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The infrastructure for solid factory work is all still there. They just need a collection of companies from another industry to capitalize on the manufacturing
by xd1936 11y ago
The infrastructure for solid factory work is all still there. They just need a collection of companies from another industry to capitalize on the manufacturing assets there.
- FussyZeus 11y agoWhat makes this area so good for manufacturing? (I've never been and I'm curious)
- maxsilver 11y agoThere's no environmental protections or regulations of any meaningful kind, property is almost free, and there's a significant labor force of people willing to work for minimum wages. It's not great for manufacturing. But it's not the worst place to do so.
- Kristine1975 11y ago>There's no environmental protections or regulations of any meaningful kind, So it's either "have no money and get poisoned by lead in the water pipes" or "have money and get poisoned by the pollution of the factories?"
- maxsilver 11y agoI agree completely. I don't defend it in any way -- it's terrible. But that's what most people mean/imply when they say Flint is "set up for manufacturing".
- Kristine1975 11y agoI didn't mean to imply you defended it. Sorry that I wasn't clear enough.
- tptacek 11y agoIt's false that Michigan lacks environmental protections. It isn't as strict as California, but the question of where to house factories isn't between California and Michigan; it's between places like Michigan and places like Vietnam and Thailand. There is a lowest common denominator of environmental protection in the US that is higher than most of the other places manufacturers would consider new plants.
- ZoeZoeBee 11y agoCurious, what are things you think are good for manufacturing? As proximity to the cheapest mode of transporting raw materials, access to raw materials and sources of energy don't seem to be on your list.
- ghaff 11y agoHistorically, some of the big reasons were access to coal and iron mining (for steel making) and access to the Great Lakes for shipping heavy goods and materials.
- FussyZeus 11y agoAs I understand it those industries are drying up pretty badly. (I live in Wisconsin so I hear stuff about Michigan pretty regularly)