re: My switch from adidas to New Balance has begun

They only make a select few models in the US. The pair you bought does not appear to be one of them.

They're not actually made in the USA... just glued together here.

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The only reason they got tossed is because my girlfriend trashed them because she bought me some Nikes.

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Deal breaker IMO

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Deal breaker IMO

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It didn't last.

I could be wrong.

New Balance is one of several shoe companies that makes some of their products in the United States. Green America states in the New Balance Responsible Shopper company information page that around one quarter of NB's shoes are made in the United States.[7] New Balance owns five factories in the United States: two in Massachusetts (Boston and Lawrence), and three in Maine (Norridgewock, Skowhegan[8] and Norway)[9][10]

In 1994, New Balance manufactured 70 percent of its shoes in the United States.[11] In 2006, New Balance stated on its customer help site that "approximately 25% of the New Balance shoes sold in North America are Made in the USA and we will continue domestic manufacturing."[12] According to Fortune in 2006, "About 70 percent of its shoes are now made in China and the other 5 percent in Vietnam."[13]

The New Balance production facility in the United Kingdom has been, since 1982, at Flimby, Cumbria, in North West England, where 28,000 pairs of shoes are produced each week.[5]

In the Spring of 2016, New Balance worked with Massachusetts and Maine legislators to craft a bill that would force the Department of Defense to purchase their athletic shoes for new recruits and military members in the US. The bill would amend the 1941 Berry Amendment and require the military to purchase 150,000 pairs of shoes each year that would be made in the United States. [14]

In an interview given to Wall Street Journal reporter Sara Germano on November 9, the day following the 2016 presidential election, the company's current VP of public affairs, Matt Lebretton, suggested support for the Trump Presidency due to his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This statement did not please all of its customers, and some pledged a boycott. New Balance issued a statement that they support any candidate with an interest in American jobs, and respect all people.[15][16][17][18]

A Lesson in Footwear

You shoulda gotten the white new balance autism shoes

The issue, which is why they are receiving criticism from the left, is that they WANT to make more shoes in the US. They have been trying for 8 years to work with Obama's commerce dept and have gotten the cold shoulder.

They simply expressed hope publicly that a Trump White House would be more open to their pleas, and that was enough to draw the wrath of the left.

they don't know to read, and even if they could understanding it would not be possible

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I wish they came in a red, white, and blue flag design of some sort.

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Would that make me a Homophobe, Islamaphobe, Bigot, Racist, Sexist, Transgenderphobe, anti-American runner?