Your post dredges up one of my deepest laments, having long-standing family ties with manufacturing in *The Hardware Capital of the World.*
True. And it wasn’t that long ago. :(
I hear you. I googled “hardware capital” and found it was New Britain, CT.
I wonder what they have going on there now.
Look, I’m not *that* old, I’m 56 (almost!) and I remember being taught in school that the 2 biggest industries in NYC were printing and garment manufactury.
And I was working in the garment district, back in the bad old days, and I well remember the guys pushing the racks of garments through the streets. Not samples, product.
It is sad that this seems to have ended.
I don’t know (trying to shorthand here) I was also taught in school that civilization brought about the division of labor and ultimately the increase of leisure time.
But I’m not sure it’s all coming together as anticipated, let me just put it that way.
Maybe it never could.