German companies are at home in Alabama

The AP reports:

A partnership with roots in luxury automobiles and moon rockets is thriving between Alabama and Germany, with ThyssenKrupp AG only the latest German company to locate in the state.

Once known overseas for farming, poverty and strained race relations, Alabama is now home to 50 German industries that state officials say employ upward of 12,000 people. Thousands more work in related companies.

The Germans know all about union problems, do you think they want to go to Detroit or Chicago?