The south will rise again and has been for the last 15 years winning the economic war. Think Boeing plant in SC. Would be two but Obama put a stop to the second one. Or BMW and Volkswagen all down south. Compared to Detroit or Chicago.
I believe the above examples speak for themselves and need no more explanation to anyone who has every run a business, or even cares about our country.
In all fairness back years ago some of my best employees came from upstate NY. They talked with a different accent than we have here but they were highly skilled, good at there jobs and worth there weight in Gold to me.
The only true test would be to send 1 million Zombies North and South. I believe in the South they would be stopped cold in VA for years just like General Grant was. Meanwhile I would expect them to cut a wide path through the northern states while everyone looked for a government bailout.
This is all in fun no harm intended. I would like to apologize for my grammar and spelling as mentioned in previous post. Down here we all hit the tobacco fields at age 10 or less no more schooling. That is exactly why Boeing wanted second plant. So they could access uneducated worthless employees.