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Old 03-04-2013, 10:43 AM
spdrun spdrun is offline
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Regarding manufacturing: normalized for population, Japan and Germany are a bit ahead of us, with the Chinese at 11th place tied with the Mexicans and Russians.

Is China the Largest Manufacturer in the World? MAPI: Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation

Detroit is just a mega version of the ghost towns in the American West. Instead of mining conditions becoming unfavorable, regulatory and union conditions became unfavorable. As Pissburg and Alientown (sort of) did, it would be interesting to see if Deeeeee-TROIT can re-invent itself in a few decades.
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