[blueerica]

I think the way I've always seen it is that a larger portion of the US has opted out of the manufacturing industry. Certainly, there are strongholds of manufacturing, particularly in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, but that's mostly in the processing of food and certain manufacturing materials, but I've been under the impression that people are (generally) setting themselves up for higher education aspirations and that most people don't get their Bachelor's degree just so they can build a Barbie doll... maybe market that doll, but attaching heads notsomuch.