Wichita Kansas . . . Workshop of the World

[Sharkfood]

Well, why not Along with 23 other cities, Wichita has more industrial
jobs than Philadelphia.

TOP 50 U.S. CITIES BY NUMBER OF
INDUSTRIAL JOBS
Source: Manufacturers' News, Inc. January 2012
RANK STATE CITY
INDUSTRIAL
JOBS
1 TX Houston 235,038
2 NY New York 140,952
3 IL Chicago 107,264
4 MO St. Louis 80,795
5 CA Los Angeles 79,873
6 OH Cincinnati 78,975
7 TX Dallas 75,924
8 IN Indianapolis 75,845
9 AZ Phoenix 74,154
10 CA San Diego 70,483
11 TX Fort Worth 67,216
12 OH Cleveland 61,068
13 KS Wichita 59,359
14 CA San Jose 58,525
15 GA Atlanta 57,244
16 MN Minneapolis 55,647
17 WI Milwaukee 54,761
18 TX San Antonio 52,108
19 UT Salt Lake City 51,291
20 KY Louisville 50,766
21 OR Portland 48,032
22 OK Tulsa 46,994
23 OH Columbus 45,460
24 PA Philadelphia 45,126
25 NY Rochester 44,342
26 TX Austin 42,627
27 OK Oklahoma City 42,372
28 NC Charlotte 42,017
29 CA Irvine 41,031
30 MN St. Paul 40,883
31 WA Seattle

[StrangeTanks]

Um...probably because a single factory in China employs more people than the entire city of Wichita.

[Sailaway]

Anecdote: Cessna, the aircraft company, is based there, and is currently broadening their product line after getting slammed hard in the 80's. I know a few pilots and engineers there. AFAIK, it's a good place for an aircraft company, not the least of the reasons are that it's overly densely-populated (and, in turn, people b!tching about noisy airplanes flying overhead.) I'm sure it has other things going for it too.

(But I still would never want to live there!)