tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post344702409083599626..comments2024-03-29T01:59:06.096-07:00Comments on Demeur: A Personnal noteDemeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-54254875819692033172010-08-09T21:52:11.093-07:002010-08-09T21:52:11.093-07:00You made a terrific choice, Demeur, even though th...You made a terrific choice, Demeur, even though the job situation is awful now. It will come back. <br /><br />I grew up in the Northeast, did a fair amount of traveling, lived and worked in the deep South and the Northwest. I've spent time in many major cities. Seattle for various reasons is my favorite. I'd live in that area now if it wasn't for my better half's family ties over this way.<br /><br />I have to say, though, the price of a place to live can be daunting in the whole Puget Sound area. I've seen some pretty steep prices on what can only be described as weatherbeaten, rundown hovels. Home prices in Eastern Washington are bargains by comparison.<br /><br />Regarding abandonment of the industrial regions of the East and upper Midwest. It wasn't just a case of companies suddenly discovering the Sun Belt. Southern states set out to lure industries away with every kind of tax break, cheap land, union-hostile policies and brainwashed work forces just glad to have alternatives to field work in high heat. It was all very successful for the southern states and many of the industries. For the non-union southern workers and abandoned Rust Belt communities and states it was a ripoff. There should've been a mechanism to compensate the Rust Belt regions, especially since so many of the fleeing industries left behind used up eyesore plants and every kind of environmental damage.S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-10836667990923928672010-08-09T20:58:06.597-07:002010-08-09T20:58:06.597-07:00Fucking technicalities.
It's just damn image g...Fucking technicalities.<br />It's just damn image grabbed off the net.<br /><br />I am sure after thirty fucking years around here you have grown the required webbing in between your toes.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-24014561270447316972010-08-09T18:15:21.948-07:002010-08-09T18:15:21.948-07:00An old steel mill would have had bethenny (sp) fur...An old steel mill would have had bethenny (sp) furnaces in it, not crackers.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-21590308970064816612010-08-09T18:05:52.975-07:002010-08-09T18:05:52.975-07:00The top picture looks like a refinery.
It looks l...<b>The top picture looks like a refinery.</b><br /><br />It looks like a refinery to me also, and may well be, Pennsylvania is where oil was first drilled for and found in this country. <br /><br />Those tall stacks are called 'crackers'.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-50556358206262028442010-08-09T13:36:58.655-07:002010-08-09T13:36:58.655-07:00You made a good move 30 years ago, I just have a q...You made a good move 30 years ago, I just have a question, hows the job search going?jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-44888828091198932742010-08-09T11:30:55.676-07:002010-08-09T11:30:55.676-07:00Happy 30th anniversary. I'm from Pittsburgh o...Happy 30th anniversary. I'm from Pittsburgh originally. What part of the Rust Belt are you from?Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-15001866347453796302010-08-09T08:49:15.396-07:002010-08-09T08:49:15.396-07:00Billy I was refering mainly about the area but you...Billy I was refering mainly about the area but you're right there are too many monkeys here now.<br /><br />Tim the only problem is I'll have to move farther out when I retire. Cities are too expensive.<br /><br />Fodder actually it's an old abandoned mill in eastern Pennsylvania. Bethleham I believe. Just picked one at random.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-37891210051999790002010-08-09T00:50:19.223-07:002010-08-09T00:50:19.223-07:00The top picture looks like a refinery.
Regina h...The top picture looks like a refinery. <br /><br />Regina has a steel mill - pipes for oilfield mostly but rolled steel too. Electric blast furnaces recycling old steel, mainly cars. I have no idea if it was big or small but it is still in business after a great many years.<br /><br />The company used to be IPSCO but expanded into the USA where it is now larger than it was in Canada. Not sure of the new name. <br /><br />Sure is pretty country around Seattle.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-30901202088647904952010-08-08T20:17:27.567-07:002010-08-08T20:17:27.567-07:00Demeur
At my age and Health, I think we decided on...Demeur<br />At my age and Health, I think we decided on Vermont to move too. I'm just an old Hippy at heart. I have a few years left so I think that would be a good place for us.<br />What you did back then took courage.<br />You do seem to love where you live.<br />That's good as a Man needs to draw solace from somewhere.Timhttp://timsscaredstiff.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171776489221716830.post-88446217518629386212010-08-08T18:41:05.917-07:002010-08-08T18:41:05.917-07:00Seattle was okay back in the 60's but I wouldn...Seattle was okay back in the 60's but I wouldn't live there now, too many monkeys there.<br /><br />I worked in a smelter after getting out of the Navy, for just over a week, every job there was nasty so I quit and moved on.<br /><br />I've hauled some loads of steel out of small plants when trucking and they didn't seem too dirty, but that was in the 80's and 90's and I don't expect places like that to look pretty.<br /><br />Now I'm just a damn bum, but I'm pretty good at it.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.com