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In response to "clocking in at +14.4% growth for 2010, the fastest growing metro in the us: elizabethtown, kentucky....nm" by x

is there a new assembly line factory nearby? boeing? BMW? (both have opened in the south to avoid unions, hard to believe the US has cheaper workers

Posted by zeitgeist Sep 13 '11, 11:24

than other places in the world

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well, you have to offset cheaper labor costs with increased transportation costs if you build offshore. - znufrii Sep 13, 11:26 2
- technically, wouldn't building BMW's in the US be off shoring for them? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 11:28 1
  - unless they're being shipped to Germany, no. -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 11:29

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