[theandrewbailey]

> The factory you worked at shutdown; you need to move on, and if that means moving to another town to find work, then do that.

Therein lies a big part of the problem. You're asking families who've lived somewhere to abandon the place they've called home and established for decades when the only big employer in their small town closes. This is a big problem when you have an entire region of a country that is nothing but small towns with only one (now no) big factory in them. Michigan says hi.

[nitrogen]

I think this is a flaw in human nature -- continuing to put too much weight on the past and one's roots when the future is harmed by doing so.