[Yeul]

I don't understand the nostalgia for manufacturing jobs. My mom worked in a factory putting pickles into glass bottles. It was not her dream job. I can still remember how she smelled after a shift. But it was the only employment she could find in that village.

Things got better when we moved after a few years and she shifted into a healthcare job. White collar if you will.

[disgruntledphd2]

I think the big reason is that there were loads of manufacturing jobs in the mid west, which has a bunch of swing states.