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Between 2011 and 2013, China poured more concrete than the US in the last 100 years.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Dec 4 '14, 12:08

Cities of 1M+ spring up over a few years.

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right, they've gone from mostly pastoral to mostly industrial. the US is already fully industrialized. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 12:10 4
- looks around, realizes we sold china all our industry...we don't make much, IE: cars, we assemble cars from parts made ? Boeing same now or trying -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:13 3
  - manufacturing is 13% of the US GDP and rising. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 12:17
  - US Manufacturing sector is way up over even a few decades ago. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 4, 12:17 [Image] 1
    - ok but, a lot of that is car assembly which makes it 'made in america' but if you assemble an Ikea bookshelf, was it made in the US or china? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:45
yeah, but most of those cities are empty -- nm - decline Dec 4, 12:09

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