So Bogus!
Look at the state line between Nevada and Utah and tell me how crossing that line going west somehow makes living that much easier???!!!
Statistics, damned statistics, and lies. Maybe this map would be better labeled "Level of Stupidity per populace". It would make more sense then anyways.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)