The resulting map shows huge swaths of deeply disadvantaged locations across the nation’s 3,000 counties, places that are mostly located outside of the largest U.S. cities yet which share some traits: A history of resource extraction, unequal educational opportunities, a breakdown of social bonds, violence and local corruption.
I live in Ohio and you can definitely see this if you focus in on the state. Cleveland has a massive medical industry but the rural parts of the state it’s like a completely different world.