Actually, no. It's incredibly rare in the Nordics, which are way more secular. Claiming to be religious there gains you practically nothing, and might lose you some.
that is also true in wide, but unpredictably located, swaths of America, i can attest.
I grew up in a very famously religious suburb of Chicago, and the proudly super church-y family nearby ended up with the father convicted of embezzling from the church.
consistent with your nordic point, it seemed to surprise no one (perhaps because most of the area was northwest european recently derived families).
I'm trying to think of a famously religious suburb of Chicago besides Skokie, which I would not describe as "church-y". Wheaton? I had to look that up.
I find it somewhat strange it is spread out like this. I understand Arizona and Oregon as they are both current Intel Fabs location. New Mexico for historic reason and they had a Fab there and expanding a new Fab 9 with Fab 11. ( Why it was there in the first place is beyond me )
I think because 1) there is abundant water 2) it gives Intel access to a lot of talent from the Midwest (all the universities there) 3) it gives Intel two more Senators who can lobby for them.
I think you are asking why Intel had factories in New Mexico, right? In the 1980s, they were expanding and one of their criteria was being less than a 2 hr long flight away from Santa Clara. That’s how they got started in Aloha, OR, Chandler, AZ and New Mexico.
Existing designs certain do depends on how they are designed on whether they recycle their own gray water - TSMC is heading that way, they are aiming for >60% by 2030 because of the water drought they had a few years ago.
You'd hope a newly designed plant would be more water efficient from the start.
>Which is a statement about their evaluation of their relative economic prospects in California
How does this have anything to do with California economic prospects? Intel already has operations setup in most of those states for years/decades.
Someone correct me if I am wrong but I always had the impression that a lot of the labor required in these type of plants are technical blue collar work. You need a college degree, the pay is pretty good but most of it is advanced assembly line type of work. I suspect the labor pool in California is difficult.
LA and SF are too expensive both land and labor wise. The valley is all Ag. And SAC is ok but getting more expensive. Ignore other input costs I suspect labor is one of the drivers here since at the end of the day it is assembly line work.
Well, I'm sure it's a lot cheaper to build a new fab in Ohio than CA and the other three states are expansions of existing fabs. In spite of being HQd in CA, Intel doesn't even have a full fab there for whatever combination of reasons.
Does Ohio have the right skills in its labor market though, or will Intel be building from scratch? With the other locations, they already have fans in the area and expanding a workforce is easier than building it from nothing.
Ohio’s labor, land, and water are definitely cheaper. And it’s seismically stable.
I wonder if there is anything to do with ease of shipping there, either by rail or by Great Lakes + Erie Canal or St Lawrence river that make it ideal for Intel
I don't know the skills situation in Ohio although GlobalFoundries has a fab in upstate NY and is building a second one. They need specific skills of course, but they can also pay very well relative to the local market.
The love for Aldi must be very regional or personal. Because I walk into them and just see knock off snacks such as chips/poptarts, an aisle of rice and pasta, and an aisle of canned food items, and pretty much nothing else in them.
This reminds me of Aldi from about 25 years ago. Today, I buy most of my diet from Aldi: organic berries, grass fed beef, pasture raised chicken and eggs, etc. All are higher quality than other grocery stores, but much cheaper. I'm guessing this must be regional, which is sad.
The knock offs seem to be amazing quality in my experience. I go out of my way to buy Aldi brand goods as they are either rebadged mainstream brands or even better.
> I walk into them and just see knock off snacks such as chips/poptarts, an aisle of rice and pasta, and an aisle of canned food items, and pretty much nothing else in them
That's the entire point! They have the basics with few options for each type of product. It's not luxurious but it's low stress and inexpensive...exactly what many people want/need.
Not me. Aldi is crap around me. I live in rural area, it's cheap generally way worse quality and we don't need more cheap crap grocery. I know hating on Aldi is unpopular on the internet, but that's been my experience.
Aldi has a number of high quality and healthy items. They have great prices for things like nuts, jerky, cheese, etc. Just skip the processed stuff like you should in any grocery store.
You should try Winco if you like Aldi. Has everything a grocery store does, but at Aldi prices. Doesn’t even take credit cards (in store), like Aldi used to prohibit.
