RedZone Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 The poverty rate in Athens is 51.6%. One out of every 1.9 residents of Athens lives in poverty. Wow. Who knew? It looks like a nice little college town tucked in the southeastern part of Ohio...I can dig the autumn foliage. We don't get that here. BUT, there is some major poorness going on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zulu1128 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Before Burrow started lighting it up, Chip once spent an entire week blabbing about the poverty and meth in southeast Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 17 minutes ago, RedZone said: Wow. Who knew? We don't get that here. BUT, there is some major poorness ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, zulu1128 said: Before Burrow started lighting it up, Chip once spent an entire week blabbing about the poverty and meth in southeast Ohio. and I didn't realize Athens was a part of that... I'm glad Joe brought it to light instead of giggling about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StJoesFanboy Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 41 minutes ago, RedZone said: The poverty rate in Athens is 51.6%. One out of every 1.9 residents of Athens lives in poverty. Wow. Who knew? It looks like a nice little college town tucked in the southeastern part of Ohio...I can dig the autumn foliage. We don't get that here. BUT, there is some major poorness going on there. Good-looking kid. Will go places. He's alright. Not meant to be political at all, we've forgotten about these places. Not everyone has, but people who matter have. Very sad, but these men will fight for this Country (when not on oxy), and they don't want to sit home and collect a check. Their grandparents built and defended this Country. We have to keep competitive, but we have to help these communities, too. I know, easier said than done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, StJoesFanboy said: Good-looking kid. Will go places. He's alright. Not meant to be political at all, we've forgotten about these places. Not everyone has, but people who matter have. Very sad, but these men will fight for this Country (when not on oxy), and they don't want to sit home and collect a check. Their grandparents built and defended this Country. We have to keep competitive, but we have to help these communities, too. I know, easier said than done. I can agree with this and it was obviously important to Joe Burrow last night.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, RedZone said: I can agree with this and it was obviously important to Joe Burrow last night.. 👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StJoesFanboy Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Just now, RedZone said: I can agree with this and it was obviously important to Joe Burrow last night.. I was watching again "Out of the Furnace" with Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, W. DeFoe, Woody Harrelson, Sam Shepard, Zoe Saldano, F. Whittaker, etc. (DiCaprio produced it), and I Googled the town it was filed in--North Braddock, Pa., 11 miles east of Pittsburgh. in 2010, 65% white, 35% black, or so, as I recall. In 10 minutes on Internet, I didn't see a house for sale OVER $100k. I saw some for $10,000. A back-up generator installed around me goes for $14k. The God-darn bathroom renovation I was quoted 5 yrs ago or so was for $17.5k. I asked a colleague of mine, who grew up in Pittsburgh and whose family is till there, whether buying a home there to retire made sense, sort of kidding. She wasn't so sure about whether I was serious, and said, it's the hood. Carnegie built his 1st steel mill there, I think. read the news, and that little town of 4,800 people churns out like a shooting a month. They shoot cops. WTF? People need jobs, purposes, responsibilities, to be occupied most of the day (idle hands), etc. I wonder whether the powers that be wrote off a chunk of this Country already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, RedZone said: and I didn't realize Athens was a part of that... Where did you think it was? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, zulu1128 said: Where did you think it was? 😂 Just forget about it, giggles.. Did you watch his acceptance speech last night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bormio Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 These people used to be Democrats until the party was taken over by latte-sipping, climate-change obsessed, faux social justice warriors living off Daddy’s bank account. Wonder why they changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 30.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Athens County, OH (16.8k out of 55.8k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 13.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 18 - 24, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 25 - 34. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, RedZone said: Just forget about it, giggles.. Did you watch his acceptance speech last night? Why would I? 1. It was a foregone conclusion that he was going to win, and B. I know where Athens is, and about the poverty rate there. Also, FWIW...Joe is quoting incorrect statistics. 51.6% includes the students at Ohio University, who of course have no jobs and not a ton of disposable income. For actual residents of Athens, the rate is 23.1%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, zulu1128 said: Why would I? 1. It was a foregone conclusion that he was going to win, and B. I know where Athens is, and about the poverty rate there. Also, FWIW...Joe is quoting incorrect statistics. 51.6% includes the students at Ohio University, who of course have no jobs and not a ton of disposable income. For actual residents of Athens, the rate is 23.1%. Why cant u get a job while at Ohio university?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 37 minutes ago, zulu1128 said: Why would I? 1. It was a foregone conclusion that he was going to win, and B. I know where Athens is, and about the poverty rate there. Also, FWIW...Joe is quoting incorrect statistics. 51.6% includes the students at Ohio University, who of course have no jobs and not a ton of disposable income. For actual residents of Athens, the rate is 23.1%. Joe was correct. He said twice the national average. I googled it myself for that 51.6. Anyways, you should have watched it. You are gonna have to stop playing the Van Halen 8 tracks one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, RedZone said: Joe was correct. He said twice the national average. I googled it myself for that 51.6. Thank god Burrow is smarter than you anyway lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Joe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 49 minutes ago, RedZone said: Joe! I know no one reads anything on this forum unless it pushes their agenda, but that's pretty fuckin fantastic. "If you do the math, Burrow's speech has essentially provided over 126,000 meals in just 36 hours." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 14 hours ago, zulu1128 said: Thank god Burrow is smarter than you anyway lol. There is Joe from Ohio then there is giggling zulu from Ohio.. I guess you get a point for knowing where Athens, OH is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zulu1128 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 And there's the fat angry cuckold from Louisiana...who usually gets zero points for anything lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Poor zulu. Didn't even watch it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bormio Posted December 17, 2019 Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, RedZone said: Go get yourself a meal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted December 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, Bormio said: Go get yourself a meal I know the concept of generosity chaps your old ass, but you'll get over it....AND, if you don't NO ONE gives a shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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