Lansing is the capital of Michigan and the focus of a metropolitan statistical area that includes the city of East Lansing and Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties. Virtually a wilderness when the site was designated for the building of the state capital, Lansing was slow to develop until the arrival of the railroad. The nation's first land grant college was founded in Lansing, and the city became a world leader in the automotive industry through the pioneering work of the Olds Motor Vehicle Company. Today Lansing's status as the state capital, its industrial base including General Motors, a stable economy, and the presence of Michigan State University in East Lansing contribute to the city's overall strength. These attributes also led Expansion Management magazine to name Lansing as Michigan's only "Five Star" city for "Quality of Life Quotient" in 2003 and 2004.