re: #7 jaunte

Yes!

Growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1960s and 1970s. I got to watch the decline and collapse of the Rust Belt up close.

I got watch and know folks who had lived in their neighborhoods for three generations with all generations working for the same employer. And who just wanted to live their lives out as their parents had.

The collapse destroyed lives and wreaked havoc on entire neighborhoods and Western Pa small towns. It was a slow motion disaster that played out over several decades.