HuffPo hates the South (with maps)

[Linus Van Pelt]

What statistics specifically are you thinking of, DC Al Fine? Many of the ones at the link are fairly US-centric measures.

[Linus Van Pelt]

OK, fair enough about the obesity rate.

I'm skeptical, though, of the idea that incomes need to be adjusted for "cost of living" to the advantage of the US. Sure, consumer goods tend to be more expensive (though your two examples are outliers due to supply management and gas taxes). But health care, education, etc., are much more expensive in the States.