Take a look at the two maps from the wikipedia article on the rust belt. All of Massachusetts lost manufacturing jobs in a dramatic and devastating way but only the three counties of the Pioneer Valley are relatively stagnant in income growth (I suspect the Berkshires are buoyed by seasonal...
I also called the Governor and Secretary cowards but that apparently was a little too hot for the Berkshire Eagle. I've been going to these darn meetings since when I lived three miles from the newly reopened Union Station in Springfield. Those of you that seem to have an insider's understanding...
