The free trade agreements, especially NAFTA and TPP, also deal with China and H-1B visa destroyed more jobs than create more jobs, that how our state suffered from massive loss after many textile mills closed. There is no future in Alabama unless you want to be doctor, lawyer, teacher, specialist, legislator and police officer (or law enforcement agencies).
For US, it will be depends on individual states - some of them have very good growth and some of them are not growing at all, also Canada is doing well, especially in BC and Ontario.
