Our Views: New growth along Gulf

Demographer Joel Kotkin listed the Gulf Coast as one of the four growth areas, the others being in the mountain West and the southeastern states along the Atlantic seaboard. No surprise in those two, although Kotkin is also high on the prospects of the states of the Great Plains, where costs of living are low. We might also note that a worldwide rise in “primary commodities” such as grain and other foods could also fuel a surprising growth in the Plains states.