What part of the U.S. was hit hardest by the 1990 recession?
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The recession never realy hit CA, bad.\n\nI would say Detriot, that's when the Japan imports took off, and back then most Toyota plants weren't in the US.
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I can answer this question with some accuracy from personal experience. In 2000, the job market was still pretty good with the dot.com boom. The job market was slowing down in the beginning of 2001..when the recession officially started. 9/11 compounded the recession and it was very difficult to find a job then.  I graduated soon after 9/11 and believe me, it was extremely tough.  I think it slowly improved until 2003.  About late 2003..it picked up and economy started to expand until now.  Right now its slowing down a bit, but it is a decent job market.
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Emergency rooms clogged and closing down, Schools overcrowded, school lunch programs running out of money, traffic, car accidents with no insurance, going to the bathroom in public in from of Home Depot waiting for a job, having to print signs in multiple languages, denying a better education to children because the teacher has to try and help those learning english too, jails overcrowding, trash collection and public services pushed to the brink, wages depressed, teenagers having a harder time finding jobs.  This just a portion of what the costs to the American Economy are.
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While New York City is the most populous city in the United States, Sitka, Alaska is the largest city in area.
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Well, I know New Orleans USED to be one of the worst....ahem.\n\n\n(BTW, NYC is one of the best)
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i would say italy, even though im an american living here in italy, it gets pretty sad knowing the americans wouldnt get that far.
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"going to hell in a handbasket" Where the hell are you living? Unemployment is down to like 5% thats lower than just about any country in the world. We in the United States enjoy very good lives. Perhaps you would rather have been young in the 30s and 40s. There was no support for the elderly. Children were expected to start work at age 7. The work week was Monday thru Saturday with 16 hour days. The child mortality rate was very high as kids were hurt in textile plants, on farms and generally abused by overworked, parents. Open up a history book and learn where we have come from before you start blabbing about how things have gone bad. Things are quite good. You should be damned thankful you are alive in this era and living in this country.
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World War II was a BIG factor in the USA becoming a power house. Also the 40's produced one of the biggest baby booms in US history for the 50's.
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What economy are you referring to? If it's the US, it's already recovering north of a 5% for the first quarter of 2006.
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The US economy has a history of cyclical highs and lows.  Most of the others were called 'Financial panics'.  See the bottom of this wikipedia page for more:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1873\n\nThese lows are charecterized by job loss, banking failures, forclosures, loss of property value and bankruptcies.\n\nIn addition, there have been several recessions, which were like mini-depressions.  In the 1980's sections of the country had housing-value crashes and unemployment was high.\n\nSocial Security was put in place because people who are elderly when a economic downturn strikes can see their lifelong savings wiped out when they have no means to earn it back.  The old-fahioned word for retirement during a economic downturn can be found in the census records: pauper.
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California.  \n\nTechnology - Bay Area\nAgriculture - Fresno and central California\nEntertainment - Los Angeles\n\nAs of 2005, California's economy is larger than all but seven national economies in the world. California is responsible for 13% of the United States gross domestic product (GDP). The gross state product (GSP) is about $1.55 trillion ($1,550,000,000,000, as of 2004), making it greater than that of every other U.S. state, and most countries in the world (by Purchasing Power Parity).
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The Midwestern United States (or Midwest) is a region of the north-central and northeastern United States of America, located entirely inland. The term's etymology is now somewhat archaic, as the region's states were once a part of the Northwest Territory and the region was known as being a part of the "Middle West" of the United States before the Louisiana Purchase.
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in the last presidential election i believe wyoming hand the highest % for bush and massachusetts the highest for kerry.\n\nthis link will show you the most conservative and liberal cities: http://www.votingresearch.org/
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Panama.\n\nThe poverty there was truely astounding.  I saw an entire city made of card board and the electricity was generater made and lined with extention cords.  It also had no plumbing so human waste was thrown in the street for the rains to wash away.  It was expected by a lot of families for the women to protestute to support them.\n\nThe area with the lowest crime rate was the block the police station was on and it had 18 muggings a day.  There were a lot of areas where if you did not have a gun, you did not need to go there.\n\nOf corse this was back in 1989 so things down there might have improved, but it made me realize how good we have it here.
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Any big city...like New York city NY, San Diego Ca, Los Angeles Ca, Fort Worth Tx, Dallas Tx....etc. I would stay away from Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and many parts of Tennessee, North & South Carolinia. Mississippi would be a great place to go, but it's a poor state in the sense of finding good jobs there.
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In the early 90's after the former Soviet union collapsed
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Northern Minnesota, Maine, Montana, and Idaho are frequently the coldest locations in the US.  The cold creates problems for machinery and also shortens the growing season.\nTexas, Arizona, Southern California are frequently the hottest places in the US.  I would not want to live in the heat, I can always add a layer for warmth.