Well, today I get to be the person who gets to express surprise that their small hometown gets posted on Hacker News. This "Mega Site" has been on the table no

Well, today I get to be the person who gets to express surprise that their small hometown gets posted on Hacker News. This "Mega Site" has been on the table now for almost 15 years. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-alabama-idUSL0544222520080705 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-alabama-idUSL0... If I remember correctly, the Alabama site had utilities on site ready to go and our site was three contiguous farms. Fifteen years later that's still mostly the case but there are fewer houses among the farms and various levels of government have been making actual property purchases to increase their commitment to the idea of an industrial site. It wasn't until they started clear cutting all the trees along C Drive North that local opposition assembled around a "save historic Marshall" message. Even though there's been a decade and a half to derail this project. Also, we're not just on the I-94 corridor, but we're also on the I-69 corridor. The site is also within spitting distance of a rail line (I don't remember if its the CN Grand Trunk line or BNSF).