Yes, it will be interesting to see how it turns out specially if HD winds up here. I don't know what the unemployment situation is down in Shelbyville, KY but we could certainly use some jobs around here. It's so bad locally that our Hispanic bretheren(for the most part) have left the neighborhood looking for employment elsewhere. I know that is not HD's main concern in deciding where to locate but it would be a blessing for local employment situation if they settle here.
You'd be surprised at how companies look at available labor in their location decisions. I think it was in an article about Hyundai's plant in the south where they said they wanted to be X miles from another auto plant, to keep wages DOWN since they wouldn't have to compete on wages with another auto company. That's why the BMW plant in Spartanburg SC is far away from Daimler's plant in Tuscaloosa AL and Hyundai is in Montgomery AL.
It's not like here in Warsaw where the main industry is orthopaedic implants (you know, knees, hips, etc.) and people move from one company to another following the $$$.
