Replies to post #528396 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[newmedman]

Well today he was pushing tungsten and rare earth metals so, you know, there's endless opportunities outside of coal.

[janice shell]

I don't see people today craving to work in a clothing factory.

Nor do I. But you never know. It would be a question of doing the same tasks mechanically, all day long. Not really different from working on an assembly line in, say, a plant where automobiles are made. Except that the latter is more prestigious? Why is that more prestigious? Because it pays better.

I don't have to add that work in clothing factories is usually done be women, and that work in car manufacturing facilities is usually done by men.

But that's a question for another day.

[dukeb]

It really depends on where you live, I should think. There are plenty of places in America, small rural towns in particular, that might thrive if a clothing factory came to town. Those towns have been dying a slow death for decades because there are no opportunities for people to get a decent job and to raise a family.

Now, working in a factory would not be something that I would care to do, but we need to open our eyes and understand that not every place in America is not the same.

I don't see people today craving to work in a clothing factory.