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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:26 PM Original message |
Can you imagine half of your town losing their jobs?..... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I live in LA, so no. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. I live in a town funded by tourism and a pulp paper mill. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. While these job losses are severe, many who work at DHL in Wilmington do not live in Wilmington |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Cincinatti and Dayton job markets ... less than an hour's commute. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm being laid off in Dayton come January |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Related to DHL or the 2nd Republican Great Depression in general? n/t |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. not DHL, but a variety of republican-induced great depression things. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. .. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah. I can. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I am so sorry. |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yeah. No warning.... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I'm very sorry. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. I know a guy who has been a pilot at DHL (formerly Airborne) |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Heck, half of my Town doesn't work. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. This is always the plight of the "company town" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. DHL got all kinds of tax 'incentives' to be there. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Empty Big-boxes dot the landscape... all leftovers from |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Circuit City just built a huge new store up the street from me |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. We have one that OPENED a few weeks ago, and now has |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. yup. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. I live in New Haven, which has Yale. Everlasting I guess. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Harvard just announced it's cutting back |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I don't know about the Yale scene. I do know that city layoffs are a problem |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is a site with the trash that one has on it allowed to be linked here? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ohio is getting pummeled here with job loss. |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. DeWitt, Nebraska |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. 70% of Wilmington voted for Bush-Cheney in 2004. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. I live in Buffalo, so yeah. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
29. Saw it last week in the news. Breaks my heart. |
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