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lpbk2713

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6. 60 Minutes did a piece about poverty in South Dakota.

Reply to RockaFowler (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 06:01 PM

Jan 2012

It was just a couple of months ago IIRC.

The locals are begging for the big box stores to open up in their area
but the big box stores don't want to invest in such a depressed area.
They are good people for the most part but no one wants to take a
chance on them. Damn shame.

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The poorest counties in America [View all] RockaFowler Jan 2012 OP

And are they all red? Quantess Jan 2012 #1

Yes. It appears that they are all in red states. n/t Cali_Democrat Jan 2012 #3

I noticed that, too RockaFowler Jan 2012 #4

No they aren't. Obama carried 13 of the 15, most of them with over 60% of the vote. bornskeptic Jan 2012 #7

The top three are all entirely within Indian reservations KamaAina Jan 2012 #2

I find that really sad RockaFowler Jan 2012 #5

60 Minutes did a piece about poverty in South Dakota. lpbk2713 Jan 2012 #6

1400 people in No. 4: Issaquena County, Miss. snooper2 Jan 2012 #8

many of them are small counties hfojvt Jan 2012 #15

A big percentage of those are reservations in red states. MedicalAdmin Jan 2012 #9

as you said, they are Indian Reservations onethatcares Jan 2012 #11

Mostly because they would all probably still vote for a dead iguanna if it had an (R) next to it. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #10

Refer to post 7 tkmorris Jan 2012 #12

A whole lot of people who vote against their own self interest. It's a mystery. Vinca Jan 2012 #13

It's not a mystery,sadly DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #14