I doubt it. Job density for land usage and other externalities generated is going to be one, maybe two, orders of magnitude greater for manufacturing.
In any new, expanding, or relocating factory, nobody is getting replaced by these things, because they are already priced in.
> factories are not near as labor dense these days as you would guess.
That's a bit presumptuous of you.
I doubt it. Job density for land usage and other externalities generated is going to be one, maybe two, orders of magnitude greater for manufacturing.