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Interesting map: Unemployment rates by county, March 2011-Feb 2012.. (Original Post) Fumesucker Apr 2012 OP
Looks like OK, KS, NB, and the Dakotas have some low unemployment. nt raccoon Apr 2012 #1
They're also "Right to Work" states KansDem Apr 2012 #3
I know....I live in a "right to work" state too. nt raccoon Apr 2012 #5
I was going to guess agricultural areas from the map. robinlynne Apr 2012 #8
Oil Boom lacrew Apr 2012 #9
Thanks for the heads up about opening old wells in KS. Michael Klare and others who write about raccoon Apr 2012 #10
ND has an oil boom going. And see those blue dots in SD? KamaAina Apr 2012 #4
Appears most places with pipoman Apr 2012 #2
holy crap.... the whole west coast looks bad fascisthunter Apr 2012 #6
Chart of rates: ProSense Apr 2012 #7
 

lacrew

(283 posts)
9. Oil Boom
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 05:43 PM
Apr 2012

I think the low UE states have alot to do with the oil boom. I'm in Kansas, and guess what? Most people don't know it, but oil is drilled here. With the high prices, old wells have been re-opened, etc., etc.

As far as RTW vs non RTW goes....I think a table showing annual pay, as a percentage of cost of living, would be more instructive.

As an example, I live in Topeka, KS...average annual income is $39k....if I were to move to Joliet, IL, I would have to make $54k a year, to match my lifestyle....yet the average annual pay in Illinois is only $49k. Pays more, but buys less. It would be laborious to do this drill for every state; but, that's really the only true way to know what the salary disparity is.


raccoon

(31,091 posts)
10. Thanks for the heads up about opening old wells in KS. Michael Klare and others who write about
Tue Apr 24, 2012, 08:17 AM
Apr 2012

oil resources said that after the easily obtainable oil was gone, oil companies would go after the oil that's more difficult to obtain or more troublesome to process (Alberta's tar sands, for instance). That seems like a no-brainer, but I don't know if I'd have thought
about it.

Oh, Toto, we're not in TEXAS any more....








 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
4. ND has an oil boom going. And see those blue dots in SD?
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 05:20 PM
Apr 2012

Those are the Indian reservations. Some of the most grinding poverty in all the land.

 

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)
6. holy crap.... the whole west coast looks bad
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 05:25 PM
Apr 2012

thanks to everyone who supports sending jobs overseas and tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. The wealthy are bleeding this country dry and turning their backs on their own countrymen and women while they do so. And yet they still whine about the rest of us.

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