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> "Chicago-based plane maker" As someone who grew up in the Seattle area, this made me sad.
by bokchoi 8y ago
> "Chicago-based plane maker"
As someone who grew up in the Seattle area, this made me sad.
- breitling 8y agoCan you elaborate on this?
- waterside81 8y agoBoeing's primary assembly is in the Seattle area.
- umeshunni 8y agoBoeing moved their headquarters from the Seattle area to Chicago in 2001 for various reasons: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/11/business/chicago-offering-big-incentives-will-be-boeing-s-new-home.html https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/11/business/chicago-offering... Reminiscent of Amazon's HQ2 efforts.
- aplusbi 8y agoThey are referring to AirBus with that sentence, although I initially parsed it wrong as well.
- waterside81 8y agoAirbus is European. Boeing's corporate HQ is in Chicago.