Those states on the top, the educated, higher IQ states are also the most distraught. They have experienced the most of the negative economic impact in the 2000's - so naturally they will go against the ruling party during an economic downturn. Those states are harder to conduct business in, demand higher salaries, have the most expensive real estate, have higher taxes, ect. Particularly in your "liberalized, Euro-American" cities. Some of the homeless that you speak of RebelKev have jobs, but just can't afford a place to live - especially in the pricey Puget Sound region. On the other hand, ephemeral cities like Charlotte, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, Austin, Boise, and Atlanta have unprecedented growth and their costs are relatively low. But if history shows a pattern, other ephemeral cities like San Diego and Seattle, which previously boomed, have become pricey and as difficult to do business as in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston. On the bubble of following this pattern is the state of Florida, particularly in the Southeast and Southwest.
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