Sentences with phrase «than the rest of the country because»

Virginia and Maryland are doing better than the rest of the country because of their proximity to Washington, D.C. and the federal government, which keeps spending and spending.

California has $.5 / gal higher gas prices than the rest of the country because the prop 32 controls on green house emissions and block fracking in the monterey shale.

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«Most stayed in the U.S. for the rest of their careers because the economic and professional opportunities here were better than in their home countries.»

Spain could therefore either use the imported German capital to (a) increase domestic investment (which it did in the form of a real estate bubble)(b) binge on consumption and sharply reduce its savings as a function of GDP (which it also did)(c) accept higher unemployment (which it is now forced to do) which forces GDP to fall faster than consumption falls or (d) try to emulate Germany by passing off a trade imbalance at the expense of the rest of the world (which Europe as a whole is trying to do and which will go nowhere in the long run because only one country is even remotely capable of accepting such massive inflows, and it is increasingly unwilling to import the unemployment caused by German and Asian policies).

The rest have languished almost entirely unknown, whether because the records of their lives have been lost, because the countries in which they died have been literally inaccessible, or because the governments under which they were persecuted have been less than cooperative with attempts to make known the circumstances of their deaths.

Apparently because the influence from the rest of the country, TVs and other mass media was larger than the influence of their own valley's history.

If the Minister lied to parliament, then he lied to the rest of the country because in the hansard, they said categorically that fuel prices were not going to go up more than 5 %.»

«Gas prices definitely play a role in hybrid interest, because West Coast cities traditionally have higher gas prices on average than the rest of the country,» said Cars.com editor Patrick Olsen.

«One of the great problems we have... is the myth that because our population is older than the rest of the country, that's a terrible thing and we're a terrible draw on resources,» he said in an interview.

Renters insurance in California averages a bit higher than the rest of the country, because credit can't be used as a rating factor.

Because shark fin soup is popular in certain asian countries, and the market value of the fins ($ 300 / lbs in 2009) is much higher than the market value of the rest of the sharks, so it's more economical to simply bring back the fins to ground.

Because of this, Columbus auto insurance is a bit lower than insurance in the rest of the country.

Comprehensive coverage might be a little pricier for those in Bossier City, LA than for those in the rest of the country, because Louisiana is an area where there is often bad weather.

Renters insurance in California averages a bit higher than the rest of the country, because credit can't be used as a rating factor.