WHAT LOCALE IS BUSINESS HELL FOR YOU?

John Carver is executive director of themultimodal services group of Colliers International. He's based inL.A.

Well, there is that little matter of a war, so it's notsurprising that the Middle East took top honors as business Hellfor 39% of the respondents to last week's Feedback Poll. LatinAmerica and Asia tied for a distant second with 19% of the vote.Eastern Europe fourth (13%); Canada fifth (7%); and Western Europebrought up the rear with 3%. Commentator Carver takes a slightlydifferent view--except of course for the part about the MiddleEast--and he explains why below:

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John Salustri

John Salustri has covered the commercial real estate industry for nearly 25 years. He was the founding editor of GlobeSt.com, and is a four-time recipient of the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.