tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post8807851355909994962..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: County by County Indicators After Seven Years Is It Safe to Say The Decline is Permanent?PioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-49264149968296288682017-10-11T04:36:58.429-04:002017-10-11T04:36:58.429-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.harada57https://www.blogger.com/profile/06015023155124017905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-89051438512002572032016-01-14T18:32:08.475-05:002016-01-14T18:32:08.475-05:00I live in an area in PA that is booming with shale...I live in an area in PA that is booming with shale, but the people are all from out of town. It is creating a huge mess out of our roads. I wonder what happens when they leave.longtime wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943663153016717921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-84129038602475711882016-01-13T19:34:32.353-05:002016-01-13T19:34:32.353-05:00Here in the UP of Michigan recovery is an oxymoron...Here in the UP of Michigan recovery is an oxymoron. We weren't doing all that well in the first place. Our Children move away because there is no real work here. The number of abandon small business's grows every day. The small towns have no local business. The buildings are literally hunks. Many homes are in the same condition. While all of that is bad, for me its not so bad because lessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-54378661784878051762016-01-13T19:02:10.759-05:002016-01-13T19:02:10.759-05:00The farmers made good yields, but did not make any...The farmers made good yields, but did not make any profit. From what I can gather through the grapevine, half of the farmers in the area failed to pay out on all of their expenditures. Most of those farmers don't owe a lot of money, but the pattern is telling. I expect the same results next year, so look for more farm sales next year. Swamp Doghttp://doublebhomestead.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-57115504355370933972016-01-13T16:55:09.832-05:002016-01-13T16:55:09.832-05:00Looking at Pennsylvania and Ohio, to my eye the bl...Looking at Pennsylvania and Ohio, to my eye the blue matches up pretty darn well with the Marcellus shale region. And I think the effect is two-fold: not only the initial boost from the gas drilling boom, but a lingering afterglow from low natural gas prices. Once that peters out, we'll be left with decades if not centuries of mess to clean up.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-15023972280732184392016-01-13T13:07:57.724-05:002016-01-13T13:07:57.724-05:00Employment is a lagging indicator. It's not s...Employment is a lagging indicator. It's not so lagging that it has no predictive value on the front end, but it isn't much help on the back end.<br /><br />I saw the freight-shipping items at Mish: scary stuff.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-88900139496682027182016-01-13T12:32:23.033-05:002016-01-13T12:32:23.033-05:00While Anchorage & south-central Alaska looks s...While Anchorage & south-central Alaska looks strong on the map, we have some 9,000 fewer federal employees than five years ago. Although few are crying over that; just sayin'. But with oil dropping from $110/bbl to $30 lately, I think the cracks (wherever they may be) will become quickly apparent. Let's see how that map looks in another 12 months.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-15741611175940283712016-01-13T08:37:08.101-05:002016-01-13T08:37:08.101-05:00AS T.B. above alludes to, removing the gas and oil...AS T.B. above alludes to, removing the gas and oil fracking economic impact which has dried up will change the states from North Dakota to Texas to a non-recovered status. I know that down here in Texas we are currently in another housing bubble situation as the number of people relocating here is mind numbing. Maybe we would still be in a recovered status but the cost of living has gone up an bobbyveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325399164490600336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-38843238938075545542016-01-13T07:44:34.896-05:002016-01-13T07:44:34.896-05:00Remove agriculture and Oil and I should think a lo...Remove agriculture and Oil and I should think a lot of that falls away. Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-26171805009370073782016-01-13T03:16:44.614-05:002016-01-13T03:16:44.614-05:00I havent seen anything like that for the UK, I thi...I havent seen anything like that for the UK, I think our government looks at house prices and sales and unemployment for signs of recovery but they dont break it into areas, if London is doing alright its assumed the rest of the country is alright, very much head in the sand.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-79182969093756979952016-01-12T22:54:39.575-05:002016-01-12T22:54:39.575-05:00Jasper county is probably skewed by the tornado re...Jasper county is probably skewed by the tornado recovery.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-34959624190592550812016-01-12T20:52:34.289-05:002016-01-12T20:52:34.289-05:00It seems like every recession that hits this area ...It seems like every recession that hits this area (no matter what happy news stories are made up) drops every thing down another step on the stairs to the cellar. The economy almost gets a foot up on the next step but another recession comes and knocks it back down even further. The problem is that we are running out of steps. Employers are pulling out and the governments are still putting in newSunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com