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Originally Posted by chiphile
The entire Chicago south side border with Indiana should be lined up with modern factories. We need to face reality. Manufacturing will never come back full strength except in right to work (red) states.
Chicago is the ONLY global city literally next door to a right to work zone. If Rahm were smart, the south side red line extension goes straight to Gary Indiana, and he works with the governor of Indiana to sell a package deal to these manufacturers with both Illinois and Indiana working together.
Unemployed Chicagoans and unemployed Northwest Indiana residents will take a non-union job over a non-job (some will, others are simply unemployable, period).
Of course, this requires real political courage and coordination between a Democrat or Republican so it basically won't ever happen.
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But this can be done without Rahm's cooperation.
You don't need a rail extension. People from the south side of Chicago can just drive to factory jobs in Gary.
But it's not happening. Which means that there are some fundamentals to this that don't work.