The death and life of Asheboro, N.C.

[@sabrinaperez5314]

So happy to say were doing so much better. Almost all sunset is full. We have Hops, & antique stores, tattoo shops, the table, magnolia..etc.

[@fernandaguerrero8641]

Sabrina Perez sunset downtown is so beautiful now

[@steven-gl2lp]

Nowadays asheboro is having shootings everyday

[@guaguiis7564]

@@steven-gl2lp Ong

[@Gxldish]

​@@steven-gl2lpno it hasn't? I've been living here for 18 years

[@Shusha0029]

Asheboro is coming along well now. I love seeing the new businesses on sunset growing. It's became so quaint. I think we are finally growing and seeing better times. We all want to be able to take care of our families. No matter what party you vote for.

[@aceystar1478]

And yet they can't be bothered to fix the parking lots. Half of them are pot hole ridden and have narrow entrances. The rest are gravel. And none of them are easy to get into because of the narrow roads.

[@JohnsonOmallyJr]

The government doesn't want there to be small towns

[@tamarahill7612]

Would love to see 60 minutes come back and do a new story on how great things are doing now. MAny new companies and manufacturing, new businesses... even Ramseur is also doing better.

[@m1v111]

klaussner closed

[@mysnellvilleblog]

The enthusiasm & gumption the Jenny's Pickles owner demonstrates is what we all need to make it through. "Think outside the jar" as she says, look for opportunities, be positive as you can be.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

Even if it was not mentioned in this report, five will get you 10 that most of those 5 million lost manufacturing jobs were replaced by service jobs that pay much less. You don't need to be a Harvard MBA to figure out that if an economy continues to replace it's manufacturing base, where most of high-paying jobs are, with lower-paying jobs, it's economy is going to eventually start to shrink. The only reason why that hasn't happened yet is because many people are living off credit or government assistance and that is helping to fill the gap somewhat. As Joseph Stiglitz said, America is becoming a rich nation with poor people. But how long is that going to last?

[@TheWritingGirl]

so sad....were losing small towns by the hundreds .

[@ChickenManiac]

MischievousKittie they make it seem ALOT worse than it is.

[@swampdude1]

Randolph County is full of very nice people. While in school I spent a lot of time around Farmer and the Uwharrie National Forest. I hope this area makes an economic come back. Good memories!

[@freedathugger4939]

Bill Crook it did we are doing way better now!

[@daltondaniels7453]

Asheboro still don't have any good jobs

[@jenniferspicer5710]

I worked with the lady that was talking at the end of the video sugar was her name I worked with her at energizer she is a very sweet lady.. I grow up in asheboro it’s come along ways since the 1980s when I was little now it’s rebuilding..

[@tarsahmcghee1346]

Jennifer Spicer hi hiw is the state now 2018

[@StickPeopleAndPuff]

My father grew up down the road in Pittsboro and my best friends father grew up in Ramseur. They both used to tell us about working in the "mills" whether it be hosiery or brick. They both married and moved to Raleigh where we were born and raised. I remember driving through the small towns along US64 and it hit hard how dead they were not even an hours drive away from 4 major metropolitan areas in North Carolina......

[@aceystar1478]

Wait which 4. Greensboro, Burlington, Highpoint I'm guessing

[@StickPeopleAndPuff]

@@aceystar1478 I think he worked at the one in Greensboro and Burlington

[@aceystar1478]

@@StickPeopleAndPuff no I'm asking which 4 metropolitan areas you're referring to

[@StickPeopleAndPuff]

@@aceystar1478 Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem

[@Red_Cupp]

I grew up in a house on 64 in Ramseur and I watched the town go from its busiest as a child to its death by the time I graduated high school. It was sad to watch.

[@aceystar1478]

My grandfather worked at ramtex (the destroyed plant he's standing in) until he retired

[@tiretire-uo6ld]

Asheborois a great town still...keeps going

[@shadeshiest22]

Its like people and jobs have abandoned these small towns with not a lot to offer for close by towns that were just in the right random location, and have grown exponentially that are now big cities. EVERYONE in NC lives in either Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, or around Asheville, unless they are in college, military, farming, or on vacation/retired... Everyone else lives in some small has been town working a crappy job just barely existing cause its all they know or have... These days when people turn of age, they usually try and abandon these small towns for better dreams, not hang around and just live to get by like people use to do...

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

Nick Hall what about Wilmington

[@jillianfaith5172]

@@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484 I'd consider Wilmington more of a small town than a City. Not a whole lot of jobs...the economy there is seasonal and booming in the summer and slows down in the winter. Beautiful place...

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

Jillian Faith my son is/was stationed in Jacksonville (he’s on a ship now) and it seemed to be a nice place ...but of course I was only there 2 days and one of those days was spent driving and spending the day at Emerald beach or coast or whatever it was called

[@blacksheep-oi5zs]

BTW, the pickle place went out of business last year...

