Auto industry in the metro area (what's happening now)

[Tourian]

Originally Posted by bosshawk

Wow, you fly off the handle pretty quickly huh? Honestly, what is my "agenda"? I made one statement - "The sad thing is that Jefferson county gets so few auto projects..." You proceeded to say I knew nothing. I later specified that Jefferson county has few and Birmingham even fewer.

When did I say any other metro area is larger than Birmingham? I am well aware(more aware than 99.9% of the population) of the demographics and economic statistics surrounding the Birmingham area and the state of Alabama. How is that relevant to the point I made? Birmingham can have 10 times the GDP as Dothan, but if Dothan has 20 auto suppliers and is adding 10 auto suppliers in a year and Birmingham has 8 and is adding 1, then clearly Dothan has more and is adding more. Metro area size and GDP are irrelevant.

Who brought Madison county into this? What does that matter?

Lastly, if we are referring to the Birmingham area to someone from Seattle, sure the whole metro area is Birmingham. If we are comparing metro areas across the USA, the whole area is Birmingham. When we are specifically referring to municipalities in close proximity and specifically the CITY OF BIRMINGHAM proper, Birmingham means Birmingham, the city proper, not Remlap or Pell City.

The example I gave is within the city limits. But even still if it were out in the county or in another town it would still be a boost to the Birmingham metro areas economy. You cant be so rigid to draw lines like that any more. There's plenty of things going on in Jefferson County and Cullman and Walker and Saint Clair that bolster Birmingham's economy in the auto supplier sector.

[wardamnbham]

Damn, man. Some of y'all erupt over the most trivial matters. Calm the hell down and engage in a more civil manner.

[Highpointer]

Alabama's manufacturing renaissance comes with a heavy price.

Perhaps it may not be a good idea to build more auto parts manufacturing plants, based on the toll its has on workers:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...-crushed-limbs

[Tourian]

Originally Posted by Highpointer

Alabama's manufacturing renaissance comes with a heavy price.

Perhaps it may not be a good idea to build more auto parts manufacturing plants, based on the toll its has on workers:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...-crushed-limbs

Or they could just crack down on that one serial offender, and not make a blanket derisive statement against the whole industry.


Hopefully Project Sunrise is still a go and another big announcement is made about a parts supplier moving into Jefferson Co.

[MinivanDriver]

Originally Posted by Highpointer

Alabama's manufacturing renaissance comes with a heavy price.

Perhaps it may not be a good idea to build more auto parts manufacturing plants, based on the toll its has on workers:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featu...-crushed-limbs

You realize that Kia has zero interest in worker safety, right? I was peripherally involved in the initial recruitment efforts of Hyundai suppliers to Alabama. One of the things we had to tell the Koreans was that they couldn't physically beat workers on the factory floor with a bamboo cane, the way they did back home.