15% Rebate Promotion at Ebates this Week

For their "birthday week", Ebates is running a promotion this week with 15% rebates for 200+ stores.
A few example stores :
Petco
Kohls
Macy's
Staples
JCPenney

Standard Ebates blurb: To get cash back from Ebates you need to be signed up with Ebates.  Then simply go to Ebates to get the referral to the store before you do your shopping.  I also get a referral bonus if you use my links to sign up with Ebates.  

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Mass Transit Usage By State

Have you been yearning to find out how Delaware ranked in usage of mass transit versus the other states?    I know you have.   I used a couple data sources to figure the number of annual trips in mass transit taken per capita for each state.    Spoiler alert:  Delaware is #22.

I got the annual trips per state off of Table 4-4: Urban Transit Ridership by State and Transit Mode: 2013 at Dot.gov.     I then divided by the population of each state for 2013 found at Enchanted Learning.com


Here is the list alphabetically by state :

State	Annual trips per capita	Rank
Alabama	1.6	49
Alaska	6.9	32
Arizona	15.1	18
Arkansas	2.0	46
California	37.4	7
Colorado	20.8	13
Connecticut	12.5	20
Delaware	12.1	22
District of Columbia	639.9	1
Florida	14.6	19
Georgia	16.1	16
Hawaii	52.0	5
Idaho	1.7	48
Illinois	52.3	4
Indiana	5.3	34
Iowa	7.4	31
Kansas	2.6	42
Kentucky	6.2	33
Louisiana	8.3	28
Maine	4.1	38
Maryland	24.2	12
Massachusetts	63.5	3
Michigan	10.0	25
Minnesota	19.1	15
Mississippi	0.7	51
Missouri	11.3	23
Montana	2.4	43
Nebraska	3.5	39
Nevada	26.7	11
New Hampshire	2.9	41
New Jersey	44.0	6
New Mexico	7.9	29
New York	201.9	2
North Carolina	7.4	30
North Dakota	3.5	40
Ohio	9.7	26
Oklahoma	2.0	45
Oregon	31.7	10
Pennsylvania	36.1	8
Rhode Island	19.5	14
South Carolina	2.4	44
South Dakota	1.8	47
Tennessee	4.8	35
Texas	11.0	24
Utah	16.1	17
Vermont	4.4	37
Virginia	8.9	27
Washington	34.9	9
West Virginia	4.6	36
Wisconsin	12.3	21
Wyoming	0.8	50

Here is the sorted list with the highest usage level on down :

State	Annual trips per capita	Rank
District of Columbia	639.9	1
New York	201.9	2
Massachusetts	63.5	3
Illinois	52.3	4
Hawaii	52.0	5
New Jersey	44.0	6
California	37.4	7
Pennsylvania	36.1	8
Washington	34.9	9
Oregon	31.7	10
Nevada	26.7	11
Maryland	24.2	12
Colorado	20.8	13
Rhode Island	19.5	14
Minnesota	19.1	15
Georgia	16.1	16
Utah	16.1	17
Arizona	15.1	18
Florida	14.6	19
Connecticut	12.5	20
Wisconsin	12.3	21
Delaware	12.1	22
Missouri	11.3	23
Texas	11.0	24
Michigan	10.0	25
Ohio	9.7	26
Virginia	8.9	27
Louisiana	8.3	28
New Mexico	7.9	29
North Carolina	7.4	30
Iowa	7.4	31
Alaska	6.9	32
Kentucky	6.2	33
Indiana	5.3	34
Tennessee	4.8	35
West Virginia	4.6	36
Vermont	4.4	37
Maine	4.1	38
Nebraska	3.5	39
North Dakota	3.5	40
New Hampshire	2.9	41
Kansas	2.6	42
Montana	2.4	43
South Carolina	2.4	44
Oklahoma	2.0	45
Arkansas	2.0	46
South Dakota	1.8	47
Idaho	1.7	48
Alabama	1.6	49
Wyoming	0.8	50
Mississippi	0.7	51

I don't see any real surprises here.    Its almost a ranking of highly urban states to mostly rural states.
D.C. and NYC have very high usage rates.    Wyoming and South Dakota do not.


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Millenials Aren't Abandoning Homeownership

Take a look at this chart from the Census.gov site:

Look at that purple line at the bottom plummet at slightly faster rate than some of the other color lines!!!  Kids these days.    Sorry for the sarcasm, but I think the graphic should illustrate that the homeownership trend for young people isn't really much different than the population in general.   People in the 45-54 and 55-64 age groups dropped at just about the same pace as people under 35.  


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Entertainment.com Books for $8.25 After Ebates Cash Back

Entertainment.com has their coupon books for $10 with free shipping.

Ebates is running 17.5% cash back on Entertainment.com.  

So using the Ebates site and buying a book you can get it for $8.25 total after the cash back.

The Entertainment.com site says its a "flash sale" so I don't know how long it will last.


I can't vouch for the quality of the coupon books nowadays and its going to depend on your local market and what you want as far as coupons.    Last time we bought a book we didn't use it but you may get better value out of it.  


Standard Ebates blurb: To get cash back from Ebates you need to be signed up with Ebates.  Then simply go to Ebates to get the referral to the store before you do your shopping.  I also get a referral bonus if you use my links to sign up with Ebates.   

--This article does contain referral links which will hopefully pay this site a big commission for purchases made at the sites.