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bucolic_frolic

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3. I wonder what we're manufacturing? guns and ammo?

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Sat Dec 2, 2023, 09:54 PM

Dec 2023

Every Republican with a 50 million line of credit buys virgin farmland and plants an industrial park. I also read flex-manufacturing space is in demand. Rent a former retail site with 10 other tenants.

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The Eyepopping Factory Construction Boom in the US. (wolfstreet.com) [View all] usonian Dec 2023 OP

I wonder how much of this is speculative vs. actual companies building plants for their operations? dutch777 Dec 2023 #1

One comment I read suggested that new plants may be far more preferable than old ones. usonian Dec 2023 #2

New certainly makes sense when talking equip't. I know too some sites here have asbestos & other chemical contamination dutch777 Dec 2023 #5

I wonder what we're manufacturing? guns and ammo? bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #3

Looks like it's manufacturing that was farmed out mostly to China. usonian Dec 2023 #4