Great points. Riffing on your last remark, the federal labor statistics list of Ohio occupations with the highest location quotients (prevalence in that area d

Great points. Riffing on your last remark, the federal labor statistics list of Ohio occupations with the highest location quotients (prevalence in that area divided by prevalence of the same occupation nationwide) still shows machine tools related professions near the top. Surely that cluster of expertise would be in even greater demand if the national economy were to grow in that direction. May 2022 Engine and Other Machine Assemblers 4.21 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3.79 Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic 3.23 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2.99 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2.91 Tool and Die Makers 2.81 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2.75 Sewers, Hand 2.71 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2.70 Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 2.64