Why are red states so poor?

[Anonymous]

These are the states with the lowest median household income:

Mississippi - $48,716 (high divorce rate)
West Virginia - $51,248
Louisiana - $52,087
Arkansas - $52,528 (high divorce rate)
Alabama - $53,913 (high divorce rate)
New Mexico - $53,992
Kentucky - $55,573 (high divorce rate)
Oklahoma - $55,826

[Horn_Hog]

Have you considered #1 the purchasing power of each dollar in the locations where everyone is exchanging large sums? #2 accessibility of essentials free of cost, rendering money redundant.

And it doesn't matter what the numbers you pull out. You'll never convince a sane person that genital mutilation of children and genital mutilation of army men using tax dollars results in a wealthier society. If you agree with a "blue party supporting" leftard on everything, even that orange man is bad, except you don't want genital mutilation, you'll be already labeled a far right biggot.

[Asker]

What the hell does genital mutilation have to do with the fact that the red States I listed with the exception of New Mexico are at the bottom of the barrel economically?

[VyacheslavSokolov]

In Blue states, there is tech, finance, art, music, film, and Hollywood in LA. In New York, there is free college a lot of job opportunities, better education, etc.

While in Red states mostly depend on jobs in Oil and gas. So when the market swings away from energy the oil jobs dry up and that is the Red states main money maker. While in Blue states you have more options. That is one area where diversity can benefit you.

But the Red states have lower cost of living so you can get by on 55k a year. Blue states like LA and New York have higher salaries, but it cost more money to live there. The down side for states is that since they pay little to no taxes street lights might not work properly or side walks might be crumbling and the education might not be as good because it has less funding.

If I owned a business in America I would just move to a red state to keep my taxes low. but if I was looking for work I would go to a Blue state.

[Anonymous]

New Mexico’s blue, but otherwise I agree with you

[strateguy632]

Because, 1, we deal with homeless better than new york and California.

2, the median means middle not poor and the distribution is better than in democrat run states. That is why.

3, $48,000 is plenty!

[Asker]

So that doesn't quite explain why by every metric your states are at the bottom of the barrel. Terrible infant mortality. Terrible health records for adults. Terrible education. Terrible literacy rates. Terrible lifespans charitable infant mortality rates.

So why is that?

[exitseven]

the middle class has been hollowed out during the last 30 years. Most manufacturing jobs that were centered in these states have left for good. There really has not been anything to replace them.

[DryGermanGuy]

Not exactly a very big secret...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/H3zY1dCAk2g

[slatyb]

Geography, climate, and history.

[Asker]

You don't think slavery benefited them?