Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Japan and China are different, in Japan there is the overall demographic decline, which is now beginning in China as well. The US population is growing, on the other hand, and in general, historically Americans have been much more willing to uproot themselves in search for better opportunities than any other people. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jun 3, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Richard Man wrote: > Not sure about Ft. Wayne specifically, but there are definitely towns in > decline. Detroit is a prime example of a major city in decline. > > Some of these eventually turn into ghost towns, probably not Detroit nor > Ft. > Wayne, but smaller ones do run into trouble. > > In Japan, when similar things happen, usually when villagers move to the > cities, some times the central government would force the smaller towns and > cities to merge with neighboring cities. > > I suspect we will see things like that to happen in China soon too. They > are > building a lot of industrial cities > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> Your photography of the industrial decline is moving; but one question >> arises: you say that even educated people cannot find good jobs in Ft. >> Wayne. Given the tendency in the US to move where the jobs are, why do >> they >> stay? >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:16 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: >> >>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=476 >>> >>> This is across the street from the Harvester factory that I posted a >> photo >>> of yesterday. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Crawford >>> Fine Art Photography >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> 260-486-2581 >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>> >>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>> Become a fan on Facebook >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >