If the economy can absorb 20,000 new customers in a relatively short period of time--which is something I strenuously doubt. Like I said, there's good free market reasons for low-population states to have low populations.
Sure, but varying demographics can alter those reasons, and technology advances can cure some of the limitations. Lawrence of Arabia said that it wasn't machineguns or mortars that made the Arab Revolt against the Turks and their German masters feasable, but the availability of tinned beef, giving the tribesmen the opportunity to wage war without having to forage for rations. Amateurs and junior officers study strategy and tactics, successful generals and professionals sweat the logistics....
Still, you'd think the sharpie native Paiute or Goshute who first noticed the Mormons a-coming to the Salt Lake area could have done real well for himself with a couple of lemonade stands along their route....
I predict there'll be a couple of Home Depot managers somewhere who'll have their year-end figures looking a LOT better than they'd envisioned before too awfully long....<p. -archy-/-