a state that can't afford high gas prices

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Posted: April 15, 2011 at 4:06 pm



7. Florida
> Median Income: $45,631 (15th lowest)
> Regular Gas Price: $3.82 (18th lowest)
> Unemployment: 11.5% (2nd highest)
> Population Below Poverty Line: 18.17% (18th highest)

The combination of high gas prices and a relatively low median income is going to hurt Florida impoverished. The state’s average gas price is $3.82, which is the eighteenth-highest in the country, and its median income is $45,631, the fifteenth-lowest amount. Additionally, the state has the third-highest unemployment rate in the country – 11.5%. Those who are looking for work or have low incomes are being hurt the most by gas prices. Others have turned to hybrid cars as the solution to their problems. A southwest Florida news station notes that hybrid cars have begun selling so quickly that there have been unexpected shortages in the state.
HOW OFTEN HAVE WE HEARD RAY BLOWHARD TALK DOWN TO US MAINERS AS HE SPEAKS OF HIS BELOVED HOME STATE; (NOW HIS HOME TOWN AREA LOADED WITH SNOW BIRDS MANY OF THEM OWNING PROPERTY THERE OR SURROUNDING AREAS). WELL LET ME TELL YA PAL WITHOUT US SNOWBIRDS YOU GUYS WOULD BE STILL RUNNING AROUND BAREFOOT!
AS YOU CAN SEE THEIR ECONOMY SUCKS! THEIR WATER SUPPLY IS OFTEN QUESTIONABLE,AND THEIR WEATHER IS OFTEN DESTRUCTIVE! SO PLEASE REALIZE HE GIVES OPINIONS, OFTEN WRONG!
SORRY I RATE HIM AND HUFF AND PUFF IN THE SAME ARENA
ENTERTAINMENT!