Feeling Let Down and Left Behind, With Little Hope for Better-NYT- May 25, 2016

[CES]

I'm not quite sure what to think about this...vaping and the economy/politics

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/u...-left-behind-with-little-hope-for-better.html

 

[Lessifer]

Not really a story about vaping. Not a bad piece, I don't like the terms they use but it wasn't negative.

 

[CES]

I haven't seen a story before that sort of looks at the economy through the eyes of vapers. But it still felt a little ...off.

 

[Lessifer]

Definitely not a "feel good" story. At least they portrayed the guy honestly and showed that this vapor industry guy is NOT part of BT. It felt like they wanted to make a drug connection, and skirted really close a few times, but didn't. It's just a really odd piece.

 

[choochoogranny]

Think they were just writing a "piece" on the "downtrodden" in a small southern town, and rather than start it off in a bar just used a vape shop instead.

 

[Jman8]

I like that they're normalizing vaping.

 

[Hitmetwice]

I like that they're normalizing vaping.

Yeah, the smarter ones in the community are vaping/involved in vaping for livelihood and not doing or turning to what many in the same boat unfortunately are. Drug use, drug biz, alcohol for recreational and therapeutic reasons.

 

[bobwho77]

Seen a lot of stories like this written about the old Pennsylvania/New England mill towns, after the mills closed down in the 1980s. Most of them used one of the neighborhood bars as a backdrop. This one used a vape shop. Same basic story, just a different setting, and cast of characters.
If I could suggest a soundtrack, it would be "Allentown" by Billy Joel, and "Your Hometown" by Bruce Springsteen.