Sentences with phrase «than the rest of the country on»

California has always had a special waiver from the EPA allowing them to impose higher emissions standards than the rest of the country on any cars sold in - state.

The cost of living in West Virginia is estimated to be around 5.6 % cheaper than the rest of the country on average.

Idaho real estate is a bit less expensive than the rest of the country on average.

Not exact matches

In some parts of the country (hi, New York and the rest of the Northeast), the percentage spent on housing can be even higher than the 37 % average.

Those rates are relatively on - par with the rest of the world, yet Americans are ten times more likely to die at the barrel of a gun than people in other rich countries.

Based on Google search index results, there appears to be several distinct reasons for a population to search for a brand in much higher volume than in the rest of the country.

Ticket prices are nearly 50 % higher, on average, than is the norm in the rest of the country.

Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a) increase domestic investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).

(*) Working with the rest of the world to change WTO rules making it mandatory that countries running a trade deficit more than 1 % of their GDP must impose a 10 % surcharge on imports; while a country running a surplus more than 1 % of GDP must impose a 10 % surcharge on export prices.

I find it fascinating that everyone is fixated on the «3rd world country» term and nobody seems have any objection to the rest of that statement... that is other than to say that I am delusional... no hard, factual arguments against it.

The figures may be influenced by the fact Christians on average older than the rest of the country.

All this being done, in sincerity and truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope authorized by the Divine teachings, that the united cry of the Nation will be heard on high, and answered with blessings, no less than the pardon of our national sins, and the restoration of our now divided and suffering country, to its former happy condition of unity and peace.

Health care in this country costs more than anywhere else on earth, yet, our quality of care and accessibility lags behind all the rest of the developed nations.

An analysis of the most recent USDA Census of Agriculture determined that direct market farm sales grew three times as fast in Appalachia as compared to the rest of the country and that Appalachian consumers spend more per capita on direct farms sales than the rest of the country.

One winery in the Texas Hill Country has over 1000 members in their wine club and has more credit card charges on the day they ship their wine club packages than they do for the entire rest of the month.

Investigations by this Economic Intelligence magazine indicate that both religious and cultural undertones are largely responsible in some parts of the country, notably in the North - West and North - East on female applicants due to early marriage than the rest of the geopolitical zones in the country.

His willingness to lead on campaign finance reform is just as important, and I believe we are closer than ever to finally enacting a law that could be a model for the rest of the country.»

«The one thing I learned serving on the platform committee is that the Republican Party is a little different in New York than the rest of the country,» Dadey said.

For putting a human face on the civil war in Rwanda, and for all future wars in remote regions filled with people who may not look or speak the same language as the rest of us, Hotel Rwanda more than succeeds in relating just why it is so important to not turn a blind eye to events happening in other countries.

On the first two «costs» the book provides no evidence of harm, other than summary statements about segregation, expressing concern that «education programs that serve low - income and minority students have become quite different from those that serve the rest of the student population,» (p. 225) and that «charter schools have moved the country farther away from the collective and democratic forms of education.»

More than five years in, Kentucky may be ahead of the rest of the country on its use of the Common Core, but Common Core's supporters say the state and the standards still need more time to move the needle.

«Gas prices definitely play a role in hybrid interest, because West Coast cities traditionally have higher gas prices on average than the rest of the country,» said Cars.com editor Patrick Olsen.

«One of the great problems we have... is the myth that because our population is older than the rest of the country, that's a terrible thing and we're a terrible draw on resources,» he said in an interview.

On the other hand, many parts of the state have average apartment costs that are less than most of the rest of the country.

If you include civil twilight, Alaska gets 40 minutes more light on average than the rest of the country.

Little more than a hamlet of holiday cottages and homes, Vermaaklikheid rests on the banks of the Duivenshok River — one of the only remaining pristine estuaries in the country and part of a conservancy (i.e. no speed boats).

On the Delta Award chart above you'll see that South Africa (the country, not a region designation) requires 20,000 miles more round - trip than the rest of Africa.

Perhaps it was the country air, but after a few hours the six of us (on a Travel Massive road trip through South Africa) unanimously cancel our plans for the rest of the day and stay longer than originally intended.

California has $.5 / gal higher gas prices than the rest of the country because the prop 32 controls on green house emissions and block fracking in the monterey shale.

BRUSSELS (Reuters)- France and Spain banned industrial fishing of endangered bluefin tuna late on Tuesday for the rest of this season after fishermen from both countries exhausted their quotas more quickly than anticipated.

New Yorkers consume far less electricity than everyone else in the United States: 4,700 kWh per year versus 11,000 kWh on average in the rest of the country.

Rather than «saving» us, the GOP is setting the country on a dangerous course of inaction and active obstruction, leaving the rest of the world to wonder whether the U.S. is headed toward total scientific illiteracy and denial under Republican leadership.

As a result, the Alberta Legislature is in a better position to know (and put on the Order Paper) what's (probably) coming than its counterparts in most of the rest of the country.

On average, drivers in Mississippi pay a bit less than those across the rest of the country for their car insurance.

Thanks to some unfortunate statistics that we'll look at shortly, drivers in Washington DC pay considerably more for their car insurance than those in the rest of the country, on average.

On the other hand, many parts of the state have average apartment costs that are less than most of the rest of the country.

Other than charging a little less than the national average for homeowners policies ($ 669 compared to $ 804), New Hampshire home insurance providers are pretty much on par with the rest of the country when it comes to the type of protection available.

From colonial New Haven estates to Litchfield farmhouses, prices in Connecticut are going to be higher on average than the rest of the country.

Vardi said, «Miami's property market continues to outperform the rest of the country as condominium sales in 2011 increased by more than 50 %, year - on - year.

Ryan mentions that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may have purchased a home in California; Ryan reviews the economic events of the prior week; Ryan notes that interest rate are still heading down; Ryan notes that the DC real estate market is competitive on the buy and rent sides and that would be renters in the DC area are turning into would be buyers; Louis notes that the DC housing dynamic is different from the rest of the country where housing prices are down and there is plenty of inventory; Louis notes that if it is cheaper to buy than rent that it makes sense to get a long term low interest rate loan; Louis talks about the benefits of visiting HomeGain.com; Louis discusses the HomeGain FSBO vs. Realtor survey and the advantages of hiring a REALTOR; Louis and Ryan discuss the HomeGain home improvement survey and recount the types of home improvements that provide the best return on investment; Ryan and Louis talk about pricing strategies for selling a home; Louis and Ryan discuss the differences between pricing a short sale and pricing a non short sale home; Louis notes pricing a home too high may keep the home on the market a long time and that the more days a home is on the market makes a home look like damaged good; Ryan describes short sales as foreclosure avoidance and discusses the impact of each on FICO scores; Ryan talks about the options that people with underwater mortgages have; Louis mentions that 72 % of home buyers and sellers pick the first real estate agent they meet and points out the value in comparing agents first using HomeGain's Find a REALTOR program; Louis can Ryan discuss the level of shadow inventory the impact on sellers as more inventory gets released;