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BananafestDestiny t1_j5x26fo wrote

Reply to comment by lurq_king in [OC] Licensed Drivers Age 85+ Per 10K Capita by US State by OfficialWireGrind

NH and VT just have old populations relative to other states. Couple that with high quality of life and higher life expectancy, of course there are going to be more old people driving relative to other states.

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TruthOf42 t1_j5x6qmi wrote

You're telling me its DOUBLE that of Mass?

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BananafestDestiny t1_j5x96je wrote

Umm, yes? MA has many more young people than VT/NH, which obviously impacts these numbers because they are relative.

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icwhatudiddere t1_j5y5abq wrote

It’s all the colleges and post-college job opportunities in medicine, finance and technology. While COL is high, compensation is also usually high, because getting people to stay is notoriously difficult because of housing costs and terrible winters.

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squarerootofapplepie t1_j5yp5tl wrote

If getting people to stay was difficult there wouldn’t be a housing shortage in Boston.

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icwhatudiddere t1_j5yz8zs wrote

Personally I think the housing shortage is more of an affordable housing shortage. Boston doesn’t seem to like to build high density housing so we’re not keeping up with natural growth let alone all the people who move here to work. NIMBY’s seem to ruin everything.

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