On page 29 we are told that the inhabitants of Clarksville retired or moved to where there were new jobs once the economy declined due to imports shutting down the auto factory. As we discussed in our discussion question earlier in the course, this is similar to the circumstances facing many small manufacturing towns in North Carolina over the last twenty years. Many plants have shut down and many people lost their jobs. Their children could no longer rely on working for the same company their parents and grandparents had. Did all these workers retire or move to where new jobs
On page 29 we are told that the inhabitants of Clarksville retired or moved to where there were new jobs once the economy declined due to imports shutting down the auto factory. As we discussed in our discussion question earlier in the course, this is similar to the circumstances facing many small manufacturing towns in North Carolina over the last twenty years. Many plants have shut down and many people lost their jobs. Their children could no longer rely on working for the same company their parents and grandparents had. Did all these workers retire or move to where new jobs