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I think you're a bit misinformed. Chicago has two large keystone industries that serve the global economy: (1) Industrial large scale manufacturing (Boeing, Joh

by ntdef 10y ago

I think you're a bit misinformed. Chicago has two large keystone industries that serve the global economy: (1) Industrial large scale manufacturing (Boeing, John Deere, Caterpillar), (2) Insurance (all of them); not to mention a ton of Food and Agriculture HQs are based there as well.

acchow 10y ago
Isn't Boeing in Washington? Also, not too many people aspire to be in insurance. I don't think you can put it on the same level as finance, arts, software, fashion, film, etc.
- ntdef 10y ago
  Boeing planes are assembled in Seattle; their HQ is in Chicago. Do people aspire to work in health, energy or finance, or even software aside from the money? If so, what difference does it make?
  - 67726e 10y ago
    The 787 is assembled in (North) Charleston, SC.
    - ntdef 10y ago
      The more common and widely used 737 is assembled at the Washington plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Renton_Factorye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Renton_Factorye
- scurvy 10y ago
  They left Washington a while ago; I think over taxes?
  - steffan 10y ago
    Also iirc they hired a CEO who lived in Chicago
  - cylinder 10y ago
    No they did not leave Washington, that's ridiculous. Their executive HQ is in Chicago but that doesn't mean much. Many executive HQ are in Chicago but that's not many jobs.
    - scurvy 10y ago
      Sorry, I meant the HQ left Washington. Doesn't it impact taxes if you're registered as a foreign corporation vs local?
anubisresources 10y ago
Insurance is Hartford, CT. Food and ag I can see though
- and0 10y ago
  Slightly less so nowadays. I left that area and moved to a megacity so I could get into software dev without having to work at an insurance company (or ESPN). But there's a little bit more going on with CT nowadays, and I think the insurance companies are starting to spread out. They had a ton of leverage in the area and got away with a lot (not paying taxes, etc) but the well started to run dry and people started to push back. Before I left, the mere suggestion that we demand more from these huge companies always turned into highly publicized threats to take XX,000 jobs elsewhere. The whole situation is dumb, overall I'd avoid living in CT for a ton of reasons. CT had a lot of industry going for it (Stanley Tools in New Britain, for example, and Hartford was the center of the gun industry 100 years ago) but those of course moved overseas. The insurance industry provided a safety net so it didn't go the way of the rust belt but, late capitalism y'know, so that was just a band-aid that's being slowly ripped off. This is happening everywhere but the systematic denial isn't as ingrained as in CT, it's weird.
unethical_ban 10y ago
USAA is in San Antonio!

by ntdef 10y ago

acchow 10y ago

Isn't Boeing in Washington? Also, not too many people aspire to be in insurance. I don't think you can put it on the same level as finance, arts, software, fashion, film, etc.

ntdef 10y ago
Boeing planes are assembled in Seattle; their HQ is in Chicago. Do people aspire to work in health, energy or finance, or even software aside from the money? If so, what difference does it make?
- 67726e 10y ago
  The 787 is assembled in (North) Charleston, SC.
  - ntdef 10y ago
    The more common and widely used 737 is assembled at the Washington plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Renton_Factorye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Renton_Factorye
scurvy 10y ago
They left Washington a while ago; I think over taxes?
- steffan 10y ago
  Also iirc they hired a CEO who lived in Chicago
- cylinder 10y ago
  No they did not leave Washington, that's ridiculous. Their executive HQ is in Chicago but that doesn't mean much. Many executive HQ are in Chicago but that's not many jobs.
  - scurvy 10y ago
    Sorry, I meant the HQ left Washington. Doesn't it impact taxes if you're registered as a foreign corporation vs local?

anubisresources 10y ago

Insurance is Hartford, CT. Food and ag I can see though

and0 10y ago
Slightly less so nowadays. I left that area and moved to a megacity so I could get into software dev without having to work at an insurance company (or ESPN). But there's a little bit more going on with CT nowadays, and I think the insurance companies are starting to spread out. They had a ton of leverage in the area and got away with a lot (not paying taxes, etc) but the well started to run dry and people started to push back. Before I left, the mere suggestion that we demand more from these huge companies always turned into highly publicized threats to take XX,000 jobs elsewhere. The whole situation is dumb, overall I'd avoid living in CT for a ton of reasons. CT had a lot of industry going for it (Stanley Tools in New Britain, for example, and Hartford was the center of the gun industry 100 years ago) but those of course moved overseas. The insurance industry provided a safety net so it didn't go the way of the rust belt but, late capitalism y'know, so that was just a band-aid that's being slowly ripped off. This is happening everywhere but the systematic denial isn't as ingrained as in CT, it's weird.

unethical_ban 10y ago

USAA is in San Antonio!