for all you demographic data junkies, infographic addicts and aspiring sociologists check out www.measureofamerica.org visually mapping of all kinds of data, from income and health measures to toxic emissions and environmental indicators. all rolling up to a “human development index” that shows in clear view the growing disparity in “healthy” america and the rural divide.
More about American Human Development Project:
The American Human Development Project is a nonpartisan, non-profit initiative established to introduce to the United States a well-honed international approach and tool for measuring human well-being: the human development approach and the human development index. The project’s mission is to stimulate fact-based public debate about and political attention to human development issues in the United States and to empower people with an instrument to hold elected officials accountable for progress on issues we all care about: health, education and income.
NOTE: Thanks to Bill Bishop (who apparently is an austin, tx neighbor) @ dailyyonder for pointing me to this. Check out more about the topic of the rural divide and homogenization of american communities in Bill’s book The Big Sort, recently featured on the DailyShow. More on the book soon, hoping to pick it up this week while on vacation.
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Hi Andy,
For some reason the link was broken; being OCD and a big data junkie, I had to look for it: http://measureofamerica.org/
Take care,
Juan