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Bits and pieces of my trip

13 years ago

are slowly coming to mind. The saddest part of my trip was returning through West Virginia. As I came through Wheeling the very last houses I saw were 4 nice homes apparently abandoned and all boarded up. Wheeling used to be a busy town for galvanized metal products. Now most of that work is done overseas. I think at some point we will be sorry we permitted manufacturing flight. Steve in Baltimore County.

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west_gardener
13 years ago
"I think at some point we will be sorry we permitted manufacturing flight."
I agree.
pamven
13 years ago
Amen to that!!!!!
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west_gardener
13 years ago
I went to China some 30 years ago, just when they opened up the country to visitors and I visited some the "factories". They were huge buildings with hundreds of workers on an open factory floor. Each worker seemed to have a specific station and a specific task. They were glad to show what they were doing and although they did not say so, I bet they were glad to have a job.

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