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Originally Posted by Centropolis
but st. louis lost what, dozens of fortune 500 headquarters to various factors? it was sort of the dallas of its time, a major corporate hub between the coasts.
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i don't know how many F500 HQs st. louis has lost over the decades, but it still has a respectable number, as do several other midwest metros.
chicago: 34
twin cities: 16
detroit: 10
st. louis: 9
cincinnati: 8
milwaukee: 7
to put those numbers into perspective, here are some of the sunbelt F500 heavy hitters:
dallas: 23
houston: 22
atlanta: 16
south florida: 8
charlotte: 6
phoenix: 6
additionally, the midwest also seems to have more one-off F500 HQs in random smaller cities than other regions, like kellogg in battle creek, MI, whirlpool in benton harbor, MI, state farm in bloomington, IL, john deere in moline, IL, marathon oil in findlay, OH, cummins in columbus, IN, hormel in austin, MN, and many others without name-brand recognition sprinkled across the region.
that harkens back to an earlier era when economic activity was more evenly distributed between the alpha/beta cities and smaller places.
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