Freedom Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 A rather interesting non scientific comparison between Utah and Nevada. Seems like the church may just have some virtues after all.
mfbukowski Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 Ah yes No-wada and Aridzona vs the mountain state. It's actually all that snow that cools the brain. And if that guy ain't a RM, I have never seen one.
smac97 Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 U.S. News recently ranked Utah as the third best state to live in. The magazine evaluated the 50 states using 77 metrics covering performance in areas including: Health care Education Economy Opportunity Infrastructure Crime Fiscal stability Quality of life Here's how Utah ended up in this metrics: HEALTH CARE: #10 EDUCATION: #3 ECONOMY: #2 OPPORTUNITY: #35 INFRASTRUCTURE: #8 CRIME & CORRECTIONS: #14 FISCAL STABILITY: #1 QUALITY OF LIFE: #22 Utah scores lowest in the "Opportunity" category (we rank 35th). Here are the metrics for that category: Economic Opportunity #7 Gini Index #2 Household Income #11 Low Food Insecurity #24 Low Poverty Rate #7 Equality #50 Disability Employment Gap #45 Education Gap by Race #41 Employment Gap by Gender #50 Employment Gap by Race #2 Income Gap by Gender #49 Income Gap by Race #24 Affordability #30 Cost of Living #20 Housing Affordability #40 It appears that the biggest outlier here are gender issues. Utah ranks 50th for a "gap" in the male-to-female ratio in the workforce, and 49 as to an "income gap," a big portion of which may be attributable to the larger-than-average numbers of stay-at-home moms in Utah. Race-based gaps in education (41st) and income (24th) are also troubling, as is the apparent "disability employment gap" (45th). Housing affordability (40th) is also problematic. Utah also has an alarming suicide rate (42nd). But ranks well in various "quality of life" categories, such as "Social Support" (1st), low smoking rate (1st), low obesity rate (5th), lot infant mortality (12th), educational attainment (13th), low debt at graduation (1st), low incarceration (6th), sexual violence in prisons (4th), low violent crime (10th), and so on. Thanks, -Smac
Storm Rider Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 If there weren't so many dang Mormons in Utah it would be wonderful. I have heard that refrain, most times in jest, but often enough that is easily slips from the tongue. Quantifying things is just plan difficult and assigning values to those results is even more difficult. This review of the state uses some very specific metrics - the problem is that the metrics are blind to cultures and social mores in Utah that may not exist as much elsewhere. The gender issues is one metric used in several areas that may exist, but I don't know how they impact those individuals who want to work and those who prefer to stay at home regardless of gender. I think the income gap by race would be more disconcerting for me IF there was a problem - the fact that Utah rates #2 in the nation is a significant positive. The income gap by gender results are dismal at #49, but I would be curious see a more in depth study in this area. I suspect that we would see some highly subjective metrics to measure several of these areas.
The Nehor Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Beating Nevada is like winning the Special Olympics.
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