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sfvisser on April 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon workers vote against unionizing in Alabama

Oh yes.

Charleroi Belgium comes to mind. Once a prosperous industrious town, now the glory is gone. Recently read somewhere there is a bit of revival, culturally at least. Economically I’m not sure. A bit like Detroit maybe.

the_svd_doctor on April 10, 2021 [–]

Yeah, Charleroi is a very good example. Very similar (in spirit, I don’t have first hand knowledge) to Detroit.

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