Quote Originally Posted by Bunty View Post
Life is how you make it.
There seems to be a failure to understand how lack of an educated work force and reliance on low value-added industry, as well as protectionism vs, excellence, and lack of investable capital produces low GDP numbers. Those states also seem to be of a common political belief. There is a pretty clear separation in gdp from the coasts vs the interior low population, less educated and more agrarian states. Florida and Texas are enhanced with big population centers investing billions in high value industries and attracting educated and trained workers from other areas.