Ironically, most of the South is more economically prosperous than it was 30 years ago. Why else do you think the Yankees are moving down there en masse. They weren't doing so in the "Mill Town" days.
BTW: Those mills used to all be in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, until the French Canadians started unionizing.
22 posted on 09/14/2009 1:35:43 PM PDT by Clemenza
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