[bert]

.....That’s because the retirees with cash are moving in....

We are also getting famalies coming up from Florida, but the main reason is that we have a strong industrial economy that has global reach.

Tennesse exports are booming.

[dennisw]

We are also getting famalies coming up from Florida, but the main reason is that we have a strong industrial economy that has global reach.

Like toddster always says-- We are an importing superpower. That's how we run 750 billion dollar trade deficits while a similarly industrialized country, Germany, runs trade surpluses of ~180 billion dollars per year. Prolly more now since U$D has sunk versus the Euro 

I'm curious. What does Tennessee export abroad besides country music? Is it auto parts made by Jap owned companies in Tennessee?

[ladyjane]

You’re right about families coming up from Florida. They’re called “half-backs” because they moved to Florida, didn’t like it for whatever reason, and moved back north to the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia.