I am not trying to make any sort of political statement by posting this, I just thought it was interesting to see where everyone was from. (mostly the east coast)

[color=blue][url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/photos/war_casualties/map/m10000.html?Los%20Angeles|true] Map of KIA soldiers hometowns[/url][/color]

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I'm from Ireland so excuse my ignorance on American demographics.... but would this not be where most of the young male population is based??

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What, all the women live on the west coast? Damn I need to move then. Its probably more by demographic as the lower incomes tend to fill the ranks of the miltary. Hence, the large number of dots in west virginia and kentucky.

There's certainly a lot in the northeast and Texas too.

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Soldiers killed 1 City Hicksville State New York

Name Kevin T. Kolm Age 23 Gender Male Rank Cpl. Branch Marines Status Active duty Date killed April 13, 2004 Incident type Action Operation Iraqi Freedom

good man. our town was surprised when he left.hurt when kev came back how he did.

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You actually live in a town called Hicksville?

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that map is porportionate to the population distribution of the US.

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Not since February:

Sgt. Carlos J. Gil - 377th Transportation Company, 181st Transportation Battalion, 16th Corps Support Group

Orlando, Florida

Killed when an improvised explosive device detonated in Humaniyuh, Iraq, on February 18, 2005

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yes, hicksville NY is a town in long island named after John Hicks who owned most of what is now nassau caounty and along with william levvitt made famous the large population exp[ansion after ww2. they built houses for all the returning vets for cheap prices and also built what is now known as the long island rail road. one of lower NY's most important ppl.

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Thanks for the lecture professor :boring: (just kidding).

The eastern seabord has some really interesting names for towns, especially in the rural areas. My favorite name so far (besides Intercourse, PA) is Wapwallopan,PA.

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[quote=threehills] The eastern seabord has some really interesting names for towns, especially in the rural areas. My favorite name so far (besides Intercourse, PA) is Wapwallopan,PA.[/quote]

It's not quite Intercourse, but we have a Knob Lick here in Missouri...

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I'm origianally from Michigan where we have the city of Hell.

had a couple in my area..none in my hometown, though unsure if any ended up over there.

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[quote=threehills]I'm origianally from Michigan where we have the city of Hell.[/quote]

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[quote=threehills]What, all the women live on the west coast? Damn I need to move then. Its probably more by demographic as the lower incomes tend to fill the ranks of the miltary. Hence, the large number of dots in west virginia and kentucky.[/quote]

It's pretty obvious that would be the case isn't it?

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Still I get the feeling that the burden on town in the South is heavier on average then on towns in the East or West. Wouldn't that co?ncide with the relatively poorer people in the South?

It is generally known that it is poor kids ending up in the army since it is one of the best ways out of a non-future-perspective situations.

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Agreed. It would be intersting so see where the towns are that have the highest per capita number killed. As you do, I suspect they would be in the south.

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yao, the south isnt that much poorer than the coasts, its all proportional. in the north east US the cost of living is probably 2-3 times higher than in georgia, florida, alabama.

my house costs just over 900k, and the same size property lot and home in a state down there is like 400-500k.. it is all proportional. also, property taxes are asinine in the northern democratic states. so the averages are about the same.

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I know that, but still as far as I know the South of the US is the poorer region of the country, despite even the proportional differences you mentioned. In fact, I heard that on world scale the US has a serious poverty problem at the moment, but I cannot remember the source to be honest. I'll try to look it up tho if I can, don't wanna be talking shit here.

Glad you're well situated tho...if you can pay for a 900k house....fuck, I wouldn't need much more I think ;-)