Is it easy or hard to live in your county?

[dead0man]

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[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Like most places, easy if you are a rich and hard if you are a poor, so that map is really more a map of where concentrated poverty is than anything else.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Like most places, easy if you are a rich and hard if you are a poor, so that map is really more a map of where concentrated poverty is than anything else.

Basically, though of course it is much easier to find good employment in the blue areas regardless of class.

All things considered, relatively easy for all (white male).

EDIT: On another note, I find it interesting that the rural areas of the Midwest are far easier to live in than rural and suburban parts of the South.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Rent is about 4,000€/month in my town, and when we became proprietors back in 2008 we were lucky to find a house for 400K. Don't know how that compares to the US, but it seems quite hard to me.

[muon2]

The title is a bit confusing. It would be better to say "How hard is life in your county?" Obviously counties that rank high will be more expensive and difficult for people of limited means to find housing, etc. A wealthy family could move to a "hard" county and find that their money goes a lot further.

[memphis]

The methodology here doesn't make any sense at all. It's easy to live in New York City? Ok

[ElectionsGuy]

Easy (#34)

The easiest place to live is apparently Los Alamos, NM. And the hardest place is Clay, KY.

[AggregateDemand]

Easy (#22) as pie. Median home price is about 250% of median income. It's like 1980s easy around these parts.

I don't think the map is particularly accurate though. Some of the most difficult areas to make ends meet are listed as easy places to live, simply because median income is well above the national average. Home prices in San Diego and Orange counties are about 500% of median income. The only people who are living well in those areas are the people who bought their homes in the 1970s and 1980s.

[Storebought]

I would have picked the same small set of LA parishes as "most livable."

And yes, one has a higher quality of life in NYC -- with the exception of the Bronx -- than anyplace outside of the gated counties of the South (Forsythe GA, Williamson TN, etc.).

But these sorts of gross county-level comparisons are sort of misleading. Zip codes are a better measure of class stratification than counties are.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Palm Beach County (#344)

[TDAS04]

Minnehaha, SD-Easy (#307)

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Surely the hardest place to live would be like the most northern county in Alaska?

[memphis]

I would have picked the same small set of LA parishes as "most livable."

And yes, one has a higher quality of life in NYC -- with the exception of the Bronx -- than anyplace outside of the gated counties of the South (Forsythe GA, Williamson TN, etc.).

But these sorts of gross county-level comparisons are sort of misleading. Zip codes are a better measure of class stratification than counties are.

One needs not live in a "gated county." I'd much rather live here in leafy East Memphis than some distant, treeless subdivision. I know a little something about quality of life. Paying $2,000+/mo for a 300 sq ft studio doesn't stike me as an "easy" way to get by.

[RedSLC]

Easy (Salt Lake County, UT)

I'm also flattered to find that I live next to the 5th easiest county on the list (Summit County).

[Supersonic]

If you have time to post on here and are living in a 'western' country, then everyone should be voting easy.

*oh. County? Oops.

[Хahar 🤔]

Surely the hardest place to live would be like the most northern county in Alaska?

Alaska doesn't have counties.

[7,052,770]

Although this is fascinating, Counties nearly cohesive enough for this. I'd like to see this map at a ZIP code level.

[cinyc]

Alaska doesn't have counties.

Alaska has boroughs, municipalities and census areas that act as de facto counties when breaking data down geographically.

[Spamage]

103rd

[Indy Texas]

Easy (#22) as pie. Median home price is about 250% of median income. It's like 1980s easy around these parts.

I don't think the map is particularly accurate though. Some of the most difficult areas to make ends meet are listed as easy places to live, simply because median income is well above the national average. Home prices in San Diego and Orange counties are about 500% of median income. The only people who are living well in those areas are the people who bought their homes in the 1970s and 1980s.

That you live in Collin County doesn't surprise me at all.

[GaussLaw]

So this map is basically median income adjusted for cost of living.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Pretty hard.

For someone like me, it would be VERY hard politically.  My hometown is one of the few GOP strongholds in the county.

[old timey villain]

County where I currently live: Montgomery County, AL: 1,910
 There is such a big gap between rich and poor here, and there seems to be a lot more poor than rich. Bad infrastructure, the public schools seem to be struggling and not a ton of access to healtcare.

County I go to school in: Clarke, County GA: 1,410
It's an awesome place if you're a college student, but there's also a big income and class gap here. But there's decent public transportation, great entertainment options and job growth has been strong lately. Still, it has a long way to for non UGA related residents,

County where I grew up: Coweta County, GA: 728
Since it's an exurb of Atlanta it's attracted a lot of educated professionals, but there's still some poverty here. The public schools are good, lots of good retail and access to all the cultural amenities of a big city. But if you don't have a car you're screwed.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Rent is about 4,000€/month in my town, and when we became proprietors back in 2008 we were lucky to find a house for 400K. Don't know how that compares to the US, but it seems quite hard to me.

Absolutely insane.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Where I reside currently, your greatest threat to your well-being is crime, of course. However, I live in pretty affordable housing and have a steady job that can easily give you overtime (I'm working ten hours a day right now), and if you manage yourself, you shouldn't have a problem. The area my family's actual home is in isn't meant for someone like me. It's meant for families that can afford those houses, though that's specific to the subdivision. The housing outside the subdivisions is probably much cheaper, naturally.