geek49203
join:2000-11-25
Jackson, MI
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Re: Avarice and Greed
You can only imagine what this is gonna do to Coudersport, which will look like an wild-west ghost town after the gold rush. The corporate phone book and the village phone book are virtually the same. The downtown's major feature is the new Adelphia headquarters building.
I can see the abandoned houses, churches, schools now. After all, it's not like one can replace a 5 or 6 figure middle-level management income in Coudersport when the nearest big city is more than 2 hours away.
Just think... the father has to live with the remains of his town, having to look at the devestation everyday... |
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Karl Bode
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| I'm seeing a similar impact in the town I grew up in....IBM began in central New York near Binghamton, and has over the years trimmed it's operations....with the recent announcement of cuts it should truly decimate the workforce, who aren't going to find much else to do in that area...
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bistro777
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join:2002-02-07
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| Yeah, I know what you mean - it's always a shame to see good people lose jobs and home due to people who've enriched themselves by questionable means. I lived in the Buffalo area in the early 90s, endured the snow and four-straight Super Bowl losses - great parties, though - and watched that rust-belt city slowly disintegrate as steel and other jobs were lost. So, employment-wise, Adelphia was a breath of fresh air to the community.
There was a big article in The Buffalo News today (buffalonews.com) about the revitalization of the Lake Erie waterfront and the Sabres - both impacted by Adelphia's demise. They were to have built a CS center near the waterfront arena to house 1,000-1,300 people, jobs desperately needed in the Buffalo area. Now it won't be built and jobs will be lost by people unable find other work as the Adelphia cable franchises are sold-off across the country.
Adelphia and the Rigas family were always viewed in Buffalo as 'good for the community' (regardless of one's like/dislike of their products/services). It's a real shame their actions will affect so many 'common folk' - people who worked hard and trusted in management to build and grow the company. 'For the love of money is the root of all evil' etc., I guess...
Adelphia spelled forwards is still Adelphia. |
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Karl Bode
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| I went to school in Fredonia at about that same time.
It's consistently amazing how the NY State legislators throw bread crumbs to the rest of the state, and whole loaves and NYC....
There's just no impressive business development being tried in New York State....
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | reply to bistro777
Oh, and I lived on Heath street in Buffalo for a summer before moving to NYC....
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bistro777
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Englewood, CO | reply to Karl Bode
Ah, yes - Fredonia, USA... Marx Bros. festivals, tequila night and chicken wings at BJ's, cribbage at the Fountain Bar & Grill, etc. Ah, yes, I remember it well... |
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