NC being the only state in the Southeast with no Automobile Assembly Plant. (High Point: 2014, how much)
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When you do a lot of shipping ideal logistics don't include sending trucks across mountains if possible. For an NC plant to avoid that you pretty much have to drop down towards Atlanta when shipping to the West.
How come North Carolina is the only state in the Southeast that does not have an automobile assembly plant?
It makes sense that a major automobile assembly plant would choose a state with numerous parts suppliers (plastics, seats, tires, etc). The upstate of South Carolina is very strong in that department. Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, and York county have nearly 100 supplier firms. I'm not certain, but I don't think NC has SC's level of 3rd party support for the auto assembly industry.
Toyota/Mazda was pretty much the state’s last shot at getting a major auto plant IMO. I’d like to be wrong but until then, I’ll believe it when I see it.
How come North Carolina is the only state in the Southeast that does not have an automobile assembly plant? I was really rooting for the state to get the Toyota-Mazda Plant that was going to be located near Greensboro. That was actually the perfect spot for the facility, since the Triad as a whole is known for it's heavy manufacturing.
NC GOP cared more about bathroom bills and other trivial social issues, than bringing good jobs to NC
That was a sure thing until E. Hunter Harrison became the CEO of CSX and proceeded to kill the hub as originally planned, along with other plans in other states. He died last December.
CSX still owns the property in Rocky Mount and has indicated that it might do something, but on a smaller scale. Here’s a recent article from last month covering the issue:
IIRC, the Johnston County site seemed to be their preferred location (as it was the first one chosen) but the people in that county scared them way. People in JoCo don't care about having good jobs
IIRC, the Johnston County site seemed to be their preferred location (as it was the first one chosen) but the people in that county scared them way. People in JoCo don't care about having good jobs
Yep. The owner of “The Farm” venue, Trent Lassiter, rallied everyone against CSX and chased them out of JoCo.
However, looking back, they may have done the right thing. Considering that CSX could still decide not to do anything in Rocky Mount at all, if CSX had followed through with the Selma location, the property owners in JoCo could’ve lost their land for nothing.
How come North Carolina is the only state in the Southeast that does not have an automobile assembly plant? I was really rooting for the state to get the Toyota-Mazda Plant that was going to be located near Greensboro. That was actually the perfect spot for the facility, since the Triad as a whole is known for it's heavy manufacturing.
Anyone with half-a- brain associates them (anywhere outside of rust-belt) with rural, low-paid, workforce that grateful for even being exploited.
It's not like they have any prestige, but they do foster a lot of ancillary industries moving in and are very substantial economic engines.
In a way, I think North Carolina is too crowded for a such a large specialized manufacturing entity to inject itself and have enough room for comfortably expand down the road.
The Kia assembly on the Georgia- Alabama border is basically in the middle of nowhere and is the only driver of traffic (besides I-85 itself).
Add all of that to the I-85/I-40 duplex in NC and traffic becomes a total clusterf*ck through there.
Anyone with half-a- brain associates them (anywhere outside of rust-belt) with rural, low-paid, workforce that grateful for even being exploited.
It's not like they have any prestige, but they do foster a lot of ancillary industries moving in and are very substantial economic engines.
In a way, I think North Carolina is too crowded for a such a large specialized manufacturing entity to inject itself and have enough room for comfortably expand down the road.
Anyone with quarter-a-brain knows thats a bunch of crap.
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