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On Recession Road Photocasting across America with Michael S. Williamson: A Washington Post photojournalist has spent the year traveling around the country, meeting people whose lives have been altered by the flattened economy.
Workers from the Sarku Japanese fast food restaurant at the Wheaton Plaza food court are tested for management positions. Those who qualify will get higher pay and a managerial title.
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The fast food chain Burger King is now offering delivery services. Although the pay is minimum wage, the new service has resulted in some job openings. The monthly jobs numbers are expected to show an increase in the number of jobs created for the month of February.
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Roofers work on a job at an office complex in Gaithersburg. Randy Daniels of Katchmark Construction (based in Chantilly) said that work has picked up for the company in recent weeks. "It was very slow at the beginning of the year, but things are really picking up. We have four major projects that we are working on now," Daniels said.
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A construction worker leaves the work site after a day working on a new Costco discount store being built at Wheaton Plaza. The huge discount store is scheduled to open in early 2013.
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Wal-Mart employees working the late-night shift unpack a shipment of clothing items at the store in Kimball, W.Va. Locals are happy to have the mostly minimum wage jobs in the town that has an unemployment rate of over 12 percent. The discount department store chain created over 200 jobs when it opened in 2005. The Wal-Mart chain is the largest private employer in the United States.
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Shane Picarella stands at a memorial in downtown Shamokin, Pa., that honors local soldiers who were killed in action over the years. Picarella is an Army veteran who was wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan and has had a very difficult time finding work since leaving the service two years ago. He has difficulty walking after he was shot in the leg in combat. "I knew it would be hard to find work because of my injuries, but there's nothing around here. It's depressing," he said. Shamokin has an unemployment rate above 10 percent, and a quarter of the population lives on less than $10,000 per year.
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Adolfo Paredes of Hyattsville works a temporary job at a Christmas tree lot in Olney, Md. The minimum-wage job started on Thanksgiving Day and ended Dec. 24. He was hoping to find a construction job after the new year but was realistic. "I will probably go back to selling flowers on the side of the road," he said.
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There are full-time and part-time openings at the Thai Kitchen restaurant in Silver Spring that pay the minimum wage. The openings represent the toughest part of the slow economic recovery occurring in the United States: Many of the new jobs are for low pay.
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Several new houses are under construction in Kensington, Md., that are priced in the $600,000 range. While housing permits and home construction has been fickle nationally, out of the nation's 20 largest metropolitan markets, the Washington area continues to be one of the top performers.
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In Largo, job seekers line up at a career fair Nov. 3 at Prince George's Community College. Hundreds of prospective job seekers met with companies and government agencies that included the retail chain Target and the Secret Service. The Secret Service recruiters drew much attention.
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Cris McRae, a veteran of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division who served lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan before leaving the Army in August, talks with Federal Bureau of Prisons recruiter Robert Tartt Jr., left, at the Prince George’s Community College career fair Nov. 3. McRae was checking out booths representing law enforcement agencies but said he was open to other options. "The hard thing is to find a place to use my skill set," he said. McRae led an eight-man sniper team in combat.
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James Carter is dressed for success at the Prince George's Community College career fair Nov. 3. Carter, who was laid off as a D.C. teacher’s assistant because of budget cuts, was looking for clerical or administrative work. “At this point I'm looking for anything that pays a salary,” he said.
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Steve Lowe, whose background is in real estate, inquired at the USDA booth at a career fair that was held at Prince George's Community College.
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Naisofi Defina, 66, of the District at the makeshift camp in McPherson Square park where she has spent several days while participating in the Occupy Wall Street protests. Defina said she sees nothing about the current economic system that will help the poor.
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A street scene in Reading, Pa., which, according to census data, has the highest poverty rate among cities with populations greater than 65,000. According to census data, 41.3 percent of Reading’s 88,000 residents live below the poverty line. The city’s fortunes have been in decline for some time, and a string of recent factory closings worsened its plight.
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Becky Aul, 36, works part time at a motel in Reading, Pa. The job does not come with benefits, but it was the best she could find after being laid off by a medical records billing company. “I've never been political, but my situation is sure making me political,” she said. Reading has the highest percentage of residents living in poverty for cities over 65,000 population.
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Amazon.com is building a new call center in Huntington, W.Va. and hopes to hire as many as 300 people when the facility is fully operational. Although most of the jobs pay only about $10 per hour, many of the applicants were willing to accept that rate because the majority of them are unemployed.
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After a period of unemployment, Melvin Scott, left, and Yanko Mansaray have found work with a contractor who strips homes of such recyclable materials as wood, brick and tile before the homes are demolished. The Cleveland area has 12,000 homes in foreclosure and many are slated for demolition. So, in a bit of irony, these men found work because of the recession.
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Estel "Red" Rummer takes a break from removing a tree stump to lament the job situation in Morgan County, Ohio. “The unemployment rate is almost 13 percent around here. We really got hit when two local manufacturing plants closed. One of them just closed because of the economy and the other moved the jobs to Mexico. My son was looking hard for a really good job, and get this, he ended up getting some work packing up the machines that were shipped down South to Mexico.”
