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[RobinA]

84. When I Was In College

in the Pittsburgh area the parents of many of my peers were steel workers and what I would consider to be middle class. They usually encouraged their kids to go to college because they saw what was coming. They had two nice cars, went places in the summer, visited Kennywood, could afford things that weren't absolutely essential. They lived comfortably and have been able to afford comfortable retirements. When the bottom fell out it didn't just take out steelworkers, but all the surrounding industry that served steelworkers - and that includes service industries. Accountants can't do business if their clients don't have any money to account for. I wanted to stay in the area after college, but unemployment in May 1980 was like 15% and climbing. That's why stuff like the OP gets me going.