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Re:Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her, Then Her Job Moved ... by closeparen on Saturday October 14, 2017 @05:35PM (#15474444)
The US is nowhere near homogeneous. At best, it's bimodal (coastal megacities vs. interior). There are labor arbitrage opportunities of more than 2x between i.e. Mississippi and DC [0]. Discussions about Silicon Valley's housing crisis routinely beg tech companies to engage in labor arbitrage by opening satellite offices or permitting remote workers in cheaper parts of the country.

The chasm between human development in a country's cities vs. its countryside is even wider around the world.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income

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Re:Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her, Then Her Job Moved ... by chroem- on Saturday October 14, 2017 @05:46PM (#15474512)
>The US is nowhere near homogeneous.

Ah yes, that would be the definition of relatively.

Or are you implying that the difference in development between SF and Mobile, AL is bigger than the difference between the United States and Bangladesh? Because I would be highly suspect of that implication...

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