I’ll Bet If Bingley Were Governor
…the sad stats attached to number 3 would perk up!
Of course, that does nothing for the folks on the rest of the list. Some of those local area unemployment rates are jaw-dropping.
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September 2, 2009 10:30 am
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I see that Bangacola isn’t on the list. I’ll have to write Forbes about that.
Well, judging solely by the “Sunny Days per Year” column *, the thing is complete bullshit.
36 sunny days per year in Sacramento? What planet are these guys on?
* – and how does “sunny days per year” become an economic indicator?
Have to agree with mojo, appears to be bullshit.
My bad, looks like a percentage. At least, there’s none over 100…
Actually mojo…
From the comments section;
“The numbers in each category are where they rate among the 39 other areas graded. If there’s a 1 listed under the category it means that area rated the worst in that category, not the area had 1 day of sunshine or the unemployment rate was 1%.”
That makes sense, Guns. Seattle is #3 for “sunny days per year”, outdone only by Portland, OR, and Pittsburgh, PA. The only surprise there is that Seattle isn’t #2 under this category.
But it’s a fairly subjective analysis, or at least a very simple one. There are other factors that affect stress, some personal, some not. That is highly subjective, and not readily measured.
So, yeah, it’s bullshit.