Is there any industry or business that is strong where you live?

Devon is pretty potent around here, but I guess that's not a surprise. They hire a lot of people and take pretty good care of their employees. There is a local diner, which because the city wanted to expan the railroad tracks had to relocate. It's still a diner but it looks like a nice restaurant. It is thriving and I'm really glad. It's full of good people, great prices, and yummy food. I like to see small businesses succeed.

I think for our area a very big company is walmart. I love walmart it just has so many deals. There store brand products are reasonably priced. They are doing so well because so many people go there. They've got so many different things to choose from and they have super walmarts that have groceries as well. The only thing I wish they had is layaway.

You have all those employment options in your town? That's incredible! I live in a town that has an estimated population of less than 8,000 people. I'm still new here, so I'll have to guess on what sorts of jobs are available here, but that's because I'm not entirely sure of the borders still. 1. Car repair. There's at least five automobile repair shops that I'm away of, though one specializes in body work. 2. Supermarket. A Bottom Dollar just opened a new store here. 3. Gas station. There is one gas station here. 4. Restaurant. At least two restaurants. 5. School. We have the elementary school as well as a religious school. 6. Gift shops. There are a few of those here. 7. Bars. There are two here. That's all I can think of. The area is in transition, with new businesses coming and going frequently.

I live in a small city of about 65,000 people. Our main industry was making trucks and truck parts but right after I moved here the plant mostly shut down and has never recovered. Lots of nursing homes for our aging population--all the young ones are fleeing in favor of places with well-paying jobs. We do have a college here but it's not a great job generator. Of the people that have jobs, lots of them commute to the neighboring big city 25 miles away or the other big city 40 miles away. About the only job you can get in this little city is in a restaurant or retail store, both low paying jobs. We're not in very good shape here.

My tiny little town is smack dab between 2 bigger cities. Most of the people who live around here travel to one of those cities or some other nearby town for work. We don't have much here in our town for work. It's one of those towns that if you blink while driving through you'll miss it. We have 1 stop light, 4 pizza places, 1 gas station, 1 small grocery shop, and a large plastic manufacturing plant which has recently expanded so they're doing well. A couple towns over we have more big plants, it's like 3 or 4 plants all apart of the same company, and they make medical equipment so they hire a lot of people, and at least one person in my town works there. Most of the high school kids work at either the grocery store or one of the fast food places.. but there aren't really enough jobs right here in town to go around. I have to travel about 20 minutes to one of the bigger cities for my job, and that's a block away from where my husband works. If it weren't for the kids we might consider moving out to that city to be closer to work, but we're not about to pull the kids away from all their friends, and the only school district my younger 4 kids have ever been in. Twins are in 4th grade now and have been out here since preschool. The oldest is in high school now, and he's been here since the end of 3rd grade.. and it would be awful for him to change schools in high school. I know because it was done to me, and it was done to hubby too..

We have a lot of shopping stores. We have 2 hospitals, and 3 agencies. We have 2 churches (Can you count it as a job?) We have the best jenever distellery in the world and Iam proud of it. Two pharmacies and alot of supermarkets (big ones and small ones) We are a little town.

That sounds very interesting. Very impressive indeed. A small town, yet has a variety of businesses. One of the natural resouces in the Province I am living is Forests. There are a number of forest-based industries here, timber, pulp and paper, and so on.

We have several construction businesses here, a state university and a community. I live in a capitol city so there are many stores, a mall, and call centers here that have been around along time.

There are a lot of restaurants in my area. There are also a couple of industrial parks. The most popular are a couple of heavy equipment manufacturers. I work at one that builds hydrostatic transmissions. There are two hospitals and several doctors offices too. Car lots...gosh there are a lot of them. There are hardware stores too and the farm and ranch stores you were talking about. There is a small mall and we don't have a shortage in the clothing store area. There is a big fitness center and then smaller ones that people have opened up personally. There are also alot of hairdressers here.

