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Curious as to your line of thinking here. What exactly do the coasts need that only flyover country can provide? I live in a flyover state and I like living he

Curious as to your line of thinking here. What exactly do the coasts need that only flyover country can provide? I live in a flyover state and I like living here just fine, but I find the idea that California is going to crumble if North Dakota stops supporting it to be hilarious.

manigandham 7y ago
Flyover country provides food, manufacturing and talent to many corporations that you don't know but interact with every day. As a 20 year resident of California, this state is absolutely broke and barely survives as it is. It would be a failed nation-state if it was on its own.
- lozaning 7y ago
  I'm gonna argue that all of those things are fungible commodities easily bought by the next supplier should they become unavailable from flyover country. Curious why you've lived for so long in a state you apparently have a lot of disdain for. There must be something keeping you there.
  - manigandham 7y ago
    If they were so easily bought then they would be, but you missed the fact that the state is broke and can't pay for anything anyway. Family keeps my primary residence here, but that's irrelevant to the discussion. Here's an exercise: ask a CA resident to name 10 things that have gotten better over the last decade in this state. I'd be surprised if they name 1.
    - lozaning 7y ago
      These things are commodities, a bushel of corn is a bushel of corn is a bushel of corn. They're not more difficult to buy from elsewhere, the logistic just become marginally more expensive. There's not a buyer in the world that's going to buy the more expensive stuff first, but a marginal increase in logistics cost to buy corn from mexico instead of kansas is not going to result in california sinking into the ocean. What state do you think is just full to the brim with people waiting to talk about how good things are?
- hnews_account_1 7y ago
  All of them are broke. CA, IL, KY etc. Wall Street has fucked the entire nation and the global financial system over. I say this as someone working on Wall Street. The economic hitmen have destroyed the world's monetary system and they need to be thrown in prison.

manigandham 7y ago

Flyover country provides food, manufacturing and talent to many corporations that you don't know but interact with every day. As a 20 year resident of California, this state is absolutely broke and barely survives as it is. It would be a failed nation-state if it was on its own.

lozaning 7y ago
I'm gonna argue that all of those things are fungible commodities easily bought by the next supplier should they become unavailable from flyover country. Curious why you've lived for so long in a state you apparently have a lot of disdain for. There must be something keeping you there.
- manigandham 7y ago
  If they were so easily bought then they would be, but you missed the fact that the state is broke and can't pay for anything anyway. Family keeps my primary residence here, but that's irrelevant to the discussion. Here's an exercise: ask a CA resident to name 10 things that have gotten better over the last decade in this state. I'd be surprised if they name 1.
  - lozaning 7y ago
    These things are commodities, a bushel of corn is a bushel of corn is a bushel of corn. They're not more difficult to buy from elsewhere, the logistic just become marginally more expensive. There's not a buyer in the world that's going to buy the more expensive stuff first, but a marginal increase in logistics cost to buy corn from mexico instead of kansas is not going to result in california sinking into the ocean. What state do you think is just full to the brim with people waiting to talk about how good things are?
hnews_account_1 7y ago
All of them are broke. CA, IL, KY etc. Wall Street has fucked the entire nation and the global financial system over. I say this as someone working on Wall Street. The economic hitmen have destroyed the world's monetary system and they need to be thrown in prison.