Why has the MSM done such a lousy job getting out the basic facts for starters... Second, these fact do alter how the housing crisis should be viewed and dealt with... 40% of the population has 70% of the foreclosures...
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2009/2/20/foreclosures-are-a-regional-not-a-national-problem--half-are-in-four-states.html#read_more >>> Yes, I admit there is a certain spurious precision to these numbers. But >>> the aggregates are about right. Just over half of national foreclosures >>> were in the four Sand States. Another fifth were in the mixed bag of >>> fast-growth/industrial-distress/high-Hispanic states that approximate the >>> national average. The other 38 states, with 60 percent of the nation's >>> population, have only about 30 percent of the foreclosures --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
