Quote Originally Posted by nain rouge View Post

I'm not a big fan of Southern developmental patterns. My point is that the South is eating Michigan's lunch right now. Virginia obliterates Michigan. Texas is doing much better. Georgia just passed us. North Carolina will too, if current trends continue. You're living in the past.
Virginia is a special case because of all the Federal jobs. Would NoVA be as wealthy if the government spread its agencies around the nation?