Are we in a recession or not? Well, unfortunately that all depends on your political views vs real life views! Are you a democrat or Republican? If you listen to our current president, he’ll have you hearing how jobs are soaring and the economy is the best it’s ever been.
I don’t speak for anyone else and I don’t speak for other cities or states. What I can tell you is my town is dying!
We are a steel mill town. Cleveland Cliffs, the former Weirton Steel, company is set to close the plant. This will eliminate over 900 jobs. A lot of families in the small town community are facing troubling times.
Other businesses, are closing up and considering closing up. With a majority of people in our town loosing their jobs, it sure does make it hard to have other businesses continue to grow.
Seems like a recession to me. A definite decline in economic activity had plagued our community. Restaurants are seeing less customers and small mom & pop stores are closing.
Is there an answer? As for our steel mill, that answer is above all our pay grades! My home town and the residents country will continue to suffer when politicians put their wealth before the wealth of the citizens!
Only time will tell, but it seems the population has decreased over the last several years, more and more kids are leaving and families moving away. The attraction to small towns just isn’t there anymore.
I own a small business, the town shrinking and jobs being eliminated has affected my business greatly. Fingers crossed and wishing for some good news in the upcoming future, that not only my business but all the businesses in our community can get back to being successful and profitable…
Hard Lessons & Honest Thoughts 