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terrykrohe OP t1_j47ooqs wrote

Reply to comment by urgjotonlkec in [OC] 8 response metrics, avg, 3 predictor metrics: AR, LA, NY, NJ - 2020 election by terrykrohe

... "state taxes" pay for local government, infrastructure (local roads and maintenance, snow removal), address community issues (parks, recreation, libraries), etc.
... communities which are desirable to live in have citizens who are willing to bear the burden and take part in their local well-being

COL
making COL adjustments opens a door to a million "yeah, but ... " exceptions and "what about"s which never-end; essentially detracting and distracting from the message:
e.g. NY and NJ have larger tax burden (and, thereby, have larger COLs) ... people fixate on the COL and neglect the much lower suicide rates of NY and NJ (and the lower opioid use, and lower infant mortality and lower incarceration)

... where does murky COL balance murky QOL? (too hard a question to answer; so people continue yammering about COL using the price of gas and eggs)

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urgjotonlkec t1_j47tntd wrote

Oh shit, I forgot you're that guy that posts here every week trashing the parts of the country you don't like. No wonder you have no desire to actually adjust for anything. It's not that you're too lazy, it's that you're too biased.

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yblad t1_j4axa5z wrote

Yeah. I too have fallen into the trap of trying to give scientifically valid constructive feedback. I'm not sure if it's laziness, bias, or a general unwillingness to learn. Either way, I treat everything from this OP with extreme skepticism at this point.

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terrykrohe OP t1_j4fevit wrote

You are right to be "skeptical":
as I noted in the reply comment below, the data IS biased.

I do not understand how 150 million voters separated the fifty states into two grossly disparate groupings? – such that one group is more obese, produces less goods and services, is more suicidal, etc?

Systemic bias – genetic or environmental?

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terrykrohe OP t1_j49smki wrote

"biased"?

obesity, 28Apr2021
GDP, 06May21
state+local ed spending, posted 20May21
suicide rate, 21May21
state taxes, 21Jun21
opioids, 01Jul21
life epectancy, 29jul21
infant mortality, 05Aug21
incarceration rate, 19Aug21
murder rate, 08Jul21
gun ownership, 15jul21
heart disease mortality (not posted)
accidental deaths, 21Oct21
fed spending (money rec'd vs taxes differential), 09Sep 21
median income, 14Oct21
violent crimes, 22Dc22

... ALL biased

missing persons, 28Oct21
NOT biased

I had nothing to do with the data but present it

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