Southeastern Massachusetts - MassBenchmarks

Massachusetts BENCHMARKSSUMMER 16 .. Historically, Southeastern Massachusetts has beendefined by its five cities Attleboro, Brockton,Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton whosecommon industrial history extends back to the early cities have risen and declined along with the fortunesof traditional manufacturing industries, such as textiles andapparel and metals fabrication. In the late 1920s, when thetextile and apparel industries left the state, the cities wentinto a long period of 1920 and 1990, the populations of NewBedford and Fall River dropped by approximately 20 per-cent. Since the end of World War II, each of the region scities has experienced a pathology of de-industrialization: lowincomes, high unemployment, low rates of educational at-From the FieldSoutheastern MassachusettsBuilding a New Economytainment, decaying municipal infrastructure, population loss,low property values, and a weak tax Search of a SolutionThe region s identity has long reflected its economic, po-litical, and geographic isolation.

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