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- What is going on, everyone?
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Welcome back to the
World According to Briggs
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and a video about money.
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Have you ever wanted to know
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how much the average family
makes in different states?
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Who hasn't, right?
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You're sitting at home wondering
if moving to another state
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might mean more money,
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tired of eating that Nut Master
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and hoping you could maybe get up
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to some of that top-shelf Nutella,
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maybe moving out of one
of the states on this list
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will help you achieve your life
goal of Nutella all the way.
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If you're thinking about
relocating, this video's for you.
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The good news is, the U.S. census
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just came out with the latest numbers.
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In today's video, we're
looking at the states
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with the lowest average
yearly income for families.
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This year's list has a few surprises
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and a few of the states that are notorious
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for having low wages,
well, they're back again.
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A city or state with a
lower-than-average income
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for its people leads to
a few different things
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and it kind of gives you an
outlook on what to expect
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if you do move there.
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Lower-than-average income means poverty
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is a real issue for that location,
crime is gonna be higher.
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Less income normally
means fewer tax dollars,
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and that normally leads
to less public services
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from the local and state governments.
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There's so much more that goes into this,
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but none of you showed up for
economics according to Briggs.
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Couple things you should
know about this list.
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The highest state average
annual income is $88,702.
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I'd like to tell you what state
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has the highest average income,
but we're gonna save that
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when we do the other side of this list
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and look at the states with
the highest average income
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for a family.
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Just so you can gauge
where these states sit,
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the average household income for 2020
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according to the U.S. Census
Bureau was $65,712 a year.
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That's for the entire
family, not just one person.
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All right, let's take a look.
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Number 10, South Carolina.
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South Carolina has a population
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of just over 5 million residents.
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And about 14% of them live in poverty.
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As we've seen in other videos,
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South Carolina is a nice place to live
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and has some really nice cities.
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The downside is,
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a lot of their small
towns in rural communities
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are really close to the poverty line
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or well below the poverty line.
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From 2019 to 2020, South
Carolina's average household income
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dropped a little bit, like most states,
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because of the pandemic.
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They went from a little over
56,000 on average to 53,199.
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Number nine, Tennessee.
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Tennessee has always had
some serious poverty issues
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and they're not really known
for knocking it out of the park
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when it comes to salaries.
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They do have a lot of people
with really unrealistic views
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about what's going on in their own state.
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I get emails all the time where
they think I'm undercutting
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how many Californians are moving there.
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One guy tried to explain to me
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that they gained over a
million people last year
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all from California.
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I tried to explain to
Ned how wrong he was,
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but he wasn't buying it.
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Stats, figures, videos,
didn't sway old Ned.
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He knew I didn't.
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Again, a little under 14%
of Tennessee residents
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live below the poverty line
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and their average annual
household income is about $53,320.
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Can't even afford much Jack
Daniels on that kind of money.
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You end up in the woods making your own.
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Number eight, Oklahoma.
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We just did a video on tornadoes,
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and I was surprised to find
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that Oklahoma wasn't in the top 10
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for the average amount of tornadoes.
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It was really weird.
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You'd expect Oklahoma to have a bunch.
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No, they don't have a bunch,
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and they don't have a bunch of people
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making over $60,000 a year either.
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Oddly enough, a lot of
them are able to afford
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really big belt buckles for some reason.
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15.2% of Oklahoma's population
lives below the poverty line.
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They also have one of the
highest rates of residents
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on public assistance as you can imagine,
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and their average annual
household income is $52,919.
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Number seven, Kentucky.
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If this one surprised you,
I wanna congratulate you
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on not keeping up with current
events since, I don't know,
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before prohibition or something like that.
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The Bluegrass State
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has a long and colorful
history with poverty.
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Currently, about 16.3% of their population
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is living below the poverty line.
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In 2020, the average annual
income in Kentucky was $50,589.
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That's it.
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On that kind of money,
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you probably have to get
a second hand large hat
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for the Kentucky Derby.
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I always marvel those
ridiculously large hats
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women wear at that thing.
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And before you do, stop typing,
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I know not everyone
wears one of those hats.
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They're still ridiculous!
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Number six, Alabama.
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Alabama's a lot like South Carolina.
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They have some areas that are really nice
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and some cities that make a lot of money.
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The downside is, they got
a lot of rural communities
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and small towns that don't make squat.
