New Toyota-Mazda plant in Huntsville

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Richard hit the nail on the head.

Even if we matched or beat their tax breaks,.. Toyota still would not have come here.

Unions aside [[and we're also right to work)

Toyota has most of their parts plants down there. Engine plants, etc.

Steel comes from there.

And the cost of living is a fraction. Seriously,.. just property taxes alone are like 1/3. Home and property cost are way less also. So you can employ a labor force for a lot less,... and not have to ship the steel and components very far.

They would have been stupid to even consider Michigan. If they were even pretending to,.. it would only have been as leverage in their negotiations with Alabama.

Low-skilled work can go anywhere that has the infrastructure to handle it. But doesn't automotive R&D work still go to Michigan? I think Toyota had their North American R&D facility in Michigan at one point.

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Low-skilled work can go anywhere that has the infrastructure to handle it. But doesn't automotive R&D work still go to Michigan? I think Toyota had their North American R&D facility in Michigan at one point.

The Toyota Technical Center [[TTC) is located in Ann Arbor.
FYI, not everybody is happy when Toyota comes to town. Many residents of Georgetown, KY [[home of the largest Toyota manufacturing complex in the world) complain bitterly that Toyota ruined "their way of life". Cue the banjos.................