Georgia flunks health care reporting
Georgia scored an "F" on its reporting of health care costs, according to a report released this week. We're one of 29 states that flunked on the health care price transparency report from the Catalyst for Payment Reform, a nonprofit group that works to improve how businesses and individuals pay for health care.
Forbes: Atlanta’s more miserable than Poughkeepsie, less than Detroit
So, according to the numbers-crunchers at Forbes, metro Atlanta is the sixteenth most miserable city in the country. Civic boosters should probably be thankful that the magazine dropped two of its misfortune indicators—pro sports and political corruption.
Our Place in the Universe: No. 1 for promiscuity
What's your number? It's probably around twenty-five. That's the average number of sexual partners for a run-of-the-mill Atlantan, according to a recent study by Trojan. This makes us the most promiscuous city in the country (based on a somewhat narrow definition of promiscuity).
Our Place in the Universe: No. 10 for real GDP
A chart from the McKinsey Global Institute looks at what cities were most economically powerful, in terms of real GDP, in 1978, and what cities were most powerful in 2010. And Atlanta went up five spots from fifteenth place to tenth! Thanks, Olympics!
Our Place in the Universe: Dead last in per-capita state tax revenue
As my fellow blogger Andisheh Nouraee pointed out yesterday, Tea Party types will never come around to the proposed transportation sales tax (to say nothing of "taxis, taxidermy, and tacks"). But really, they should lighten up a bit.
Our Place in the Universe: No. 1 music trend setters
We're popular! Or at least, we know what's popular. Or at least, when it comes to music. Or at least, according to Last.fm?
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