This is America’s Least Diverse City…and It’s Not Black or White
The most diverse city in the United States is Gaithersburg, Maryland, while the least ethno-racially diverse place is Laredo, Texas. In fact, four Maryland cities — including Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and Rockville, all in Montgomery County, right outside of Washington, D.C. — are in the top five when it comes to diversity in small […]
These Are America’s Richest & Poorest States
Mississippi is the nation’s poorest state while Maryland ranks as its richest, according to newly released information from the US Census Bureau. In addition to Mississippi, the three poorest states include West Virginia and Arkansas. Relatively low levels of education could be a factor in the poverty and lower incomes in all three states. At the […]
Swimmers Attempt ‘Scary Bridge’ Challenge
In 1990, I joined a masters swimming team in Washington, DC., a group of adults who gathered several times a week to work out. While some on the team were excellent competitive swimmers, others merely swam with the group for fitness and had never swum competitively before. One day, a member of the team suggested […]
Pushy or Nice? Exploring Personality Types of US States
The friendly Southerner, the brash New Yorker, the nice Midwesterner. These are all stereotypes associated with certain U.S. states and regions, but is there any truth to them? To find out, Truity, a personality and career assessment website, surveyed more than 12,000 residents in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine whether […]
500 Years Later, America’s Renaissance Rendezvous
It’s a scene straight out of Tudor England: Two knights clad in full body armor sit atop horses on either end of a long, dirt-floored stadium. Suddenly, at the blare of a fanfare trumpet, the men take off, jousting lances in hand, ready to knock their opponent off his horse. Watching from the sidelines, an […]