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I'm always surprised more American cities don't pander to host high-end factories. I don't know what just chips would do for the city, but I imagine hosting som
by dud7eyy4 6y ago
I'm always surprised more American cities don't pander to host high-end factories. I don't know what just chips would do for the city, but I imagine hosting something like a Samsung phone factory in exchange for a massive local discount on the product would be a pretty nice perk for the citizens.
- redisman 6y agoThere was the Foxconn Wisconsin thing which seems to not really turned to much as of yet.
- mkl 6y agoSo far it seems to have been a bit of a con: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/wisconsin-foxconn-factory-residents-displaced https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/wisconsin-fo...
- ac29 6y agoThings like smartphone assembly aren't going to happen in the US any time soon. Not only is the labor more expensive, but essentially the entire supply chain is in eastern asia.
- ksec 6y ago>I'm always surprised more American cities..... Electricity, infrastructure, Additional cost in Tax, Environment protection etc. All of these add up very quickly. It is not impossible. But it doesn't seems Government cares that much other than talking about it. There is also the close proximity with other supply chain. Where there are currently close to Zero in US.
- dud7eyy4 6y agoTo an extent I get what you're saying but I don't think the point is to save the city itself money, especially since that will disproportionately benefit the income groups with the highest tax burdens. The idea would be that in exchange for a loosely regulated phone factory you give locals discounts in the range of 50% on the products made there. You couldn't do it with everything but for goods that are both expensive and nigh ubiquitous like cars/motorbikes, phones, household appliances, etc. I think it could be a good value for the locals.