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Its highest-per-capita income status is courtesy of the federal government funding the Lab (our tax dollars). It should surprise nobody that people are healthy when they have a generous income and medical benefits.
Los Alamos County has 18,356 people. The 87122 zip code in northeast Albuquerque has 18,422 people. The 87122 zip code has a median household income of $111,429 with just 3 percent poverty as compared to Los Alamos County with a median household income of $115,248 and 5.3 percent poverty.
Los Alamos County has 18,356 people. The 87122 zip code in northeast Albuquerque has 18,422 people. The 87122 zip code has a median household income of $111,429 with just 3 percent poverty as compared to Los Alamos County with a median household income of $115,248 and 5.3 percent poverty.
A small company town of the most highly educated, wealthiest, most healthcare-covered population in the country? Color me surprised.
To bad New Mexico as a whole is at or near the bottom of the list in nearly every conceivable quality of life standard in the country.
Don't get me wrong. I love New Mexico, and regular people can and do make a good life here in this amazing land, but for most who are here voluntarily or by fate, it is a struggle that most LA residents cannot even conceive of, except maybe a glimpse, as they drive through Española on their way to some white linen table service in Santa Fe.
Los Alamos = white collar welfare. Those salaries and the benefits are overinflated in my estimation, giving that city the outlier effect in this state.
New Mexico simply needs a more business friendly environment and private sector employers, not some de-centralized bloated bureaucracy in D.C. that influences the backdrop.
A small company town of the most highly educated, wealthiest, most healthcare-covered population in the country? Color me surprised.
To bad New Mexico as a whole is at or near the bottom of the list in nearly every conceivable quality of life standard in the country.
Don't get me wrong. I love New Mexico, and regular people can and do make a good life here in this amazing land, but for most who are here voluntarily or by fate, it is a struggle that most LA residents cannot even conceive of, except maybe a glimpse, as they drive through Española on their way to some white linen table service in Santa Fe.
Love New Mexico too - you are spot on with the struggle for many.
What's the LA reference tho?
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