SELLING BICYCLES IN DUBLIN NORTHSIDE
There is a urban myth about Garry from Gary in Indiana. Garry once had a very good job in his home town of Gary. Unfortunately his employer decided to relocate their manufacturing operation but Garry was offered a job in the call centre but on much less pay. After a few years the call centre was relocated to Mexico and Garry became redundant but obtained part-time employment at Walmart on even less pay.
The above story is supposed to demonstrate the negative impact of Globalisation.
In 1906, the United States Steel Corporation founded the city of Gary just 25 miles (40 km) from downtown Chicago, Illinois. The Gary Works on the shore of Lake Michigan was the world’s largest steel mill and the city was built to serve it. The city was named after lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation.
In 1970, the Gary Works employed over 30,000 but by 1990, this was just 6,000. US Steel struggled to compete with overseas competition in the steel industry and with Gary so dependent on one industry, the decline was felt throughout the city. Attempts to shore up the economy by diversifying into other industries failed.
Gary has effectively become a ghost town. Schools have been closed, stores have closed and houses have become derelict. It ranks second only to Detroit in percentage of population lost in the Rust Belt since the turn of the century.
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