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Ford should be making the plants in Michigan where it's based. They've shut down so many factories there over the last 30 years...

• b9a2cab5 5y ago
  Wages are lower in the Deep South than they are in the Great Lakes area. Sometimes by a lot. That's why there's so many factories there - Boeing, VW, Toyota, etc.
  • tclancy 5y ago
    And there is a lot less union strength.
    • gremloni 5y ago
      The two things are related.
• WorldMaker 5y ago
  A predecessor to Ford's Louisville Assembly Plant was one of the earliest Model T factories and Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant has nearly always been one of the largest truck plants in the company's portfolio. I'm sure Michigan is still important to Ford as well, but these aren't entirely new territories for Ford plants either.