Allright, Texas is pretty industrialized, just not in the way you think it should be....
Texas relies on the cattle trade, oil, and high tech indusntries. I mean Texas leads the nation in many high tech productions. I can list some if you want, but you can find them on Texas' main website.
And to say that the south is not very industrialized is not too far from the truth, but you have to realize is the north is too not very industrialized. You have to look at this state to state.
Maine is not an industrial state, niether is Missisippi or Alabama, and in the west, Wyoming, Montana and possibly New Mexico and Arizonia. The latter being becuase it is too hot and would waste water if we place too many plants there.
But look at Idaho, and Utah, several years ago they were just small states that made no difference on the national stage. But since industry moved in, and no not to Salt Lake, Ogden or St George, but smaller cities like Logan, Fillmore, and even Tremonton saw increases in industrial output and population boomed, in Logan alone, the population went from 30,000 to 70,000 in just 3 years. If that is not industry then I don't know what is.
Again you have to look at where and what industries make up the production of the nation;
Coco-Cola is based in Atlanta Georgia and is the one of the biggest industries in the world.
Tropicania is based in Floridia and is one of the nations leading orange juice producers.
We have coal mines in Virginia.
Steel factories in Penn.
Cattle in Texas.
Oil in Alaska.
Sunscreen in Hawaii. (joke of course.)
Salt in Utah.
Airplanes in Washington.
Cars in Michigan.
Cheese in Wisconson.
Paper in Alabama.
Shipyard in Mississippi. (Also Industries overtook farming in this state in 1965. Quote below.)
Among many others......
In 1936 Mississippi began a program to promote the expansion of manufacturing, and in 1965 the state's industrial employment exceeded the number of agricultural workers for the first time. The state's major manufactured goods include forest and chemical products. The Ingalls Shipyard, at Pascagoula, is the state's largest employer.
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