Since World War II, a North has declined neatly as well as a industrial bottom has decayed, whilst a race of a South has soared. Following a 2010 Census, a South (defined as all former worker states before to a Civil War) will have some-more electoral votes than a North for a initial time in American story (defined as all Northeastern as well as Midwestern giveaway states before to a Civil War).
What has caused this as well as how do we consider it will start a domestic destiny of a United States?
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Mostly climate. As people have become wealthier they have become more mobile and have preferred to live in the warmer, sunnier states of the south. Also, southern workers have tended to have lower expectations than northerners raised in powerful unions who expect more from industrial jobs. Industry moves south because they can offer less and still attract laborers for whom that offer is an improvement. Politically this is unlikely to have too much impact because as the demographics change the values of the northern states have supplanted those of the south.
That’s a myth, some cities in the North are are thriving. NYC and Chicago come to mind, whereas the “Sunbelt” may be playing itself out. I know Atlanta and Memphis are no longer showcase cities… True, in the 1980’s, Saturn passed up Chicago and Detroit to locate in Tennessee. And Honda built a plant in Marysville, Oh, but why? The workers there were not unionized, and the ones in Chicago and Detroit were. There ought to be a law against doing that.
Large unions in the northern work place has raised wages so high that the employer cant keep up. Prices of goods like automobiles, steel, textiles and many others have gone out of sight. Wages have jumped up higher and higher till the employer has to close or contract the work out of country. The south has some union jobs but wages hasn’t gotten out of hand yet.
Anther reason is the cost of living in the north is much higher, heating oil, insurance, groceries and taxes all are higher. The weather is another factor, the long winters cost of heating is much higher.