Joshua: You hanging around to check responses to your post? How about this–
You say, “You realize that two-thirds of the population of the country lives along the coasts, right? I mean, just as a point of order.”
I say, just as a point of order, do you ever research before throwing out random numbers, or do you just make them up out of your preconceptions and prejudices as most liberal tend to do?
Please see http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004986.html. This is a table titled “Population by State.” I put the numbers in a spread sheet, state by state. Then I made two columns– one with states having ocean coastline (i.e., Gulf coast, such as Texas, doesn’t count) and the other having even the slightest coastline (e.g., New Hampshire has about 60 miles of Atlantic coastline and was included). Due to my perception of social make-up of Alaska, and since by inference you include that state in your “rural” category, I included Alaska in the non-coastal column.
Guess what! the coastal column makes up 48% of US population, with the non-coastal, “flyover,” country having 52% of the population. So, as is typical with libs, you made up a “statistic” and it is horribly wrong. While I’m too lazy to check your “social ills” “statistic,” I’m willing to bet that in both absolute terms and per capita there are far more unwed mothers, single-parent households, and drug-addled parents in the cities than in rural areas.
