I heard an interesting (and certain to be inflammatory) take the other day: "When we visit the USA, we look at it the same way you might look at Fiji or some o

I heard an interesting (and certain to be inflammatory) take the other day: "When we visit the USA, we look at it the same way you might look at Fiji or some other underdeveloped country." While I can explain part of that view as differences in cultural priorities (i.e. US residents valuing extensive highways over high speed rail). What I can certainly agree with is that internally in the USA, some states rate of progress far exceeds that of others to the extent that without significant leadership at the federal level there will certainly be "two Americas".