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Originally Posted by pj3000
That's been a characteristic of rust belt cities for awhile now -- unemployment numbers that aren't that bad, but median income numbers going way down, as a job at Wal-Mart doesn't pay nearly as much as a union job at GE or Westinghouse or Pratt & Whitney.
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Exactly. I mostly know the situation in Utica and the employment rate seems pretty steady...everyone seems to find work but the types of jobs are low paying (mostly service sector) and lack the benefits of the ones they replaced. Which were high paying and had excellent benefits and pensions.