Correlation coefficient of -71%. That is stunningly high.
Illinois is (just barely, though!) on the ‘virtuous’ side.
Someone please come up with a better (i.e., higher than 71% correlation coefficient) explanation as to why we, MA, and NY have such a mess on our hands, much worse than The Heartland.
Yep, things are amiss here in SoCal, and not just in Temecula/Murrieta/Corona.
Preemptive appeal to The Bench (admin) and Gunny Hunny: JWM asked a question, and I merely provided a data-driven, naturally-following answer.