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15.5% of Alabama's population
lives below the poverty line.
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And their average annual
income is $50,536.
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Number five, New Mexico.
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The Land of Enchantment
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always seems to show up on negative lists,
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especially when you're talking
about poverty, low incomes,
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crime, and filming locations
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for places where they might
have to go save Matt Damon.
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Watch "The Martian".
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Good movie, but it looks
a lot like New Mexico.
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I mean, it's not all bad,
they have great sunsets.
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Too bad, 18.2% of the population
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lives below the poverty line
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and their median annual income is $49,754.
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Number four, Louisiana.
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Or as a guy I was in the army with
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used to call it, whoisiana.
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Louisiana isn't like a
pillar of American society
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when it comes to high wages.
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Like every state, they have a few places
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where you could make a good
buck, but the reality is,
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they are a state with
very few high-paying jobs.
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And Q, person in the
comment section that says,
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"I have a high-paying job
and I'm in Louisiana."
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Congratulations, I
wasn't thinking about you
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when I made the video.
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19% of Louisiana's population
lives below the poverty line.
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They call Louisiana the
Sportsman's Paradise
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'cause they got a lot of
hunting, a lot of fishing,
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things like that.
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But on the other hand,
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they have a lot of people
hunting and fishing
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just to eat dinner.
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The average annual income in
Louisiana is $49,469 a year.
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Number three, Arkansas.
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Hey look, everyone, it's
our old friend, Arkansas.
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Arkansas is a frequent flyer
on these negative lists.
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So if you see any video with
least, worst, or dangerous,
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chances are you're gonna see Arkansas.
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The poverty rate in Arkansas is 16.2%.
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That's not the absolute worst,
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but they are in the top
10 for poverty rate.
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But to be perfectly honest,
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I do believe Arkansas is at
the beginning of a turnaround.
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And I think in the coming decade or so,
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you'll see a big change in that state.
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That's just me kind of
guessing from what I've seen.
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So don't hold me to it 10 years from now.
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The average annual income
in Arkansas is $47,597.
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Number two, West Virginia.
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The mountain state comes in number two
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when it comes to the lowest wages.
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If you watch this channel long enough
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or just about anyone that does lists
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or videos about West Virginia,
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you know that they have
had a terrible run of luck,
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I'd say in the last 100 years.
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It's only gotten worse in
the last couple of decades
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with the loss of coal mining
jobs and the opioid crisis.
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But I still love Charleston.
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If I ever wanted to live in a state
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where people are okay with
bats living in their attic,
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I'd probably move to West Virginia.
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This one's too bad because I
know people from West Virginia,
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I know about the people
from West Virginia,
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and I know what the state looks like.
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It has beautiful people
and beautiful land.
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They've just had incredibly bad luck.
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West Virginia has the luck
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of a dude proposing on the jumbotron
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at a major league baseball game,
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as the girl says no and walks away,
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he gets hit in the back of
the head with a foul ball.
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The good news, it's cheap to live there,
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so you get cheap land and
beautiful land for the most part.
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The percentage of people
living below the poverty line
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in West Virginia is 16%.
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Their average annual income is $46,711.
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All right, every one,
before we get to number one,
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don't forget, we have another
channel called On This Day.
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But if you drive to work
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I use it all the time 'cause
I travel all the time.
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All right, on to number one.
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And number one, Mississippi.
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Yes, it is Mississippi,
The Magnolia State.
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They're at number one again
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when it comes to something negative.
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It's always like a wrestling
match between them in Arkansas.
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Who's got the most suckage going on?
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One thing I do like about Mississippi,
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my family's from there,
part of my family at least,
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and I like the fact that
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when I say the word
Mississippi differently,
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'cause I say it Mississippi, all the time,
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Oh my God, my comment
section just lights up.
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It's kind of a fun experience
to tell you the truth.
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Mississippi has a long, long, long history
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of poverty and low wages.
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Last time Mississippi was in
the top 10 for best states,
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they were part of the Confederacy
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and there was only 11 states.
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19.6% of Mississippi's population
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lives below the poverty line,
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and their average annual
income is only $45,081.
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That's two people trying to make it.
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Luckily for Mississippi,
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they've got an incredibly low cost living
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and their land is some of
the cheapest in the nation.
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All right, everyone, that's today's list.
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Hope you guys enjoyed it.
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