IKR especially considering the space program, shipbuilding and aerospace & automotive manufacturing explosions down South in the last 30 years. To name a few:

• Airbus

  • Mobile AL
  • (somewhere in FL)

• Austal USA - Mobile AL

• BMW - Spartanburg SC

• Boeing - North Charleston SC (whoops…bad example)

• Ford

  • Atlanta GA
  • Norfolk VA

• GE Aviation (somewhere in NC)

• Geely (owns Volvo Cars) - (somewhere in SC)

• GM:

  • Shreveport LA
  • (somewhere in TX)

• Haas F1 team (somewhere in NC)

• Honda:

  • Swepsonville NC
  • Greensboro NC
  • Lincoln AL
  • Timmonsville SC
  • (some transmission plant in GA)
  • (some parts facility in GA)

• Hyundai - Montgomery AL

• Kia (somewhere in GA)

• Mercedes-Benz - Vance AL

• Nissan

  • Canton MS
  • (somewhere in TN)

• Volvo Trucks - Dublin VA

I’m probably missing a Toyota plant in Texas. Ole Miss aided with the HondaJet program.