This map shows the metropolitan areas in the US sized by their GDP in 2022. It's hard to even spot places like Tulsa but shows powerfully how strong the East Coast is. Source: buff.ly/3U3N7G7
@simongerman600 So the richest larger metro areas per capita appear to be (judging by color of their dot): 1. San Jose 2. San Francisco 3. Seattle 4. New York 5. Boston 6. D.C.
@simongerman600 What's the small but rich blue dot west of Dallas? Perhaps Midland, TX, the white collar center of oil drilling?
@simongerman600 Mapping this onto high prices and unaffordability in the major singular hubs of the West Coast, I wonder if the lack of economic enclaves and (industry) dispersal makes the issue of housing/homelessness worse there than in the East, where there might be more places to go.
@simongerman600 This clearly shows how the high pay is on the West Coast
@simongerman600 Why show employment vs capita? These places have very different level of Labor force participation rates.
@simongerman600 I honestly expected the East coast to be atleast on par with the Eastern Seaboard. I suppose a much larger population tips the balance.🤔
@simongerman600 Suggestion: Please correlate these data with GOP/Dem voting (or Trump/Biden voting). Thanks.
@simongerman600 It only shows where the large companies are located that contribute to the gdp. In those places you have a lot of problems to
@simongerman600 Interesting to combine the rather artificially divided Bay Area cities to pull them into #3 ahead of Chicago. The Southern California cities might also be combined to strengthen the #2 position. Overall, it really shows where the more blue collar cities are.