[Vision2020] economic stability

[Mark Solomon]

There's a very interesting piece of research in the NY Times on 
incidence of sub-prime mortgages by county nationwide. The conclusion 
is small towns with large colleges have the smallest percentage of 
sub-prime mortgages per total mortgages. An accompanying interactive 
graphic displays the percentage for each county in the country. Latah 
County is the lowest on the Idaho side of our region with a 12% 
sub-prime ratio, generally 1/2 to 1/3 the rate of our northern 
neighbors. Whitman comes in at 20% but still lower than it's 
neighbors in WA.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/weekinreview/04fess.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/03/weekinreview/20071103_SUBPRIME_GRAPHIC.html?hp

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