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In reply to the discussion: Ever watched your city turned into a ghost town after the manufacturing jobs were outsourced? [View all]exboyfil
(17,862 posts)37. How is Champion Labs doing?
I almost took a job with them about 11 years ago.
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Ever watched your city turned into a ghost town after the manufacturing jobs were outsourced? [View all]
NNN0LHI
Jul 2012
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there's no reason ordinary people should have to move from 'boomtown' to 'boomtown, destroying
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#18
What a strange thing to say. There is nothing more comforting than to go back home
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#50
I have family in Europe in more than one country. They were not 'landed gentry' ever
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#48
I'm from the same town in NJ as Springsteen (Freehold) and when the rug mill shut down and moved
monmouth
Jul 2012
#2
I grew up in PA. It's kind of hard not to notice it there. It's been more than 25 years since Billy
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#4
No, it turns out it was the Ford plant in Mahwah. It was literally on the border....
Walk away
Jul 2012
#46
According to the Mahwah Museseum the plant finally shut down in 1980 (split hairs much?)
Walk away
Jul 2012
#60
Has everyone watched "When Mitt Romney Came to Town?" on youtube, and shared it online?
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#15
I recommend this video to people who want to understand the process better. It's a bit wonky
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#20
We went to visit my mother's hometown and it was just one street...the town had died off.
dkf
Jul 2012
#41
In Los Angeles, former manufacturing plants are turned into large outdoor malls themed
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2012
#52