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June 22, 2013
As the North Rests on Its Laurels, the South Is Rising Fast
The South’s advantages come in no small part from decisions that many Northern liberals detest—lack of unions, lower wages, and less stringent environment laws. But for many Southerners, particularly in rural areas, a job at the Toyota plant with a $15-an-hour starting salary, and full medical benefits, is a vast improvement over a minimum-wage job at Wal-Mart, much less your father’s fate chopping cotton on a tenant farm. - Joel KotkinPosted by gerardvanderleun at June 22, 2013 12:02 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.