Someone wrote a book that I'm too lazy to look up, but basically it pointed out that your probability of poverty was directly proportional to your distance from the equator.
His reasoning was that people from cold climates had to work harder and plan more to get food due to winters whereas tropical areas had mostly plentiful food year round, thus the winter folks developed stronger work ethics. Any thoughts of whether that's true or is it bogus science? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
