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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn’t read the article, but the wealth at Alabama is shocking - families with private planes, kids with Porsches, etc.  [/quote]

Why is it shocking? Because the underlying assumption is that rich people should go somewhere else? Or that you're shocked to know that everyone in Alabama isn't a dirt poor hick?[/quote]

Alabama is dirt poor hick.

Last in the nation for education and feeding kids. Elected moron Tommy and child sexual abuser Roy Moore.

Historically, the state has been prone to political corruption, with convictions or forced resignations of governors, a speaker of the house, and a chief justice in the past few decades. In 2017, Governor Robert Bentley resigned and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor campaign finance violations to avoid impeachment.
The scandal revolved around his extramarital affair with his senior political adviser, which he was accused of attempting to cover up using state and campaign resources.n 1993, Alabama's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Guy Hunt, was convicted on ethics charges and forced to resign.
He was found guilty of illegally using state money for personal use, including his inaugural fund.

Alabama land of stupids continually voting in trash that lies, are criminals and keeps you stupid[/quote]

So stay shocked that your stereotyping led you astray. As I said, everyone isn't dirt poor. [/quote]

+100. Those who ignore the rising economic power of the South, holding tightly to outdated stereotypes and cliches, are the stupid ones. States have made it a very advantageous place for companies and the brains and the money are following. The influx of college students from the NE indicate a cultural "brain-drain"  A lot of those kids return to NYC or DC, but a lot of them stay. Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville - they are no longer small time players in law, finance, medicine, banking, venture capital, PE, etc.

The politics of the South are no less corrupt or stupid than any other state's - check out Rhode Island/Mass/or California's scandals. Chicago doesn't have a great track record either do they?

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I mean…the south is still a small time player in law, finance, banking, venture capital and VC.

There is more Venture Capital in one block on Sand Hill Road than the entire South.  More VC in Boston than all of the South.  Like 100x more private equity in NYC than all of the south.  BigLaw is entirely concentrated on the coasts.

It’s not a knock on the south…none of those centers will ever be displaced…ever.[/quote]

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