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SpankMe

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19. Chart seems sketch

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:32 AM

Sep 2025

I have a lot of insight into people, places and businesses in New Mexico, and I can confirm that the number of people in "financial distress" is pretty high. Lots of paycheck-to-paycheck living, low wage work, unemployment, no or poor credit. Property crime is very high - especially in Albuquerque.

Methinks these "9 financial distress metrics" may have been engineered to make these high profile red states look specially bad. Not that red states need much to make them look bad. But I don't want to fall for contrived statistics like conservatives do.

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Imagine how bad it would be if Texas wasnt a taker Johonny Sep 2025 #17

Chart seems sketch SpankMe Sep 2025 #19

They may reflect "changes". I've heard about NM, but maybe it hasn't gotten worse in NM. Whereas in Texas things are LeftInTX Sep 2025 #37

Except your anecdotes aren't data. W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #39

Anecdotal is different from long term, durable experience SpankMe Sep 2025 #51

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