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[-] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 63 points 10 months ago

Oh no! #1 in cost of living and #1 in quality if life? And among the lowest poverty?

Do people really just need social support to thrive? No way! It's gotta be stuff! Cheap stuff! That's what life's all about!

[-] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 13 points 10 months ago

Pretty easy to have high quality of life and low poverty if all the poor people leave because there priced out.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

if all the poor people leave because there priced out.

What an utterly bizarre take.

[-] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

You got a better explanation? People are leaving Massachusetts and the cost of living is high . The most likely reason is that poorer people who can't afford to live there any more are leaving. Otherwise why would you leave a state with such a high quality of life?

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

The people leaving largely aren't the poor, though. They're the middle and upper class looking for lower taxes. They're leaving because the high quality of life there benefits those with less money disproportionately compared to those with more money; public transport and good public schools matter less to the wealthy than to the poor.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I only know that my town has high population of immigrants and if blue collar jobs and we’re growing like crazy.

I mean all the land was developed a couple hundred years ago, so we’re getting taller

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Supply and demand. High quality state is going to be more desirable and so more expensive, where the dumpster states that noone WANTS to live in are so cheap anyone can afford to live there, even if they don't want to. I would rather bring the whole country up to MA standards, increasing supply of QoL, instead of bringing it down to OK standards because "bUt iT CheEp ThEir".

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, all it does is drive up the cost for the working class who live there who are then forced to move out.

If you were born there, that does indeed suck. If you bought your way in there, it's a win. If you were born there and can afford to keep living there, also a win

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

What's the wealth inequality metric for them?

[-] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not the worst but top 10 in inequality

Also with the high cost of living most of the poor move out so that would make it seem lower then if you look at the inequality to the neighboring states where people may move to or the u.s. as a whole. Probably harder to find but it would be interesting to see inequality among people born in Massachusetts, including those who left. Would be interesting to see if there system is actually creating successful people, or if they're just kicking out unsuccessful people and attracting already successful people from other states.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

It's why I left 25 years ago, as much as I liked living there, I couldn't afford it. The house i grew up in is currently on the market for $2.5mil... my mom sold it for $400k in the 90s. All my high school friends have moved away, though some farther than others...

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The data certainly deserves a deeper look. It may also be because we just have that much more well paid jobs than what people generally think of as wealth inequality.

I realize that looks inconsistent so let me explain. Most people think of wealth inequality as the different between the Bezos of the world and them. However in this case, I see their measuring by quintile but we have a ton of software and medical- maybe we just have bigger quintiles three and four. Still wealth inequality mathematically but very different from what people expect that means

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