AP Interactice Economic Stress Index

[wall*e2008]

http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_national/stress_index/

This seems like an interesting site. The color of the map shows the worst areas.

My area is an 8.25.


ETA: They said a score of 100 would mean that all of the homes are in foreclosure, everybody is unemployed and everybody is filing bankruptcy.

 

[happygirl]

Our county is 8.11

 

[JR6ooo4]

12.81 in Cook County, Illinois. But we are used to it. watching the cubs, hawks and bears lose all the time. then add politicians stealing and always the in the highest gas(petrol) price range for the nation...

Mikeeee

 

[Tiggeroo]

16.47

 

[arminnie]

New Orleans is fairly low (5%) because there is no factor for post-Katrina stress which is still very real.

I live in a very, very strong building which had virtually no Katrina damage ($62 to be exact) - but we all still dread hurricane season.

 

[HeyIt'sMe]

Interesting.


County where I live: 8.98
County where I work: 10.06
County with closest major city (Indianapolis, Marion County): 13.28

 

[figment52]

21.32

 

[Colleen27]

21.32

Figment52, are you from MI or is that just a weird coincidence?

 

[mamacatnv]

15.41 my county
19.89 the neighboring county that might as well be ours

 

[MoniqueU]

20.41 in my county in so cal.

 

[wvdisluv2]

5.97 where I live (WV)
8.33 where I work (PA)

Interesting!

 

[Pennykay]

18.71

 

[figment52]

21.32

Figment52, are you from MI or is that just a weird coincidence?

St. Clair County, MI

 

[Colleen27]

St. Clair County, MI

Wow, small world! Me too.

 

[jimmiej]

6.87, south-central Texas, between Austin & San Antonio.

 

[figment52]

Wow, small world! Me too.

Port Huron/Marysville - where are you?

 

[ead79]

11.3 in my county - Cobb County (a northern suburb of Atlanta). That's higher than I would have figured, but it did indicate that foreclosures and bankruptcies are low in my area, which I agree with.

 

[Colleen27]

Port Huron/Marysville - where are you?

Southern end of the county. Algonac right now, moving to Marine City as soon as we can close on our new house.

 

[figment52]

Southern end of the county. Algonac right now, moving to Marine City as soon as we can close on our new house.

Amazing - pg 1 of the thread and someone 20+ miles away shows up.

 

[MoniqueU]

I can't believe someone was posting yesterday about being outbid on a small house for a fortune when one county away we are in almost as bad of shape as michigan.