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nowaypablo · 3800 days ago · link · · parent · post: How Every U.S. State Has Fared Since The Recession, In 1 Graph : Planet Money : NPR (sucks to be Nevada)
What an awful spit in the face. Capitalizing on housing opportunities and the potential to grow your economy while engaging all the socioeconomic classes in doing so? Fuck your ambition! And your middle through lower-middle class, too!At the other end of the spectrum are Arizona and Nevada — two states that had particularly large real estate bubbles during the boom. A massive decline in construction jobs accounts for more than half of the job losses in both states.