Globe and Mail: "Out of Nowhere," Canada Became Poorer Than Alabama
Alabama?
Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail asks how it's possible that "out of nowhere," Canada became poorer than ... gasp! ... Alabama.
The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) ~ Out of nowhere, Canada became poorer than Alabama. How is that possible?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-out-of-nowhere-canada-became-poorer-than-alabama-how-is-that-possible/?utm_source=dlvr.it&;utm_medium=twitter
"For an overdue wake-up call, The Globe travelled to the Deep South to understand how the state is breaking stereotypes and, at times, looking richer than Canada," writes Tim Kiladze, reporting from Huntsville.
... Alabama tropes are hard to shake: The state is backward and full of bible thumpers and bigots – allegedly. When local companies try to hire from afar, Mayor Battle says recruits often hear the same responses when telling their spouses: “‘Huntsville?’ With one question mark. Then they say, ‘Alabama???’ With three question marks.”
Translation: You’ve got to be kidding me. ...
For eons, Canadians have viewed Alabama as a small state that, save for a few pockets, is dirt poor. All anybody seems to know about Alabama is that Montgomery and Birmingham were the centre of the civil rights movement. In 1963, when Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” he called Birmingham “probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States.”
Polling Canada doesn't believe it:
Polling Canada (@CanadianPolling) ~ Genuinely very funny people are arguing Alabama has a higher standard of living than Canada. Are they smoking crack? 😭
Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) ~ {Replying to @CanadianPolling} Alabama does have a higher standard of living compared to Canada, with a GDP per capita of $66,000 USD compared to Canada’s $54,000. It’s also got warm beaches, great food, and home to NASA’s primary hub for rocketry and propulsion.
Blargeaux (@blargeauxite) ~ Alabama has a nice variety of geography from beautiful white beaches around Gulf Shores to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains on the Cumberland Plateau near Huntsville (aka Rocket City), which is the engineering backbone of NASA's propulsion and heavy-lift capabilities.
Ward Presley (@flat3rth) ~ Alabama produces more cars than Canada.
OldSaltCityAce (@OldSaltCityAce) ~ Interesting ... the population of Canada is about 5 times that of Alabama, but the Canadian army is only about twice the size of the Alabama National Guard. Also, Alabama has a battleship ... Canada doesn't.
Heh heh heh ... the U.S.S. Alabama is retired, but she is still afloat at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, AL.
"Canadians could probably stomach having their living standards slip relative to the broader U.S., the epicentre of the world’s tech revolution. But, Alabama?" writes Kiladze, asking again.
JWF (@JammieWF) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail and @CanadianPolling} You really don't know, but you still voted for it.
Andy Dayes (@AndyDayes) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} Out of nowhere? Where have you been for the past 10 years?
Ardent Maven (@ArdentMaven) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} Socialists ruin everything they touch.
Chris D'Héry (@ChrisDHry1) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail}
Jonatan Pallesen (@jonatanpallesen) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail}
Myshkin (@ode_to_fyodor) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} Have you ever been to Alabama? It's incredibly nice there. The streets are clean and safe, the people are kind, the beaches are beautiful, and yes it's much more well off than you imagine because it isn't being destroyed by its own government.
It's SO nice, in fact, that even Buckwheats visiting from Ohio are thrilled to enjoy steaming bowls of buttery grits while they are there!
Sunni (@ControGorilla) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} Oh, it’s not out of nowhere.
John Birch Society (@The_JBS) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} Canadian elites have spent the past few decades putting their people last in a way that no other western nation has come close to. Nobody is surprised by this.
Hmmm ... maybe Canadians should rethink their resistance to U.S. statehood, eh?
Canada Roast (@CanadaRoast) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} "oUt oF nOwHeRe"
Shooting News Weekly (@SN_Weekly_) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} It’s almost as if no one at @globeandmail has any idea who’s been running things in Ottawa for the last decade.
Fergus Hodgson, CAIA (@FergHodgson) ~ {Replying to @globeandmail} "Nowhere." It is a mystery.
The "How did that happen out of nowhere?" question is rhetorical. It's a lengthy piece with a long history of Alabama's growth, but there's no mention of how Canada's GDP dropped. They really don't know.
Oh, Canada!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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