The CNY Reports, Part 1: My Plan B
Two weeks ago I went back to my home town of Ithaca/Trumansburg in Central New York (CNY) to see how the area was holding up under the recession. I also went back to see what it would be like if things...
View ArticleThe CNY Reports, Part 2: The Life and Death of Salina Street
In these part of the CNY reports I traveled to Syracuse, NY to see how this city on the edge of America’s rust belt is holding up
View ArticleAnd So it Begins… The Recession Lessons Road trip
Yesterday I hit the road for a week and will be dropping back by the blog with reports from the road. Now, originally this was to be the Recession Lessons Road Trip. But no one contributed. So without...
View ArticleRecession Lessons Road Trip Part I: Mesquite, Nevada
On my first stop on the Recession Lessons Road Trip I learned that a perverse version of the unemploymentality is alive and will in the tiny Casinos in Nevada and beyond.
View ArticleRecession Lessons Road Trip Part II: Fredonia, AZ
The municipal unemploymentality - mannequine city workers.
View ArticleRecession Lesson Road Trip Part III: St. Paul, Kansas
Even during an economic downturn some business continue to thrive. As I drove across country I saw one of these businesses booming from state to state. Yes, even during a recession, we'll gladly fork...
View ArticleRecession Lessons Road Trip Part IV: Cairo Illinois
Beyond the banks of lake Michigan, beyond the traffic of Chicago and past the sweet smells of fresh cut hay and rows of knee-high sweet corn there is a little town at the southern tip Illinois called...
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