Climate Zones Shape Eastern US Economies

Where you live in the Eastern US literally dictates your paycheck. It is wild how three specific climate

zones control everything from what you eat to how you make money. Down in the humid

Subtropical south, the heat fuels a massive economy of citrus, cotton,

and tourism, plus you have to dodge the occasional alligator. Move up to the Warm

Temperate middle, and it is all about corn, tobacco, and massive shipping

ports. Then you hit the Cool Temperate north where you freeze for half the year,

but the trade-off is endless maple syrup, lobster, and timber.

The weather outside isn't just small talk, it is the blueprint for the entire economy.