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Don't know about these days, but Michigan/Ohio area with car parts comes to mind.

• organsnyder 10y ago
  Still a lot of truth to this. Here in West Michigan, there are tons of auto parts manufacturers, both "boring" manufacturing (plastic molding, etc.) and emerging tech.
  • afarrell 10y ago
    Preserving this cluster was the reason for the auto bailout, correct?
    • organsnyder 10y ago
      Yes, that was a big part of it. If even one of the Big Three had failed, the ripple effects would have crushed the entire industry, as well as the region. The resulting failure of many suppliers (due to them losing ~33% of their business overnight) would have crippled the surviving auto companies as well.