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Reply to "Has Wise Alloys screwed anyone else in the Shoals???"

Dixie in So Cal: It is a shame, but only logical that people like you have left this area. I too left for almost 20 years but was forced to move back 10 years ago when my father died and came back to help my mother. My advice is stay put where you are. I grew up in a time of prosperity in the Shoals area, you wouldn't recognize the place now. Oh yeah, there are still the old money families (well the Rogers have left for the most part) and the Anderson's are exploiting the work force from far away in Knoxville, but as for good paying industrial jobs? NONE! Dollar General Stores and chain restaurants everywhere and it is rare to see someone out that is not under 30 or over 60. It was said by the last administration in Florence that they were trying to make this a retirement community, well they did in a backdoor way. The only people left are those who are stuck as I am, college students and LOCAL retirees. ONCE AGAIN (And sorry I just like the cap lock sometime, makes my point) as I have said before, keep building those golf courses, gonna make great cemetary space someday!

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