many government programs have aided economic recovery for the people of Muscle Shoals. Now the man they voted for might slash themFrom the golden arches of McDonald’s to the aroma of pulled pork sandwiches at local barbecue institution Bunyan’s,the Florence-Muscle Shoals metropolitan area is, at first encounter, and the quintessential American suburb.
Fast-food chains and discount stores line bustling streets of an area considered the economic hub of north-west Alabama. Unlike the working lesson pockets of America that have struggled to rebound from the worthy Recession,this former bedrock of the textile and metal industries has labored in recent years to reinvent itself.
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Source: theguardian.com