Daring Fireball pointed to this county-by-county time lapse of unemployment rates. Fascinating. It explains some of the differences I’ve observed in the move from Utah to Georgia.

A few things to notice:

• Because each frame is a 12-month running average, the map doesn’t show whether some counties have started to pull out of high unemployment.
• Michigan and Oregon were hurting before the bust really got started.
• What makes the Rocky Mountain states (the swath starting at Montana and the Dakotas and moving South) have lower unemployment from start to finish?

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