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My Step-Grandfather is from Kansas and he basically said that the goal of anyone growing up in Kansas is to leave Kansas.

New Mexico is a fascinating state, it's an anomaly in many ways. It's a blue state but it's also a poor state. It's also a state that is fairly low-cost and is a tax-haven. It seems to have a lot of interesting art and culture it also has a 30% child poverty rate and high crime, about twice the Amount as Kansas. What is notable about Kansas is that while the overall poverty rate is a little lower than New Mexico it's much more worse to be poor in Kansas to make matters worse for Kansas a lot of the people leaving the state are middle class which is probably why it looks to be in decline.

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