Just as I’m planning my route west, I get this in my news reader - an interactive map the NYT did of unemployment rates by county. Check it out, it’s pretty illuminating.
The accompanying article says
” The Great Recession of 2008 (and beyond) is hurting men more than women. It is hurting homeowners and investors more than renters or retirees who rely on Social Security checks. It is hurting Latinos more than any other ethnic group.”
I wonder if that’s because many work in the construction/development industries that have been really hard hit. The article continues with:
” If the Great Recession, as some have called it, has a capital city, it is El Centro, Calif., due east of San Diego, in the desert of California’s Inland Valley. El Centro has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, a depressionlike 22.6 percent.”
Well, I guess I’ll be stopping there. At a glance, it looks like I might be passing through some of the areas with highest unemployment in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Utah, and California. I bet people have some pretty interesting stories.
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