Go Mid-West

Go mid-west, young man.

Long ago, opportunity was to be found on the west coast--as Horace Greeley would sometimes advise his readers.


These days with the national unemployment rate at 10%, and certainly above that is some states, particularly along the west coast, there are few places of full employment--which might be defined as 4%.

The bright spots of full employment can be found in the agricultural counties of the Great Plains. Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas seem immune to the wave of persistent joblessness, at least for now.