joshua_
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I'm a Texan by choice, but my post is not to bash Maine. I really do enjoy living here and raising a family here. I hope the same is true for others who choose where they live as well.
I realize most of this is just for fun, but I wanted to add some real numbers for anyone interested to review. The latest numbers I could pull were 2010 (and keep the same reports). There are 2011 figures and some 2012 figures but they are harder to compare. You can go to the site and see why for yourself. Texas is actually getting better and better and when you compare our large cities to other large cities we are safe in comparison. There are some breaking points in population where things really change and none of the cities in Maine make it to those points, so it is somewhat hard to compare, but these tables will help.
I like to attempt to make fair comparisons when I'm interested in something. I find that many folks, when attempting to prove a point, will try to skew certain things to prove a point. I'm more interested in the truth, personally. This is not to say that it's not valid to compare Texas to Maine in every way, especially since we are discussing 'mine is better than yours
'.
One other point that might be interesting for some folks would be to compare the abilities of each state when it comes to financial reporting and their ability to stand on their own. Things like tax rates and economic growth.
Here is the source. It won't let me use the link to my search, so you'll have to run your own search if you want to see it there. Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics
Here are the numbers, for anyone to view. This will allow a person to actually compare all sorts of information and will break down crime rates in different ways.
Maine
Texas
I realize most of this is just for fun, but I wanted to add some real numbers for anyone interested to review. The latest numbers I could pull were 2010 (and keep the same reports). There are 2011 figures and some 2012 figures but they are harder to compare. You can go to the site and see why for yourself. Texas is actually getting better and better and when you compare our large cities to other large cities we are safe in comparison. There are some breaking points in population where things really change and none of the cities in Maine make it to those points, so it is somewhat hard to compare, but these tables will help.
I like to attempt to make fair comparisons when I'm interested in something. I find that many folks, when attempting to prove a point, will try to skew certain things to prove a point. I'm more interested in the truth, personally. This is not to say that it's not valid to compare Texas to Maine in every way, especially since we are discussing 'mine is better than yours
'.One other point that might be interesting for some folks would be to compare the abilities of each state when it comes to financial reporting and their ability to stand on their own. Things like tax rates and economic growth.
Here is the source. It won't let me use the link to my search, so you'll have to run your own search if you want to see it there. Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics
Here are the numbers, for anyone to view. This will allow a person to actually compare all sorts of information and will break down crime rates in different ways.
Maine
Texas
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