Florida is now one of the most financially stressed states in the country, second only to another Southern state, according to a new report by WalletHub, which defines financial distress as having credit in forbearance or deferring payments due to financial difficulty.

“When you combine data about people delaying payments with other metrics like bankruptcy filings and credit score changes, it paints a good picture of the overall economic trends of a state,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said about the findings.

  • Jolly Platypus@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Can we just break up the country already? Let the Jesusland states go wallow in their stupidity and let the rest of must continue on into the 21st century.

    Fuck the red states.

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      18 hours ago

      Not everyone in these states are Republican. Check out the results for any major city on them.

      That’s why Texas Rs are hellbent on gerrymandering. Otherwise of it was fair and square they will lose.

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        12 hours ago

        Yup. There are good people in those states and we should help them leave. There is no good future in red states. We should let them wither and die or let them leave. They are a cancer.

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      Seems like it would end up as 3+ countries. You have like Cascadia + CO/NM (maybe AZ?) and New England + MN/WI/IL and then Magastan separating them. Hawaii could just mahalo on out of this bullshit. Maybe Alaska just says “fuck this, eh?”

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      20 hours ago

      Why would Florida having a high ranking for people falling behind on debt among all states be particularly problematic? I mean, someone’s going to be #2.

      And Alaska’s on nearly at the other end of the scale, based on their ratings, and it’s red.