To the Crow  

I see you have responded to a post about red vs blue states.  I do wish there was some economic understanding from the left.  of course you link looks impressive and generally on paper Blue states look good when the data is cherry-picked.  And of course you didn't use a link to a site that the economy is their specialty.  Instead you went to a link from GPPR.  GRRP only used data to make their point, where was cost-of-living Informatio.  When cost of living is taken into account the distorted picture from your link gets straightened out.  Blue and red states different cost of living, and the red states have a big economic edge.

example:  The median rent in all blue states was $1,073 compared to $837 for red states - $236 difference.  That's enough for a couple weekend ski passes.  That data came from an financial report that's a year old.  Sure it's worse now.

example: If I lived in San Francisco, costs would Be 96% higher.