In 1960 Springfield was a thriving community,,,,,,Its part of the rust belt so when American industry was outsourced it took a hit hence the population loss.......Not so unlike 100s of communities throughout the US....
Although their population is now up again, its full of cheap undereducated labor......Dems love their cheap labor, and will take up for anyone outside of the US.....They just quit giving a shit about the American workers as they became the party of the rich........
Sending the industry jobs off for profit may have well worked out well for the upper percent......But out sourcing and flooding the country with cheap labor has kept wages low and the full impact is being felt now as inequity is past that of the quilted age and the inflation is bringing us to the breaking point....
Dems don't get it, Call it a mental capacity thing