Movies help the various cities' economies, no doubt. There's been a lot in the news here in the Detroit area because the state government essentially killed taxes for the film industry, so filmmakers are flocking to Michigan. It brings in a fair amount of work and since filmmaking requires a fair amount of skilled trades like carpenters and electricians, etc., Detroit and the local areas have plenty of people with those skills. Of course, not surprisingly, there's a fair amount of controversy in the state legislature over the taxation with a number of politicians wanting to start taxing the industry. That will, I'm sure, result in the filmmakers flocking back to Canada or wherever the dollar will buy them cheap labor, or to whatever state will give them a tax break.