Governors have already begun taking divergent approaches, inflaming tensions within states as well as with neighbors.
With the federal supply system leaving shortfalls, governors are planning to band together to procure what they need.
Italy is the perennial poor man of the Group of Seven industrial nations.
Boston, Dubai and San Francisco are among the priciest cities to visit.
The shift is predicted to continue, with about 38 percent of U.S. jobs at high risk to be automated.
The mountains of the Old West have turned out to be among the top havens of the nation's wealthy.