[JoeFromCA]

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown
Your hometown

Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown"

I grew up on the side of the road in North Carolina. When I was a kid the cotton mill, specifically Cannon Mills, was king. About 10 days ago Pillowtex, the successor to Cannon, shut down its plant in Kannapolis, and laid off around 4,000 workers (about 6,000 statewide).

These jobs are going boys (and girls) and they ain't coming back.

[faithincowboys]

I wonder what we can do about it. It truly feels hopeless. Has it gone too far? Seems like there is no way to turn it around. Do you have any ideas?

[afz400]

"These jobs are going boys (and girls) and they ain't coming back.
This whole country is going boys (and girls) and it ain't coming back.