How an American City Can Become a Manufacturing Hub | Odd Lots

The residents of Allentown are still sore about that Billy Joel song. And while it's true the Pennsylvania city became synonymous with deindustrialization after the steel industry began its decline in the 1970s, it should be known for more: In the 1950s, some of the first mass-produced transistors were made in the city, the precursor of today's semiconductors. The city is a unique logistics and e-commerce hub — it's a day's drive from nearly 40 percent of the US population. In today's epi...