Bankruptcy brings another dubious honor

The dark shades represent bankruptcy court districts with the largest amounts of debt owed by consumers. Filers in the Central District of California (that's us) were in the hole by an average of $375,875 last year. That's not the highest district (Northern California and East Texas were considerably higher), but by point of comparison, North Dakota was at $113,155. Hey, look at it this way: the weather is nicer here. Here's the report (h/t California Watch)