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There's not enough people. Unemployment rates are like 4%, population density is like 115 people per square mile, and workforce participation is like 60%. Tha
by onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
There's not enough people.
Unemployment rates are like 4%, population density is like 115 people per square mile, and workforce participation is like 60%.
That's like ~2.8 per square mile you can employ. That's not even ~100,000 people in a 100 mile radius. No way you're going to attract 10% of them to work in your factory.
Somewhere like Detroit might be possible - ~4.5M people, 6.1% unemployment, ~62% participation = ~170k - a lot with previous manufacturing experience.
All that in a ~33 mile radius instead of ~100 mile radius...
- throwayyy479087 4y agoPlus a port, excellent rail infra, and a massive international airport. There's a reason that Detroit was once the factory of the world. I think that _something_ like this will eventually happen, as SEA moves up the wealth ladder.