This thread is worth reading. I think this is also true of most industries, and it’s one major reason why regions end up specializing and why concentration of talent, opportunity, and outcomes happens.https://twitter.com/sarahtaber_bww/status/974117088309768192 …
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So you *actually* end up dropping a factory down in e.g. Aichi Prefecture, where manufacturing culture is so thick on the ground that my wife picked up a third of an undergrad degree by sheer osmosis. (“You didn’t use factory floors as an example in geometry class? Why not?”)
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This extends to “Why do all the software companies persist in locating in the worst city in the world to build a software company in?” Because you can, if you have money and diligence, hire 10 engineers, a PM, a sales team, and a COO tomorrow.
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Yes. My father works in the apparel industry, and the exact same effect happens with apparel/footwear companies. The way he talks about “made in the USA” at scale is revealing: basically it couldn’t be done even if they wanted to...
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Certain asian cities have the skilled workers, factories, services, machines, maintenance people for the machines with years and years of experience, shops with every part for the machines around the corner, on and on. The support network makes it possible.
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