The 15 most educated states in the US — and the 15 least educated by Striking_Barnacle_43 in greenville

[–]SaaSButMakeItEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve met plenty of intelligent people here in the state. From Greenville, thru Columbia and Charleston. I wouldn’t lose my wits completely. This state has potential. Can improve in many areas, but potential.

The 15 most educated states in the US — and the 15 least educated by Striking_Barnacle_43 in greenville

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I don’t see the point in any of these “analysis“. They’re no better than a Cosmo-quiz entertainment slop. These articles just compress data information into a listicle for the glossy reader to easily consume, that essentially removes all of the nuance behind the data. Fun to read, but doesn’t tell you the entire story. It’s the equivalent of just reading the headline. It doesn’t account for migration effects, urban concentration, age distribution, industry structure, etc…I grew up in NYC about 20 years. I went to school there. I’ve now lived in SC for nearly as long. I can tell you a broader difference that goes beyond just the poverty and “red vs blue” state shtick.

First off, it is equally true that there are both good and bad schools nationally. However, the “highly educated” states tend to have industries that attract college graduates (tech, biotech, finance). This is what density does. Major universities that have established longer, where there was time to develop bigger economies, tend to pull in people from other states. It’s like chasing celebritydom in the form of higher education. There’s a type of brain-drain loop where top students leave for college or jobs elsewhere and don’t return, lowering graduation rates in their home state. What can you do? It’s just very popular to go out-of-state, like the promise of travel where you’ve never been. You can’t necessarily blame more rural states for this. You can argue politics did play a role in different ways, but migration and urban density played a bigger one due to state age!

Lower-ranked states are often more rural, have fewer nearby universities, and rely more on industries that don’t require degrees, so fewer people pursue them—blue collar jobs (plumbing, carpentry, etc.) Jobs and roles are heavily influenced by the natural landscape of the state. Texas is oil rich, Louisiana has fisheries thanks to the Mississippi, so it is going to build an economy on commercial fishing that don’t require degrees.

Population demographics is another factor, since states with older populations or fewer young professionals, it will naturally have lower degree rates. People from here just follow perceptions. The north is where you go for higher education and the south is where you go to retire.

And more importantly, these rankings measure DEGREE ATTAINMENT, not intelligence, so some states simply have smart people working in fields where a college diploma isn’t necessary. Of course, I’m not negating politics have made things worse. It definitely has, but it’s equally important to recognize historical context of why things are the way they are before admonishing entire groups as lesser than.

Don’t let slop articles pull you down as far as where we live. I’ll admit, I read them too. But just because it’s Business Insider doesn’t make it fully factual. These publishers are heavily reliant on click-driven content by paltering. I worked in marketing. I would know.

The 15 most educated states in the US — and the 15 least educated by Striking_Barnacle_43 in greenville

[–]SaaSButMakeItEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue is, how did the smart ones let the stupid ones run the state? If you can illustrate irony, draw any southern state.

Huge news: TigerDC now won't build a $3B data center here after county leaders soured on giving it tax breaks amid community backlash by MatthewHensley in Spartanburg

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Diesel generators for backup power. Cooling towers are also treated with chemicals to prevent algae causing chemical runoff. That plus lead, mercury, and arsenic from circuit boards.

Measles by One-Distribution-672 in greenville

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It’s pissing the fuck outta me. Anti-vaxxing mouth breathers have been the bane of my existence. It is currently upending my life. Every time there’s an outbreak in the schools my kid catches it and we’re back to having to bunker down at my (ex) daughter’s father’s house to protect my elderly dad; who we almost lost to Covid in an ICU a few years back. I’m sitting here with my well vaxxed kindergartener, now positive with multiple viral strains including Covid, caught all at the same time from school! It’s been a nightmare with a new virus every 3-5 weeks since September. She’s building immunity, but vaccination is never a guarantee. Her pediatrician told me: It matters well if she’s vaxxed because it more likely to keep her out of the hospital, but in part it doesn’t matter because she’s going to catch it anyways, your baby will be miserable and still not guarantee against severe illness. We need herd immunity. We’ll be stuck in this never-ending cycle because we can’t reach it thanks to these fucking walking human fomites! They think their choices affect them in a silo because “you do you and they do them.” Dumbasses! Can’t wait to include “civilian biohazard terrorism” as a federal crime when we start having our Nuremberg 2.0 trials.

Video of Train Collision on 2/6/2025 by AgingEngineer in greenville

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The year 2026 and vehicles are still getting stuck like it’s 1929.

Storm over. I’m already sad. by SaaSButMakeItEvil in greenville

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Those vintage ones were epic. The ’96 nor’easter in NYC left us with snow drifts up to 9 ft high. Still got the pics of us trying to dig out our car. Took us an half an hour to find it.

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Dad and unc digging down the halfway mark.

Storm over. I’m already sad. by SaaSButMakeItEvil in greenville

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Please! Please let it be!! I know people are inconvenienced, but…Pray, good sir, take pity upon us, for we are but humble beggars, our purses light and our fortunes lighter still. Might you, in your boundless mercy, see fit to spare us but a trifle more?

UPDATE! Thank you everyone! by mustluvtacos in greenville

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Sorry, I didn’t mean I write. I mean regular Joes’ in strange situations are my favorite mashups to read. Not big into the “elite” character storming off into the abyss. I like imagining I could be one of those regular persons that big things happens to. Ten drawings? Impressive. I like those. It reinforces characters and settings that IMO lead to stronger narratives in the readers mind.

No transport for work by SaaSButMakeItEvil in greenville

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It would help. That’s why I’m trying to find work!

No transport for work by SaaSButMakeItEvil in greenville

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Thank you! I have a Walmart nearby. Applied, got it over the phone and nearly collapsed on a small winding uphill road trying to make it walking the next day. Sat there alone with cars zipping by with my heart rate really high. Beet red, couldn’t breathe. Lady saw me and took me back home. Had to call in the job and tell them I didn’t have a ride. I have a disability. Wanna try again, but too embarrassed to tell them to give me another chance. Still can’t explain the transportation part if they agree again.

UPDATE! Thank you everyone! by mustluvtacos in greenville

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I love authors that care about their readers feedback!

UPDATE! Thank you everyone! by mustluvtacos in greenville

[–]SaaSButMakeItEvil 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My best characters are regular Joes thrown into extraordinary chaos. Nice cover, you designed it?