The South was economically speaking essentially very, very, very behind until WW2 and its after match. They didn't recover 'just fine'. And considering that th

The South was economically speaking essentially very, very, very behind until WW2 and its after match. They didn't recover 'just fine'. And considering that the South was literally turning into traditional aristocracy including changing low codes and so on, now is much closer to what we would consider the center.