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re: So what's the deal with Athens, Ohio? Why is it so poor?
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:10 am to LSURussian
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:10 am to LSURussian
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I read yesterday that the three largest employers in Athens County are Ohio University, the hospital and Walmart.
You could insert most small towns in Louisiana or any other state with this sentence.
School System (district)
Hospital
Walmart
Are usually the largest employers in most rural areas
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Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:10 am to TigerNlc
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Isn't Louisiana pretty poor? It's a little odd that a state that ranks last in just about everything is so quick to give their money to someone else.
This may come as a surprise to you but many people donated to this fundraiser and also donated to local fundraisers.
Try not to get too caught up in being a completely worthless piece of shite every now and then.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:16 am to The Torch
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The Torch
I was thinking you might have pulled that data out of City Data but areavibes looks like a better source.
data I found for my neighborhood
Income per capita $55,469
Median household income $109,605
Median earnings male $93,367
Median earnings female $36,848
Unemployment rate 2.0%
Poverty level 4.4%
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:19 am to Powerman
quote:
This may come as a surprise to you but many people donated to this fundraiser and also donated to local fundraisers.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:24 am to The Torch
quote:Ohio closing that 75% gender wage gap
Median earnings male
$20,721
Median earnings female
$17,055
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:28 am to LSUFanHouston
While not intended, Burrow just highlighted the destruction of the "Rust Belt" due to free trade and globalization of the economy where manufacturing flocked out of the US. Steel and Textiles pretty much gone. New energy sources outside of coal is just the product of new technology allowing for finding more natural gas and oil in the US.
George Bush I and his "New World Order" crap, then Clinton allowing China to buy our debt and take over our industries with slave labor and guess what...you have many Athens, OH's Not just one city, but many
George Bush I and his "New World Order" crap, then Clinton allowing China to buy our debt and take over our industries with slave labor and guess what...you have many Athens, OH's Not just one city, but many
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:28 am to lsu13lsu
Frickin' Alario was at the Heisman ceremony??
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:32 am to GetCocky11
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Typical Rust Belt type stuff.
It's part of Appalachia.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:32 am to Powerman
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Try not to get too caught up in being a completely worthless piece of shite every now and then.
It has 0 effect on my life either way. I didn't necessarily mean it as a bad thing. It's part of the culture here to help and give to people in need. I hope you are right about people donating to both though. Time or money.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:43 am to LSUFanHouston
Lot of factories moved after NAFTA
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:46 am to fallguy_1978
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That was part of the coal country area of Appalachia. It's almost an extension of West Virginia.
The only area I've seen that rivals it in terms of poverty is the Mississippi Delta. It's mostly poor white people though.
Can confirm. I spent a few months working on a project 60 miles to the southwest of Athens in Ashland, KY a few years ago.
The hotel I stayed at was about 15 miles away from where I was working as the hotels downtown all had bad reviews and bedbug infestations. Drug use is bad as you can get heroin overdose kits over the counter in the local Kroger grocery store. The county itself is dry but the town isn't so there are quite a few liquor stores that dot the main street. Plenty of panhandlers, one wanted to sit inside the rental car as I was in while waiting for my customer to show up one morning.
The town is about the size of Hammond but there are two malls. One in town has a bunch of stores but not a lot of people inside. The other outside of town near the hotel I was at was empty except for a theater, a store like a Tractor Supply Co, and a smaller regional chain dept. store that recently went out of business. The rest of it was completely dead.
It was the most depressing part of the country I've ever been to in my entire life.
This post was edited on 12/17/19 at 9:47 am
Posted on 12/17/19 at 9:46 am to LSUFanHouston
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This post was edited on 12/17/19 at 9:47 am
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:21 am to USMEagles
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Frickin' Alario was at the Heisman ceremony??
Yes. Louisiana politics at its finest.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:25 am to LSUFanHouston
Coal country would be my guess.
From Wikipedia:
From Wikipedia:
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The City of Athens has always been known as a 'college town,' but from the mid-1800s until the 1950s, coal and brick-making were major sources of employment in the county. Today they are a very minor source, as the best and most available coal has been extracted, and cheaper brick-making is available outside the area. One of the manufacturing companies that once existed in the City of Athens was the Midget Motors Corporation, makers of the small automobile, the King Midget.
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Notable people
Joe Burrow, 2019 Heisman Trophy Winner for LSU
Earl Cranston, bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church
Dow Finsterwald, professional golfer best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship
Israel Moore Foster, U.S. representative from Ohio[64]
Atul Gawande, surgeon who has written extensively on medicine and public health
Kevin Hartman, professional soccer player
Joe Dolce, musician and poet
David Hostetler, sculptor
Stephen Kappes, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations
John Lefelhocz, artist and quilter
Maya Lin, architect and designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Jon Loomis, poet and writer
Sandy Plunkett, comic book artist
Fred Swearingen, NFL referee
Art Tripp, percussionist noted for his work with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, among others
David Wilhelm, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1993 to 1994
This post was edited on 12/17/19 at 10:29 am
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:26 am to LSUFanHouston
I work with someone from Ohio and she confirmed that Athens County is dirt floor poor
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:32 am to LSUFanHouston
Ohio sucks generally
Ohio is also a leading cause of other states sucking, considering they bring their socially awkward shite with them when they abandon their dying state
Ohio is also a leading cause of other states sucking, considering they bring their socially awkward shite with them when they abandon their dying state
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:36 am to Pettifogger
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Ohio sucks generally
Ohio is also a leading cause of other states sucking, considering they bring their socially awkward shite with them when they abandon their dying state
Columbus isn't a bad city at all.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:36 am to TigerNlc
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Isn't Louisiana pretty poor? It's a little odd that a state that ranks last in just about everything is so quick to give their money to someone else.
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
Mark 12:41-44
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:40 am to LSUFanHouston
There are a lot of areas in the Midwest with no industry outside of gov services. Basically everyone works for the county, state, city/town, is self employed, or poor as frick.
Posted on 12/17/19 at 10:41 am to TigerNlc
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Isn't Louisiana pretty poor? It's a little odd that a state that ranks last in just about everything is so quick to give their money to someone else.
I will never give a penny to an organization in this state until I can visually confirm that money is being used the way it was promised.
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