Sep292009
Researchers say southern NH is greedy, but avoids the other six deadly sins
Filed under General by david brooks at 12:09 pm
The Kansas State University Geography department mapped county-by-county data of various types to measure the prevalence of the “seven deadly sins” throughout the country. New Hampshire was bad only in the “greed” category, in which they measured high-income folks vs. those in poverty. Wired.com has a good little summary here. The accompanying map taken from that article shows red in the places with high income inequality, green in places with low inequality.
Other sins measured included gluttony (number of fast-food restaurants per capita), envy (total thefts per capita) and lust (sexually-transmitted diseases per capita).
September 29th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
That's kind of goofy, but I seem to recall similar results from a charitable giving survey? As for income disparity, I feel as though our country has been engaged in undeclared class warfare for the past 20 years and, predictably, the rich are winning.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I guess this is a good thing..People can be well off and not be mean to others.I think this is a great thing for NH
September 29th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
I gasped when I saw this article. Yeah… people can be “well off” and not be mean to others. Not directly anyway. Not directly mean. Indirect. Mean. Well Off.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
HiYa! (karatechop)
September 29th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I agree about “class warfare”… that won't change. Or will it? The rich are winning… yes!
My “money” is on the poor, no matter what happens.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Mr. Wolfe, to some degree, I believe that the class warfare bit also seems to be encompassing political party warfare at the same time.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:57 am
I gasped when I saw this article. Yeah… people can be “well off” and not be mean to others. Not directly anyway. Not directly mean. Indirect. Mean. Well Off.