I mentioned Ohio/Michigan in my reply to another comment; here, I'd also like to point out that the stats aren't discussed impartially. For example: > Alabama

I mentioned Ohio/Michigan in my reply to another comment; here, I'd also like to point out that the stats aren't discussed impartially. For example: > Alabama has been trying on the nickname “New Detroit.” Its burgeoning auto parts industry employs 26,000 workers, who last year earned $1.3 billion in wages An average of $50,000 per year. Assuming that suspiciously round number is accurate, those are good wages in Alabama. Yet the author writes in the next paragraph: "Pay is low". Is that simply because the author lives in New York and can't imagine a place where $50,000/year buys a good life?