He helped the director find cheap locations, including cemeteries and an abandoned hospital.

"Columbus Circle is not a cheap location."

It was a cheaper location than on a satellite, and much higher than any mountain.

But, she said, it is under "competitive pressure" to make some refrigerators at cheaper locations.

"New York is becoming a comparatively cheaper location for business."

"They are sending people to cheaper locations to compensate for some of the rents in central London."

"The rack guys will follow the dollars to the cheapest locations."

Both are now in decline, or have ceased, as a result of the move away from manufacture to cheaper locations like Eastern Europe.

In recent years, many designers have moved their manufacturing operations to cheaper locations overseas - including Italy.

As with manufacturers decades ago, financial service companies have found ways to move many back-office functions to cheaper locations, or to mechanize them.