To avoid the rain: in most of the Northeast, Midwest, and Plains, it rains less in the spring than in the height of summer, but in many Southern states, it rains less in the summer than in the spring.

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Other, more affordable, less regulated and often more economically dynamic places like Texas and the Great Plains may realize even greater gains.

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