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Originally Posted by southbymidwest
It is not just Detroit that has suffered. Ask people from Akron/Canton OH, Gary IN, Pittsburgh PA, Toledo OH, Baltimore MD- those areas were once filled with manufacturers- some for the auto industry, some not, a lot union, some not. The domestic steel industry has been decimated in no small part due to manufacturing overseas where they can pay workers a pittance, and have minimal health, safety and ecologic consequences, and then ship here. The textile industry (which is almost exclusively southern) has been clobbered since the mid 1990's-they have lost over one million jobs, mainly to other countries. This is larger than the idiot mayor of Detroit, the bad decisions made by the bosses at the Big Three, and adversarial union/management relationships. The ripple efect of it all has negatively impacted the communities that have grown up around these manufacturing areas. So Kevin, would you have these people move because they did not see the future because obviously they had their eggs in one basket also?
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Did I miss the memo? Is it False Dilemma Friday?
People only have control over their own situation - it's probably unlikely that a given individual can resurrect the American steel industry, for instance. If jobs suck in City X and there is simply nothing for them there, then the options are simple: stay there and deal with that situation, or move to a different situation. Obviously it's an imperfect solution, but what other options exist?
The solution to American manufacturers' comparative inefficiency probably isn't "stay in your city and hope things get better through an act of God or Government".