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Originally Posted by jd3189
Interesting that at the peak of domestic manufacturing, American corporations just decided to slowly offshore many urban jobs.
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don't forget about industrial automation.
people
ALWAYS forget about industrial automation.
in 1970, US Steel's
MASSIVE steel plant in Gary, IN employed about 30,000 men with solid, middle-class, union-backed, family-supporting jobs.
that steel mill was the foundation of the city's entire economy. it was literally the very reason why the city of Gary even existed in the first place.
today, that plant is still the largest integrated steel works in north america and makes boatloads of steel, but it now only employs about 3,000 people.
NW Indiana still makes more steel than anywhere else on the continent, but it just doesn't require much manpower anymore, relatively speaking.