"Bob Weinberger" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
.net...
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...explain why I
posted the unemployment figures for the "hightech"
west coast vs North Carolina.
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Well, just to poke the bear and keep this highly entertaining dust-up
alive (aka stirring the ****)

Gilding the lily, as it were, but it can't hurt anything.

I'll point out that North Carolina's Research Triangle is every bit as
much a "hightech mecca" as California's Silicon Valley or Oregon's Silicon
Forest or Washington's whatever cutsie tech nickname they use for the
Micro$oft HQ area. In each case those areas make up only a small portion
of their respective states, are not the driving force of the state's
economy, and do not make up anything approaching a majority of the
workforce in their states.

Well, I know that is true with regard to California, and I'm willing to take
it on faith that you're right about the others.

So a strong case can be made that the west coast is not materially more
"hightech" than North Carolina.

Well, it's an interesting observation but it's going to take more than what
you've given us so far to make it a strong case.

In any case, we now have a start in addressing one of Mark's supporting
arguments......but it falls far short negating the point he was trying to
bolster.

Wolfgang