Sentences with phrase «newer than the rest of the nation»

For instance, homes in Idaho are on average 15 years newer than the rest of the nation.

Not exact matches

In many ways — homeownership, educational attainment, income, and demographics — Staten Island more closely resembles the nation than the rest of New York City.

But the rest of the continent tried out the idea of the nation state, especially in the 1918 - 1939 period, decided it didn't like it, and abandoned it in favor of a new supranational experiment, this time secular and bureaucratic rather than religious.

«One of the things we'd like to understand is where does this five years come from and more importantly, even if it is moved to five years, it's still substantially less than the rest of the nation which means that a New York survivor who is raped will still have less civil rights than his or her counterparts in the rest of the United States of America.»

New York taxpayers are second only to California ($ 97 billion) in the total amount claimed as IRS deductions for state and local taxes — mostly because income and property taxes in the two states are generally higher than the rest of the nation.

«In less than three weeks Democrats will comprise a majority of the New York State Senate and have the chance to be a progressive beacon to the rest of the nation,» said Mike Murphy, noting that the party unilaterally controls only six other state governments across the country.

A new sense of urgency seems to have sent in over the last several years as the state is set to lose two more House seats after it failed to grow at a faster rate than the rest of the nation.

This state pays much more to the federal government than it gets in return, and I urge Congress to do the right thing by passing this bill and helping to level the playing field between New York and the rest of the nation once and for all.»

Christodoulou, who used to be head of assessment at Ark Schools before moving to her new post this summer, said the purpose of the tests was to give teachers a way to measure the «absolute» progress of their individual pupils over the year — rather than be stuck with their «relative» progress against the rest of the nation as shown by the government's headline progress measures.

New England and the Pacific Northwest are designated Subaru nations, and while the rest of the states may feign some interest in Subaru's quirky, no - nonsense cars, those regions buy more of them than anywhere else.

You can safely become excited about this, because you'll be pleased to learn that the cost of living in New Mexico is about 7 % lower than the rest of the nation as well.

But as a medical assistant considering employment in West Virginia, you can enter your new place of work relaxed and committed, because the average pay across this state for our position is much higher than the rest of the nation.