A Scary Thing: Neighborhoods with Houses for Sale for Less Than $10,000

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Sunday May 07, 2006 · 11:51 AM PDT

2006/05/07 · 11:51

In an era where many cities are seeing price bubbles in their real estate, especially near the city centers, there are still cities across the U.S. that have cheap housing--EXTREMELY cheap housing. The problem is, these are in severely blighted neighborhoods where pretty much the only people who live there are those who have no other alternatives. In most cases, these neighborhoods have few services (few supermarkets, banks, department stores, etc.) and are highly segregated.
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Curious Which States Have Had Senators in Office the Longest?

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Sunday November 06, 2005 · 10:26 AM PST

2005/11/06 · 10:26

Here's a fun little diary...I recently tallied the lengths of service of all the U.S. Senators from each state (since the beginning of the era of direct elections of Senators) and found that there was quite a disparity between states (Arizona with the Senators averaging 18.8 years in office is about 2 1/2 times Kentucky's average of just 7.4 years).

This is cross-posted at http://www.geographylists.com/... (there are other somewhat similar "geography lists" on that site at http://www.geographylists.com). On this diary, I'll give the complete data for all 50 states, not just the top 10 and bottom 10. Read More

Some of W's Blunders--Especially His Geographical Ones

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Monday November 29, 2004 · 8:52 AM PST

2004/11/29 · 08:52

I found a website that lists a lot of George W. Bush's blunders (with emphasis on geography) made throughout his "career" of mayhem and destruction...

Go here:

http://www.counterpunch.org/kay11022004.html
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Advice with Foreign Currency Buying

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Friday November 26, 2004 · 10:13 AM PST

2004/11/26 · 10:13

With the unfortunate drop in the dollar (and more expected in the future), I think I'm going to have to move a sizable chunk of my savings into other currencies as a hedge. Paul Krugman was on NPR the other day (I think Tuesday), and he said that our situation (especially regarding the deficit) is quite similar to what Argentina had several years ago--and, of course, a number of economists have been comparing our current situation with what happened right before the Great Depression.
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Exit Polling--Differences Between Young and Old

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Tuesday November 09, 2004 · 12:05 PM PST

2004/11/09 · 12:05

Not surprisingly, voters between the ages of 18 and 29 were less likely to vote for Bush than voters of all other age groups. Maybe a bit more surprising...the most Bush-friendly/least Kerry-friendly age group was not the 30-44 range but instead was voters 60 and over (by a thin margin--Bush had one percentage point more from that group than the 30-44 group). When compared with voters who are 60 and over, the 18-29 age group had a vote total for Bush of nine percentage points less.

State-by-state exit-poll comparisons (for this and other demographics) are available (both nationally, and by state here):

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html Read More

Electoral-vote.com webmaster reveals who he is

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Monday November 01, 2004 · 9:36 AM PST

2004/11/01 · 09:36

Here's the link:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/info/votemaster-faq.html

He's a US-born professor in the Netherlands. He was actively involved in politics in the US before he moved to the Netherlands (not because he wanted to "escape" but because he married a woman who's from the Netherlands).
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Large vs. Small Counties--Big Difference in Pres. Vote in 2000

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 8:01 PM PDT

2004/10/30 · 20:01

In 2000, there was a strong correlation between the population of the county and how likely is was to vote for Gore vs. Bush. Thus, the large counties overwhelmingly went for Gore, and the small counties even more so overwhelmingly went for Bush. The same is true for the states...see this for details regarding the states. Read More

Hypothetical Question: Swing-State Resource Bonus

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Tuesday October 19, 2004 · 12:26 PM PDT

2004/10/19 · 12:26

Imagine...if you suddenly found $1 million extra (that had somehow been hiding all these months) which could be used for the Kerry campaign...and let's say an extra 1000 volunteers, in which states would you put those resources?
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The Travel-Election Survey Results Are Now Available

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Monday October 04, 2004 · 2:16 PM PDT

2004/10/04 · 14:16

Detailed results are here:

http://www.geographylists.com/surveyresults.html.

HIGHLIGHTS:

KERRY SUPPORTERS VISITED BELGIUM AND NEW ZEALAND THE MOST RELATIVE TO BUSH SUPPORTERS

BUSH SUPPORTERS VISITED BERMUDA AND CAYMAN ISLANDS THE MOST RELATIVE TO KERRY SUPPORTERS

SAUDI ARABIA WAS VOTED #1 LEAST FAVORITE COUNTRY BY KERRY SUPPORTERS

FRANCE WAS VOTED #1 LEAST FAVORITE COUNTRY BY BUSH SUPPORTERS

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Wednesday September 29, 2004 · 7:31 PM PDT

2004/09/29 · 19:31

Here it is--the survey which compares travel experience/preferences (inc. favorite and least-favorite states and countries) of Kerry vs. Bush voters:

http://www.geographylists.com/survey.html

I have (finally) written a computer program to interpret the results, so I will post them Monday, October 4! So...if you haven't already, feel free to take my travel survey!

The world's "least respected country" is finally self-promoting

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Sunday September 19, 2004 · 1:16 AM PDT

2004/09/19 · 01:16

This is a pretty hilarious website for North Korea--it almost looks like they actually believe the stuff they put out (kind of like the stuff Bush-Co--OOPS! I MEAN Rove-Co puts out?)...