and haven't seen a lot of the country, but I didn't see the signs of extreme poverty that I see here. Of course the overall wealth of a place and how it takes care of people at the bottom are two different things.

Brad · August 27, 2014, 06:24:57 PM

I read that article but it is hard to compare US States to the UK.

1. UK has an Army, Navy and Air Force and know how to use them.

2. UK takes much better care of their infrastructure, because they don't have room to just rebuild somewhere else when it falls down.

3. Public health care benefits, that really goes right to the bottom line on personal income.

4. Whiskey, they produce more lovely whiskey than any one state