 vibrant absolutely booming economy the post-war american economy full of veterans like my dad who had gone very quickly on the gi bill back to finish their college get a law degree and start a small town law practice join a small town law firm but all around me were steel workers and their kids and i went to school with them all around me were car workers and their kids and i went to school it's a union town i've never had anything against the union and the union towns are broken