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Article: THE GREAT DIVIDE.(haves and have-nots in North Carolina)
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- Business North Carolina
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- February 1, 2001
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New jobs created by technology that destroys old ones widen the gap between the state's haves and have-nots.
Day breaks on the dewy top of Stanley's water tower, then slides slowly down to North Main Street. "A Friendly Place," the big white tank says in black letters, though the streets below are mostly deserted. The young leave early for jobs elsewhere, and gray-haired men with Dale Earnhardt caps on their heads and time on their hands hang around the Hardee's at the other end of town.
When the sun reaches Gate 5 of a mill on North Main, it shines through a glass door on dusty boxes and a worn broom propped against the wall. For 90 years, owners added ...