As I have stated before. A: most of the "BLUE STATES" are have been in a Depression for the last two years. B: THE DEPRESSION is ongoing and will continue for decades as "Structual Unemployment and "GOVT POLICY" is pushing the economy deeper into the abyss. HOWEVER THER IS C! TEXAS, has the largest job growth in the entire country and our economy is coming back strong. WE ARE NO WHERE NEAR A DEPRESSION and WILL NOT BE!!!! WE HAVE THE LARGEST NATURAL GAS FIND IN HISTORY OF THE US, on going now, Pro business state gov....Guns, Land, gold, water ports, etc. ALABAMA is seeing huge growth in their MOBILE port and Transporation by SEA!!! It is cheaper to SHIP FROM MOBILE than anywere in the US!!!! AL will be in a serious growth mode, as it is starting now, when more and more manufactures move to the state. NORTH DAK. HUGE EXPANSION on Oil and Energy and their economy is boooooooming! There are a few more states that are doing very well. So, anyone in the "DEPRESSED ZONES" who are not scumbag liberals, who are not champions of FREE LOADERS but who are hard workers, capitalist, come on down to TEXAS before its to late!