sixeyo@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoBest and worst US states in well-being of people. Ranking is based on homicide rate, suicide rate, poverty rate, education quality, and life expectancy.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down111
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageBest and worst US states in well-being of people. Ranking is based on homicide rate, suicide rate, poverty rate, education quality, and life expectancy.lemmy.worldsixeyo@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down17·edit-22 days agoThing is this is by the metrics of the map creator. Go to Appalachia and get to know those people - their metrics will be different than the map’s creator. Paradigm has a lot of influence, and being open to understanding someone else’s will tell us a lot more than cobbled together maps like this. Having lived and worked all over, I would be very, very unhappy to live in or near Chicago (or NY or Philly). That’s part of my metrics.
Thing is this is by the metrics of the map creator.
Go to Appalachia and get to know those people - their metrics will be different than the map’s creator.
Paradigm has a lot of influence, and being open to understanding someone else’s will tell us a lot more than cobbled together maps like this.
Having lived and worked all over, I would be very, very unhappy to live in or near Chicago (or NY or Philly). That’s part of my metrics.