Reply to "America’s Richest (and Poorest) States"

KariSenior Member

ba$eman posted:
Kari posted:
The West Coast is where the action is at. California has always been the richest State and if it were a country it would have the 4th largest GDP behind The US, China and Japan. Silicon Valley, agriculture (which can feed the world and its wine) and minerals (49ers baby!) and oil are all thriving industries, not to mention San Fran's Venture Capital market.
Then there's Washington State with Seattle - a city that is fast becoming another San Francisco with its technology hub and finance. And Oregon.
Yes yes Kari-in-the-know, it's # 9 and has 16.4% poverty, that makes it 20% quartile. How does that make it the richest?

My comments were not about per capita rankings fools. It's about the strength of those States' economies. Throw in Massachusetts (the hub of medical tech among other things), Texas for its oil, and Illinois and you have the major engines of America's growth. They're all Democratic States, except Texas.

10/10/169:30 AM

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