We have a small steel plant in West Seattle. I met a guy (truck driver) in British Columbia once who drives 3 loads a week to Canada.
He had an interesting story
He was a Scot who owned two pubs in London. They banned smoking in the pubs and the loss of sales revenue put him out of business.
He emigrated to Canada as a refugee due to being out if work for 3 years (imagine that...a regulation turned a UK citizen into a refugee for lack of work.)
He went to Vancouver B.C. and worked in the cruise line industry.
Housing prices in Vancouver skyrocketed over the course of 6 years...so much so that he could not afford to live there and the commute from where he could afford to live was not manageable.
He got his truck driving license and whatever permit that was needed to cross the border regularly as a truck driver and now he supports his family moving steel from Seattle to Vancouver.
Wow. When Seattle has a better work environment than yours, you know you’ve messed up.