Iowa is the cruelest state for dogs

[torbee]

You can pick out some micro items we're bad at -- for that matter, probably could do the same for micro we're good at -- the major macro stuff we're pretty solid in and far from last.

- Education
- Crime
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Environment
- Jobs

Most all solidly within the top half of the US.

Ha ha, you need to check your work.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Ha ha, you need to check your work.

Whatcha got. I did a quick Google on most of those items earlier that seemed to confirm my position. The US state ranking site also seemed to confirm this

 

[globalhawk]

Yeah.

As a starting point:

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/iowa

But feel free to google individual items.

Here's healthcare, for example:

iowa health care availability ranking - Google Search

www.google.com

You crack me up. Healthcare is great in this state because of the systems in the state. Stop embarrassing yourself. Edit: Cherry-picker.

 

[globalhawk]

Whatcha got. I did a quick Google on most of those items earlier that seemed to confirm my position. The US state ranking site also seemed to confirm this

From you same source: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/the-best-and-worst-states-for-health-care Edit: Wallethub is now a good source?

 

[Huey Grey]

You can pick out some micro items we're bad at -- for that matter, probably could do the same for micro we're good at -- the major macro stuff we're pretty solid in and far from last.

- Education
- Crime
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Environment
- Jobs

Most all solidly within the top half of the US.

Going from the best education to mediocre education is nothing to celebrate. Neither is our ever falling water standards. A good portion of your list doesn't point to solid leadership. It points to Reynolds and the Rs giving up. They're pathetic.

 

[Huey Grey]

Even our economy is built on a house of cards. That massive surplus we got? That's from the federal government. That super low unemployment rate? That's from a Nationwide super low unemployment rate. Iowa Rs haven't done shit to create this. They just like to take credit.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Going from the best education to mediocre education is nothing to celebrate. Neither is our ever falling water standards. A good portion of your list doesn't point to solid leadership. It points to Reynolds and the Rs giving up. They're pathetic.

I'd like to get historic data to figure out how far we've fallen in certain areas. (or climbed, for that matter) But I haven't found many good sources.

90s education in Iowa seemed to rank high... it'd be interesting to know when the drop started. According to this article we haven't dropped so much as other states have improved:

Report card on Iowa schools: Data shows how Iowa compares to other states

Although Iowa used to be at the top, several education rankings show Iowa in the middle of the pack compared to other states. KCCI's Amanda Rooker looked through test scores and decades of data to find out how Iowa public schools are really doing.

www.kcci.com

 

[globalhawk]

I'd like to get historic data to figure out how far we've fallen in certain areas. (or climbed, for that matter) But I haven't found many good sources.

90s education in Iowa seemed to rank high... it'd be interesting to know when the drop started. According to this article we haven't dropped so much as other states have improved:

Report card on Iowa schools: Data shows how Iowa compares to other states

Although Iowa used to be at the top, several education rankings show Iowa in the middle of the pack compared to other states. KCCI's Amanda Rooker looked through test scores and decades of data to find out how Iowa public schools are really doing.

www.kcci.com

If other states have improved and Iowa hasn't that is a drop. Right?