I would like to see this broken up into much more revealing demographics than the basic age range cited in the article. At the same time, most people in the "age range demographic" cited don't know much of what's going on in the world around them past a Facebook posting, or so I have inferred. Those I have met in that age range that do have a clue overwhelmingly disapproved of NSA activities.

Or get innovative and try to develop new broadband technologies. Just as with dial up, someday we will look back and say, "remember when we were all stuck using fiber?"

Ever since the Google Fiber roll out came here, Time Warner has been scrambling to lay down fiber. Their trucks and construction efforts are everywhere now. They are doing this without raising prices... because they can't in the face of competition. Time Warner could have rolled out Fiber over a decade ago, but why spare the expense when there is no competition? With Google coming out of left field, there is now market competition. That's it right there. We don't need an FCC mandate that explicitly defines broadband, we need mandates that create competition.

If you had any idea how many people I have met who ran like fuck to get out of Missouri, you wouldn't be making this assumption. Almost as many as Minnesota.

How many?

Self-segregation is what makes this nation work.

And yet you think so much of the nation is shit? Your desperate attempts to defend your arguments are devolving into self contradiction.

Nice anecdote.

How long ago was that? Most of the social change that has happened here has only occurred over the last decade or so, but it has been fast and sweeping.

Prior to 2000 I would have agreed with you.

Sprint headquarters has it's own zip code. I get lost every time I have business there. You left out several other major companies, but I am getting really tired of this thread. Being in the middle of the country has it's advantages. We have several richer than god rail companies here. They are all extremely tech heavy. And then there is the sheer number of data centers. A lot of them are in man made caves. Personally, I make $25\hr - and that is a helpdesk gig.

Look, I am not saying that by any stretch of the imagination we have anything close to what you have. I am saying that what we have is nothing to laugh at, and that there are a lot of misconceptions about that. I believe I even effectively said that in the post you replied to. Take a Xanax and chill out. Your nuclear reaction to my comment is an over reaction.

I completely understand that stereotype. However, you would be surprised. The tech industry thrives here. There are always plenty of tech jobs to go around and even minor ones tend to pay okay. People don't realize how many companies are headquartered here to take advantage of the talent. We may not have Google or Apple, but anyone working in IT anywhere would find themselves at home here.

How true. The LGBT community thrives here.

I just figured out what you mean. You think I live in the state of Kansas, don't you? This really shows how geo and demographically challenged you are. Kansas City proper is on the Missouri side which is dominantly liberal. When you cross over to the Kansas side, you have: KCK, Overland Park, and Lenexa which forms the tech hub of the Midwest. Altogether, the Missouri side and Kansas side are referred to as the "Greater Metropolitan Area". As a consequence, the area of Kansas that borders Kansas City Missouri is utterly liberal. Past all that, do you not have any border states who's values you take up issue with? Step outside of your little bubble and take a look at the entire country.Things are not so cut and dry. You have no idea what you are talking about. If you really think so much of this nation is a world of shit, perhaps you should stop hiding yourself away and get out there and fight for what you think is right.

??? I don't think you understand cost of living as it relates to day-to-day living in terms of pricing levels in a geographic area. Of course Amazon does not charge us less.

You really have no clue what you are talking about. Did you invent flamebait? There is no point in debating you any further except to say you may want to review logical fallacies. I'm done with this thread.

Wow! Talk about ignorance. Kansas City is about as diverse as a place gets in this country, which is to say very much so. I don't know where you get your information, but if I am to follow your condescending, ill-logic then I may as well assume that everyone where you live is arrogant, self-righteous, and wholly ignorant of this nations cultural map outside of the tiny little piece you have clearly walled yourself into.

If you spent one day in this town you would apologize for your ignorant comment.

No Dice...

Minor rant aside, where I live in the mid-west we are rich with tech companies but the cost of living here is oh so very cozy that ~$70,000 here probably equates to ~$140,000 in Silicon Valley and other parts of the country where the cost of living is high.

I'm sure it will be quite the opposite in Oceania.