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

blacksheep7198 wow

[@autopartsmonkey7992]

HE DOSNT WANT TO ANSWER THAT....WELL...TELL THE ANSWER THEN...ILL TELL YOU...ITS 19 CENTS AN HR....THATS WHAT THEY PAY IN HONDOURAS 19 CENTS AN HR,

[@kotpepe]

Then I don't blame those people from Honduras trying to reach the USA where they can earn 8 usd/hr.

[@lilrog0909]

@@kotpepe make 8 an HR to pay 2k in bills sounds great

[@aceystar1478]

@@lilrog0909 but you would have access to food, refrigeration, electricity, plumbing, and health care. There are a lot of places in Honduras where the people live in shacks. It's where my cousin lives.

[@christinab.2864]

Like Detroit or Camden New Jersey just in the south. Plus I’m sure those two cities start out as nice as this town before the violence.

[@PJKodaMC]

Yo that's me with the curly hair at 1:08. I remember this shit

[@BryanIngold]

Oh really?

[@edwardluffman4797]

I live in Asheboro,N.C. I remember this story.

[@cavemandancer]

How is it now?

[@FreeGhettoBoyz]

@@cavemandancer year late but its actually fairly nice now

[@gbyrd1970]

I live in Asheboro

[@5TheSpirit]

Nc zoo is awesome

[@GretaLint]

It really ticks me off that this lie is still online. FORBES NEVER CAME HERE. They never called. They never did any current research. Instead, they pulled OLD NEWS and used it as current. Many of us called FORBES to try and talk with the writer, but we had little success. PLEASE do NOT refer to this video as the current situation. Asheboro is THRIVING. We have a wonderful, booming downtown with locally-owned shops and restaurants. We have been rewarded as a Main Street city and an All-American City. Life here is good. Businesses are coming here, including TOYOTA, who recently announced a major commitment with 1,700 jobs. So please please please - do not put any value into this video. I know people who are and it is wrong. The video is wrong. I love Asheboro and am very pleased about how much we have grown. I have lived in other places and I love calling Asheboro home.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

How is the Grocery shopping ?

[@xWillawisp]

:D I was in this video! Though my hair is black, now. 5:27!

[@standunitedorfall6394]

Wehoo. 👍

[@BryanIngold]

Oh really?

[@cacoca79]

why would have the business have died if he didnt move to honduras?

[@rebelks88]

cacoca79 The cost of employment would have made the price of the product too much for people to want to buy. It would "price him out of the market" in business speak.

[@lifeonwheels5756]

No he’s just greedy

[@trctruckingracingcooking5464]

I live here good folk's with the exception of the young crowd most are on drugs or lazy the best thing we have is Caraway speedway and it's not the same since Russell passed away

[@aceystar1478]

Well there ain't exactly a lot for the young folks in Asheboro or the surrounding area. Half of the things built are for older people, doctors offices, dentists, lawyers, real estate agents, and most of the stores are bad junk shops or weird vintage boutiques. There's nothing for teenagers to do except be hoodlums so they become hoodlums.

[@UncleBobbo]

@@aceystar1478 I don't exactly see those young people investing in things for young people to do when they are in a position to either...

[@johnderekmitchell1510]

Sugar said it best.

[@DavidSolodukhin]

no.

[@ashleyciriza2208]

YEE YEE FROM ASHEBORO! follow me on the gram @woaah.ashley

[@fabianculler7827]

It’s Ramseur downtown

[@xdinteractive]

Do NOT visit asheboro NC for any reason, no matter what is there. It is a place of constitutional violations and all sorts of civil rights disgrace.

[@tonycardanza2756]

People need to drink energy drinks at night that place is dying.

[@aiidankhan]

Lol this is where i used to live

[@lichen6962]

my mom works at technamark

[@CameronArnett-o9h]

...

[@cavemandancer]

Let's go Brandon.

[@davelee5973]

5 bucks a day they make

[@1slan550]

lol

[@jbncnow]

And these people voted for TRUMP nd Republicans and they dont gie two shits about these people they just dont.

[@maryunderwood9641]

Trump 2020!

[@iamstewpit6740]

No

[@iamstewpit6740]

Such ignorance

[@13soap13]

... And now you know why Americans voted for TRUMP!

[@BH-br4ee]

You mean dump 💩

[@eyestoenvy]

TRUMP 2016

[@dashyslaysdashyslays692]

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[@JoeBunting1751]

Vote Obama 2012, let's crush Romney's dreams!

[@matthewstaley2343]

Back in the Obama days and we’re heading right back into the Obama days with creepy joe in office

[@chasjohn57]

It's because we have a do nothing mayor who always runs unopposed and properties are owned by a handful of people who do nothing but jack up rents.

[@dswynne]

Vote Romney 2012, let's crush Obama's Marxism.

[@ChickenManiac]

DSWynne I can't wait for the election I'm voting for Romney!!!