Jobs in that industry are going here too. The decline in the
automobile industry was happening even before with soaring petrol costs.
The American banks have slyly sold on a lot of their debts to
international banks, including Australia, which has greater
regulation so there's fury here. I am
it is not just the manufacturing jobs that are disappearing, it is all
the jobs that we do not associate with the auto industry: accounting
firms, advertising firms, legal firms, parts providers, restaurants
built near offices etc...etc...etc...
almost everything in Detroit touches some aspe
pendent on Ford on GM for revenues which flow back due to the vicinity
of the car manufacturing plants, in the suburbs and other nearby
regions.
-Original Message-
From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:38 PM
To: list 313
Subject: (313) Detroi
As it relates to music, all but the most successful musicians in
Detroit have day jobs, and if the economy gets any worse, they're
going to have to leave to survive ...
I wouldn't say so, all the UK major cities have industries that have
crashed and now disappeared. Sheffield, Bradford, Manche
I got to talk briefly with Terrence Parker when he played here
Halloween night, and when I asked him about how things were in
Detroit, he didn't talk about music or musicians -- he talked about
the problems with the automotive industry.
Now without getting into an off topic discussion on the econo
