Were you served promptly with hot food in a very clean establishment with professional staff whose average age is about 35? The local economy is fucked.
Did you get a totally halfassed food like object that is ostensibly warm handed to you by someone 25 or younger who clearly doesn’t give a shit? Local economy is doing just fine.
Arlington, VA is the richest county in the state. Every fast food place will feature an immigrant staff which is hard working and punctual.
Prince Williams County is rural, think forests and trailer parks, but the fast food joints are all staffed by bored teenagers and high college students.
Checking who is the lowest on the income totem pole just seems to show if the economic situation for all adults is stable or not. Now it could be unstable due to a bad economy leading to older adults getting fired from better jobs. But it could also be due to other reasons like immigrants moving to a new area; or retirees becoming bored with their empty nests.
Fluent: economy is fucked.
Poor: economy is doing well.
It's actually kind of weird because I feel like we are creating an immigrant underclass to staff our fast food places, works as janitors, etc. I'm not sure that is the goal of Canada's immigration policies, but it does seem to be one outcome at least.