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The River Runs Deep
Working class Monroe is a small town between Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH.
Its biggest claim to fame is being the headquarters of Lazy Boy Corporation. Lazy Boy no longer manufactures furniture here. It imports it from China. Two paper mills and a number of car factories (including Ford) used to operate in the area. They are all gone now. Jobs that are still available in the area are low paying and mostly in the service industry. In recent years, many of the residents turned to heroin and oxycontin as an alternative to the American dream.
Its biggest claim to fame is being the headquarters of Lazy Boy Corporation. Lazy Boy no longer manufactures furniture here. It imports it from China. Two paper mills and a number of car factories (including Ford) used to operate in the area. They are all gone now. Jobs that are still available in the area are low paying and mostly in the service industry. In recent years, many of the residents turned to heroin and oxycontin as an alternative to the American dream.
