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Originally Posted by OlBloo
Key statement, no place you have ever been. There are people literally living in metal shacks throughout the country which would rival that of Afghanistan, the Philippines etc. Not nearly to the same scale but it is there.
I never said I lived in these communities. Through my line of work, I've been exposed to a very different side of America.
And to reiterate, the Midwest is the worst. Unemployment is high, the opioid/fentanyl epidemic is ripping through communities, there's nothing to do, the average citizen's mental and physical health is poor. The Midwest is just a god-awful place to live compared to the rest of the US. If you want a farm, then okay you will probably enjoy it.
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Where exactly are you talking about? I live and travel around here quite extensively and have never seen what you are talking about (any of it actually).
I am still of the opinion you have no idea what you are talking about since you can't seem to provide a single example. I've traveled for pleasure and for work quite a bit and can honestly say there is no place in the US that is that bad (unless you are counting places right after a tornado/hurricane/etc. has occurred)
edit: just a quick search of 2017 studies still leaves me scratching my head.
AEC Foundation puts Iowa in top 5 states to raise a family:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/health...ren/index.html
US News and World Report puts Iowa in top 10:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/28/here...-for-2017.html
Unemployment rates don't look bad unless you count OH and TN (I wouldn't judge the entire Midwest on 2 fringe states personally):
https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/mstrtcr2.pdf
Opioid death rates look more like an east coast thing (again TN and OH are abnormally high for midwest):
http://www.kff.org/
It took me 20 minutes to dispel all the BS you're spewing.