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State Representative Jim Buchy
Why Western Ohio is the Best Place in the World
 
I have always believed that Western Ohio is the best place to live, work and rear a family. As a son of Western Ohio, I have seen how our home has changed over the years while at the same time respecting its roots in agriculture and family life. While I have always believed it was the best place to live, we now have some proof thanks to a recent study conducted by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren of Harvard University.
 
The study was recently published in a New York Times article, tinyurl.com/GrowingUpInWOH , and compares the household income of people born between 1980 and 1986 with that of their parents. The study was split by what income percentile the children grew up in, their gender and presented by region and county.
 
It is no surprise, that each of the counties in the 84th House District, Auglaize, Darke, Mercer and Shelby counties, were among the best in the nation. In Auglaize County, the new generation earned between 7 and 11 percent more than their parents at age 26, ranking in the 93rd percentile nationally. In Darke County, they made between 6 and 9 percent more, ranking in the 87th percentile. In the Dayton region, Darke County ranked first in income mobility across many age groups. The new generation in Mercer County earned between 9 and 17 percent more, ranking in the 99th percentile, and in Shelby County they made between 3 and 10 percent more than their parents, ranking as high as the 79th percentile.
 
Comparing this to counties like Montgomery, Athens and Ross, where the new generation was making around 8 percent less than their parents, you can see how good people are doing in our area. This is proof that children who grow up in Western Ohio are doing better than many of their peers across the country.
 
Western Ohio is home to some of the best schools in our state, with high church attendance and involvement in youth programs like 4-H, FFA, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. These kinds of programs and a good education help develop our youth and help them build character.
 
Western Ohio is a model for the state  and the rest of the nation, and, as I’ve always said, the best place to live, work and rear a family. 
 
Please give me your opinion on this topic and others in the news this month by completing an online survey at tinyurl.com/buchyjune2015


 
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