In the 1970s and early 1980s, it had a reputation for worker absenteeism, drinking and drug use, and overall shoddy quality (workers were alleged to have put empty Coke bottles in door panels, so the bottles would rattle and annoy customers).

FORBES: Building Teslas At The GM Plant That Refused To Die

Then they were set free, out the front door to run wild in the empty town.

NEWYORKER: Or Else

At the top of the stairs, he tried the dead light switch again, then closed the iron door behind him and walked out into the empty street.

NEWYORKER: Waiting