Ever sine Roe, I've been wondering when and if the divide you lay out so clearly will start to have an effect on where people decide to live and work and where companies decide to locate.
For people with lower income, it's much harder if not impossible to move, and the people with higher paying jobs are going to be less affected by the various conservative state legislative attacks on women.
That said, if I'm a parent of a daughter, I may have a well paying job, but there's no guarantee that my daughter will. And my daughter may move away to a progressive state the first chance she gets. the same for a daughter-in-law.
I find that as your kids become adults, having them close by is a huge factor in your life satisfaction.
It may take time (which is awful), but I think this will bite the conservative states in a big way. I hope CEOs are thinking long term about this.
Terrific essay Jill! Underlying the Red/Blue dichotomies you spell out is the extent of income inequality in the state. The greater the inequality the worse the social outcomes & vice versa.
More income inequality predicts increased: crime rates, substance abuse, high school non-completion, cardio vascular disease.
Then, in a self reinforcing negative cycle, more unequal societies become more punitive.
Jill, I worry that women in organ-slave states may become more hesitant to have sex, for fear of getting pregnant, and potentially suffer the frustration of their male companions. Any uptick in domestic violence would strike another blow against their freedom to determine the course of their own lives. Thanks for your writing!
Ever sine Roe, I've been wondering when and if the divide you lay out so clearly will start to have an effect on where people decide to live and work and where companies decide to locate.
For people with lower income, it's much harder if not impossible to move, and the people with higher paying jobs are going to be less affected by the various conservative state legislative attacks on women.
That said, if I'm a parent of a daughter, I may have a well paying job, but there's no guarantee that my daughter will. And my daughter may move away to a progressive state the first chance she gets. the same for a daughter-in-law.
I find that as your kids become adults, having them close by is a huge factor in your life satisfaction.
It may take time (which is awful), but I think this will bite the conservative states in a big way. I hope CEOs are thinking long term about this.
Terrific essay Jill! Underlying the Red/Blue dichotomies you spell out is the extent of income inequality in the state. The greater the inequality the worse the social outcomes & vice versa.
More income inequality predicts increased: crime rates, substance abuse, high school non-completion, cardio vascular disease.
Then, in a self reinforcing negative cycle, more unequal societies become more punitive.
I predict a huge increase in crime as the result of people living and being born into miserable lives with few options.
Jill, I worry that women in organ-slave states may become more hesitant to have sex, for fear of getting pregnant, and potentially suffer the frustration of their male companions. Any uptick in domestic violence would strike another blow against their freedom to determine the course of their own lives. Thanks for your writing!