There are still places around there, just not nearly as many. My folks retired near the Asheville area - not too far from there - and that whole part of the state is a wasteland of unemployed blue collar workers. There are a number of other problems along with that in the area, including a significant literacy problem and a total lack of full time jobs that include benefits. In the little town my parents retired to, there are really only a couple of employers who provide bennies - the govt and the local hospital, that's about it.
-Cameron On 1/29/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, that SUCKS. > > Back when I was an interior designer/draftsman, all of the best furniture we > bought from HighPoint. > > I even rented a big truck for my company, and we drove down there, and > bought odds and ends and leftovers and slighlty damaged furniture (that we > repaired, and sold, with explanations of what we had fixed). > > Somedays, when coding into the middle of the night, I miss color swatches. > And meetings with clients on comfortable couches. With coffee and tea. And > good lighting. Sometimes, even the smell of the ammonia from the blueprint > machines. > > On 1/29/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 1/29/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Any connections to anyone at the furniture factories? Do the still have > > > great local sales (worth a drive from New England)? > > > > Mostly, those furniture factories are closed down anyways. > > Unfortunate side effect of Globalization and that cheap IKEA furniture > > the USA loves! > > > > http://www.duke.edu/web/mms190/furniture/dimensions.html > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226089 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
