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I think it's important for tech entrepreneurs to be able to interact with the manufacturing process, in order to: a) understand how to design their products to

I think it's important for tech entrepreneurs to be able to interact with the manufacturing process, in order to: a) understand how to design their products to leverage manufacturing processes, and b) develop technologies that improve manufacturing itself. So either that means more manufacturing in San Francisco, or more tech startups in Louisville.

Apocryphon 2y ago
Wouldn’t Fresno or elsewhere in the Central Valley also work for in-California?
toomuchtodo 2y ago
> or more tech startups in Louisville. Strongly agree, the Midwest is the future of advanced manufacturing, not California. Rivian is in Normal, IL, and expanding currently [1] for example. If we're going to spend the next 5-10 years building China's equivalent supply chain, the Midwest is a better location imho (cost of living, land costs, logistics, etc). If you were an investor, where would you build? Very wealthy people couldn't get California Forever built [2], and that was mostly non industrial residential/commercial development. [1] Rivian: Building for R2 - Expanding our manufacturing footprint in Illinois - https://stories.rivian.com/r2-expansion-03-2025 https://stories.rivian.com/r2-expansion-03-2025 [2] HN Search: California Forever - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=california%20forever&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...