We have one big company where they make huge cranes, it is the Manitowoc Company or Manitowoc Cranes. Years ago we use to have Mirro where they made pots and pans, cook wear, bake wear. It was had many different buildings throughout the city. Then also from the past we had Manitowoc Shipbuilding. Where they made boats, and huge ships to go across Lake Michigan. And during the war they made submarines. Alot of the businesses closed. Which truly is a shame. We still have Kaysun plastic where they make plastic housings and other plastic items. With the bad economy alot of business have left our area. We do not have alot of good ones left. I know I have missed several, but right now can't think of them.

Hiya GG, Where I live right now most of it is Agriculture so it consiste mainly of People who are willing to work in their local Greenhouses as you rarely see anything cultivated here openly now. Lots of Conserves still being done locally thank goodness as without it I don´t know what the People would do. Lots of People from other Countries depend on that kind of employment as there is very often no other either for them. Complicated times at the moment. There are one or two Industry things but they don´t say what they do really so I don´t know much about them as I have only just got here really.xxx A martial Arts School is nice to have and almost anyone can learn something there too.xxx

I live in a suburb of a big tourist-attraction city. This city is constantly in top rankings of most liveable, most beautiful, most fun and most adventurous cities in the world (something about being able to ski and surf just 20 minutes from downtown). There's also a lot of parks and lakes around where people can get into nature (biking, hiking, camping, etc.)

Oh !you have so many trades and some are unique, although you have small population. The population of the city where I live is more than 400,000,there are varieties of trades in it, which I lose count of,but don't have one that is unique.If let me say,the textile industry is not too disappointing.

I live in Austin, Texas and we are blessed with a really strong economy. We have a very big technology industry, hospitality industry, service industry and retail. There are a lot of government jobs. We are the capital. There is a music industry and film industry although those jobs are very sought after and competitive. There are lots of jobs in education. We have several colleges and universities with The University of Texas at Austin being huge. However, there is a down side to the boom and growth. The cost of living is high. Traffic is an absolute nightmare. Public transportation is only so so. Being Texas, social services are mediocre. And crime is becoming a problem. Oh and the weather. Summers are grueling with last summer being the worst.

Well, we have the Soboba Indian Casino. It seems to be doing well. They give us great firework shows. Of course, they've been robbed twice since I've lived here. Sad.

Most people around here are retired, but those who do work tend to do so in construction or forestry, or in the mines. Many people from this area leave the area to work abroad, where they often work in the tunnelling industries.

Not really but I live out in the far west suburbs of Chicago and most big companies are closer to the city. The biggest employer we have in this area is Sears and they are about to let several people go so that is not looking so great at the moment. There used to be a big motor plant not that far away but they shut down a few years back really devastated the little town they were in as most of the people that lived there worked for that plant. Most people here go to the city by train to work or commute to another larger suburb called Schaumburg. There are a lot of jobs in that area.

but they don't interest me much.HAPPY NEW YEAR. GG. We don't have much going on here. All the plants have closed but one which is not a good thing.We are also a small college town which helps some but downtown is like a ghost town because as u know when wal-mart comes into a small town everything goes out to where it is.We have alot of fast food places, whoopee which don't interest me much. Things really mchange in a small town when wal-mart comes in.

We use to be a forest products center, but now are becomeing a major retirement area, so I would say health care is our fastest gwoing industry.

Hi GardenGerty, I live in a small town too. We have a hospital, we have a small community college, the nursing home is a part of the hospital, few grocery stores, furniture stores, dollar stores, and a lot of fast food restaurants, but the major industry company closed, went bankrupt and lost all of our retirement funds. The economy hit this area real hard. Now we are a tri-city area and in one of the tri-city, Kia has built an automotive industry and jobs have and are still coming to the area, alone with its suppliers. It is a good thing for the up and coming young people in this area as for me No, I am now beyond working in an industry like that. I have heard that these Korean owned company rules and protocol are different. I guess it is that way with all companies, for instance you may be 65 and working but you are to perform like the 25 year old's if you are getting the same pay.