oh my lord.. have you even looked at the statistics for manufacturing? when it started to decline and when the decline was sharpest?
and US city rents..what on earth was all that about?
before you go through this crap at us maybe you understand the statistic you use or reference.
US rents -
Methodology Figures were released by the U.S. Census in April 2013. "Gross rent" is the monthly rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities (electricity, gas, water, sewer) and fuel (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.). The U.S. Census considers households "burdened" if their gross rent amounts to more than 35% of household income. The top 20 MSAs are displayed.
the highest 'GROSS' rent in the US in 2011 was $1,460 - PER MONTH!
Sector Lead, Acorn - if you're reading..are you slowly starting to understand what I'm carrying on about in terms of cost of living and its link to wages? have either of you been to America to see how much it cost to eat and buy cloths? what about a bottle of water?
