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Half of America's Furniture Was Once Made Within 150 Miles of High Point, North Carolina. Now the Same Region Is Building the First Supersonic Jet Since Concorde and Toyota's Only Battery Plant Outside Japan.

The Piedmont Triad's identity runs through furniture, tobacco, and textiles -- High Point Market alone is the largest home-furnishings trade show on Earth. In the same region right now: Boom Supersonic's Overture aircraft factory and a $14 billion Toyota battery megasite, two of the most significant advanced-manufacturing bets in the country.

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Beaver Stadium Holds 106,572 People, the Second-Largest Stadium in the Western Hemisphere. The Same University Also Holds the Largest Research Contract in Its Own History -- $3.47 Billion From the US Navy -- and Almost Nobody Outside the Field Has Heard of It.

Penn State's football stadium is one of the largest on Earth and drives State College's whole public identity. The same university has ru...

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