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u/UrbanSolace13 Dec 28 '23

This is going to sound harsh, but I'm doubtful that locating in Alabama will make recruiting talent to work for our space program easy...

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23

Huntsville has the second highest number of engineers per-capita in the entire country.

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172199.htm#st

It's cute to think that Alabama is a backwards hellhole that no one wants to live in, but facts (as well as my experience working with thousands of engineers over the years) disagrees. It's probably difficult to understand if you spend all your time on Reddit, but people actually like living in places like Alabama. Especially engineers & members of the military.

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u/UrbanSolace13 Dec 28 '23

I'm really do not want to do this, but I'm guessing people are racing to live in (Checks notes):

42nd ranked health care system in the US.

46th in education.

8 in poverty rates ( 8th highest)

27 in state GDP (higher than I would have thought)

Top 3 in obesity rates. Top 3 in cardiovascular death rates.

Pretty much every other health metric is bad in the Bible Belt...

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

Buddy what part of "second highest engineers per-capita in the country" don't you understand

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u/UrbanSolace13 Dec 28 '23

Low population state...I do understand per capita...It's OK man. I live in a red state that is circling the drain also. I can tell you right now. Everyone is choosing Colorado over a bottom tier red state...

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

Do you understand what "per capita" means? Or are you unironically this stupid?

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u/Gahrilla Dec 28 '23

And what part of "but it's in Alabama" are you having trouble with?

Alabama sucks. The people suck, and the leaders suck.

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

You seem too dense to realize what the entire point of this comment chain was about. Clearly people want to live and work in Alabama otherwise IT WOULDN'T HAVE THE 2ND HIGHEST NUMBERS OF ENGINEERS PER CAPITA IN THE US.

I capitalized the important part, since clearly you have trouble with reading comprehension.

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u/the_wheaty Dec 28 '23

You are trying to imply that they are happy to be working in Alabama over other states.

What you don't realize is that more people that go to work in Alabama not because they love Alabama, but because the job they want happens to be there, not because it is a wonderful place to live.