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Brownbackistan abysmal in 2015 job creation

beerftw said:
you keep bringing up kansas city,but not kansas as a whole.everyone i have met from the state claims it is mostly farmland and empty prairies.i wuld definately not call it a well funded state.

further median household income o kansas city is kansas and missouri vs texas is subject to cost of living to determine quality of life,as it is with any comparison anywhere in the country.
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I bring up KC because the KC metro is the only major city in the state. The bulk of Kansans live near KC or Wichita. The cost of living in KC is actually a little lower than Houston and the overall quality of life is a lot better than Houston - unless you hate the cold (my wife is from Houston). Here we have a beautiful city, museums (one of the best art museums in the world), shopping, tons of local restaurants, pro-sports, not near the traffic, a very diverse economy with a thriving tech sector, and easy access down to the Ozarks with its national forests, mountains and clear lakes. My wife has at most a 5 minute commute to work, I have at most a 10 minute commute.

Moreover, the whole state isn't all farmland and empty prairies. Sure central and western Kansas is (just like much of Texas is for that matter), but eastern Kansas is a lot of green rolling hills and woodlands.

I know Texans have this notion that the good life is only in Texas but its actually in a lot of places. For example, if you want to see a city that truly has its **** together and a overall quality of life that beats just about anywhere else, look no further than the Twin Cities, and they don't have a drop of oil up there. We had a good thing going here on the Kansas side until Brownback gutted the state's revenue and blew up the budget.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
I bring up KC because the KC metro is the only major city in the state. The bulk of Kansans live near KC or Wichita. The cost of living in KC is actually a little lower than Houston and the overall quality of life is a lot better than Houston - unless you hate the cold (my wife is from Houston). Here we have a beautiful city, museums (one of the best art museums in the world), shopping, tons of local restaurants, pro-sports, not near the traffic, a very diverse economy with a thriving tech sector, and easy access down to the Ozarks with its national forests, mountains and clear lakes. My wife has at most a 5 minute commute to work, I have at most a 10 minute commute.

Moreover, the whole state isn't all farmland and empty prairies. Sure central and western Kansas is (just like much of Texas is for that matter), but eastern Kansas is a lot of green rolling hills and woodlands.

I know Texans have this notion that the good life is only in Texas but its actually in a lot of places. For example, if you want to see a city that truly has its **** together and a overall quality of life that beats just about anywhere else, look no further than the Twin Cities, and they don't have a drop of oil up there. We had a good thing going here on the Kansas side until Brownback gutted the state's revenue and blew up the budget.
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i dont think texas is the only great society in the country,there are many prosperous cities and states.

again to the point he tried to increase jobs in the state,in which he poorly did as he only adressed taxes in a state with already low taxes,but did not address the other issues that draw business.


fyi i actually checked cost of living between houston and kansas city,kansas city has overall lower cost of living,with groceries and general purchases being slightly higher but things like rent utilities etc being much lower.i am an advocate of cost of living vs wages,by that chart kansas city is a more favorable place to live comfortably.however its compared to houston which i wouldnt touch with a ten foot pole and i-10 pushing.
 
Perhaps reflecting Kansas' subpar employment performance, The Wichita Eagle reported:

Kansas GDP has performed below the national average since 2012

Kansas gross domestic product, the basic measure of economic growth, grew 1.8 percent in 2014, beating out most of the Plains states, but again falling short of the national average.

Kansas 2014 growth falls below national average | The Wichita Eagle The Wichita Eagle

The complete economic report can be found at: http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_state/2015/pdf/gsp0615.pdf
 
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