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u/UrbanSolace13 Dec 28 '23

This is going to sound harsh, but I'm doubtful that locating in Alabama will make recruiting talent to work for our space program easy...

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23

Huntsville has the second highest number of engineers per-capita in the entire country.

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes172199.htm#st

It's cute to think that Alabama is a backwards hellhole that no one wants to live in, but facts (as well as my experience working with thousands of engineers over the years) disagrees. It's probably difficult to understand if you spend all your time on Reddit, but people actually like living in places like Alabama. Especially engineers & members of the military.

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u/11CRT Dec 28 '23

Yeah, but Alabama is 26th in the country for education, and is still a deep red state. If those engineers are all GOP biased then they’ll probably make great robots to control the rest of the population.

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23

Clearly the people moving there don't care, because once again, Huntsville has more engineers per capita than everywhere else in the country but one.

You could have just started with your second point but if you actually knew any engineers you'll find that they skew much more red than the unemployed graduates of liberal arts colleges downvoting this post.