Related to the previous post, on Wilmington, Ohio and DHL—a thread in response to a Columbus Dispatch story about Wilmington called Hope, Gardens nourish town DHL left, posted on a local Ohio bulletin board:

JOSEPH: People have to reconsider how they live and regions have to reconsider how to make themselves economically viable in a recession. [...]

Reuters is running a story on Wilmington, Ohio, where the recession has hit especially hard.

Unemployment in this small U.S. town has quadrupled in the past 16 months, but worse is to come as thousands of unemployed workers run out of severance money and benefits.
“Things are going to get tighter around here toward the end [...]