2011-02-07 — ml-implode.com
"Pittsburgh’s industrial demise meant massive unemployment, and coupled with the nationwide recession of the late 1970s, the impact was nothing short of devastating to Pittsburgh’s economy. When I applied for a job at a fast food restaurant in 1978, the manager who took my application just smiled kindly as he said: “I’m sorry son, those jobs are for men with families.†And I understood."
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