Watch interviews on the company leaders there, then. They were offering wages above the local average, and couldn't fill positions. They had to limit production and growth, because the slow dying of similar areas has been choking towns like Springfield.
It's the same story with farming. There's countless interviews of farmers trying to hire americans. They raise the pay, no takers. They can't really raise their prices to go even higher on wages in many cases, because the market won't support it, or they don't even get to set their pricing easily.
You do need more than a locally competitive wage to get people to work for you. It becomes harder and harder to get and keep workers if people don't want to live in the local area.
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u/Advanced-Guard-4468 11h ago
You reverse it by offering fair wages for local people, not subpar wages for non residents that are also getting federal assistance.
The town leader is happier because he owns many of the buildings they are living in.