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To: LindyBill who wrote (301942)4/21/2009 12:20:38 AM
From: John Carragher  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793917
 
the shoe industry and tanning of leathers also left during that time.



To: LindyBill who wrote (301942)4/21/2009 2:05:51 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Respond to of 793917
 
Massachusetts was not the 3rd world in the 1800's but instead had one of the highest standards of living in the world.

Also, standards of living are relative. Malaysia's standard of living today is higher than Massachusett's standard of living in 1820.