• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    19 hours ago

    If you are wondering what that red spot in Wyoming ans adjacent green in Idaho is, they are the Teton counties (one on each state).

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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      19 hours ago

      Nah, Teton County is easy to understand although I do question how they have a higher percentage than Albany County. What I’m really wondering about though is that orange county in South Western Colorado. WTF is that about?

      • spongebue@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        San Miguel County. There isn’t too much there, but it does have Telluride, a very posh ski town. If I had to guess, I would say the less-educated staff (hotel housekeeping, restaurant servers, lift operators, etc) are only there seasonally but business owners/managers and maybe some remote workers are there permanently, skewing things a bit?

        I would LOVE to see a better answer than mine!

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          16 hours ago

          I’m pretty sure this is the answer. That county is super sparsely populated, outside of Telluride. Telluride is a mini Aspen, so is populated by wealthy (and thus usually educated) people.