Guest Wrote:
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> I picked up some 1" X 2"'s at Menards. They were marked "Product of New Zealand."
> Says a lot when you can ship lumber halfway around the world cheaper than sourcing
> it domestically. The Greenies that pushed shuttering so many lumber mills in the US
> never considered the secondary effects.

I recently went into a big box home improvement store and found some fence posts for sale. The U-style metal kind that you can use for temporary fencing, gardens, keeping chickens in your yard, etc.

Made in China.

Never mind, there was a steel mill located just three miles away that makes the identical product.

Going back to lumber, there's a sawmill 25 miles away that produces 2x4s, but of course same said Big Box Home Improvement store didn't carry that brand or supplier, either.