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Francis Jones of New Martinsville, W.Va., worked in the coal industry for many years but is hoping to find a less-strenuous job because of his health. "I'd like to get a job as a clerk or cashier, but it seems like they only want to hire younger people," he said. He also said that he's seen neighbors who appear to be secure financially but are reluctant to part with their money. " I don't know if the people with money are stuck up or what. Maybe they are just scared."
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Maxine Thomas holds her grandson Cameryn, 5, at the mobile home she owns in Elkridge, Md. Maxine has two adult daughters and three grandsons living with her.
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With the power out, Thomas, right, her daughter Stephanie and Stephanie's son Kairee, 8, spent most of the summer day outside.
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In Elkridge, Md., Maxine Thomas hangs laundry to dry in her mobile home, which is without power. Thomas, her two daughters and three grandsons have been struggling. Thomas lost her job in the fall, and her electricity was shut off in June after she fell behind on the bill. Her daughter Stephanie works at a nearby fast-food restaurant and brings home ice to preserve food stored in a cooler.
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Najib Bohachen keeps busy in the produce section of the Whole Foods store that opened in Foggy Bottom on Sept. 6. The opening meant about 100 new jobs for local workers.
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Rosario Gomez, left, and other new employees listen during the grand opening festivities at the new Whole Foods store in Foggy Bottom. Unemployment in the District is still hovering around 11 percent.
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Zeshan Naqvi, seafood team leader at the new Whole Foods in Foggy Bottom, does some last-minute mopping up before the store's opening.
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Kat Kadola hopes to find work in the fashion industry. In need of a job, she ended up working the front desk at this gaming center in Palm Coast, Fla., in a strip mall that had several shuttered businesses. The gaming center has since closed.
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The sign on this truck in Tampa reads “$19.00 HR." In the truck bed was Henry, an unemployed construction worker who was trying to make some money doing day labor under less-than-ideal circumstances. What was Henry’s story? "Hey, brother,” he said. “Times are tough these days, in case you haven't noticed."
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More than 4,000 job seekers converged on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the District in early August in hopes of making a connection or filling out a job application.ésumé. Some were disappointed to find that a majority of companies were taking applications only online.
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John Carter doesn't own a computer, so he uses one at a friend's store in Sparks, Ga., to look for work. He was one of 600 people who were laid off when a nearby carpet factory closed last winter. "Most places don't want you to apply in person, it's online only, so I'm at a real disadvantage. I really need a job, but even factories that need workers are thinking twice about hiring people." He said that things are really tight financially for his family. "I need a break, I'm getting desperate. I'm not afraid to say that I'm scared."
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Laura Higgs, here with daughter Katelyn, 2, opened a small produce shop that she operates out of what was an abandoned store in Sparks, Ga. After hundreds of jobs were lost when a nearby carpet factory closed, she and her husband, Rodney Higgs, decided to take matters into their own hands and open this little place they call "Dollar Produce." They gather fruit and vegetables from nearby farmers and resell the items at their store for a small profit. Higgs has a classic business plan, "We are selling our watermelons for only $2 each for now, but once we get 'em hooked, we are going to raise the price," she said.
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Jim Graham, a heavy-equipment operator for the space shuttle, waits for instructions on the runway just after the orbiter landed for the final time at Cape Canaveral, Fla. "I don't know what I'm going to do right now,'' said Graham, who was laid off the day after this photo was taken. "I guess I'm going to ride my bike more and keep busy." He and hundreds of other shuttle support personnel lost their jobs last month as the program ended.
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While Naples, Fla., is generally considered a wealthy enclave, it was hit by the recession in a more subtle way. From the street, the Third Street Plaza is well-groomed and almost sterile. But a vast majority of the businesses in the shopping center moved out and the property is in foreclosure. Former tenants included a sushi bar, a law office, an art gallery, an Italian restaurant, a party supply store and a home and kitchen store called The Good Life. The images were taken with a smart phone using a Polaroid app.
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A vast majority of the businesses in the Third Street Plaza in Naples, Fla., moved out because of the recession. One of them was this kitchen store, The Good Life.
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Despite being in foreclosure, the Third Street Plaza is well-kept and almost sterile. Here, a former law office sits vacant.
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While many foreclosed properties across the country descend into a state of disrepair once abandoned, the Third Street Plaza, currently in foreclosure, is well-kept. Pictured here is a now-closed restaurant, Blu Sushi.
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An empty art gallery storefront at Third Street Plaza.
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An empty shell of what was once a party store called Giggles and Glitz in the Third Street Plaza.
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Changing rooms sit in a vacant women's clothing boutique in the Third Street Plaza. A vast majority of the businesses in plaza moved out, and the property is in foreclosure.
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A view of the Third Street Plaza from the street.
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At the Shuttles Bar and Grill in Cape Canaveral, Fla., George Santos takes a picture of his wife, Christine, and daughter Wynter The day before, the space shuttle Atlantis made its final lift-off from Cape Canaveral. There is a fear that as the shuttle program ends, an already struggling economy will be made worse by the loss of shuttle-related jobs.
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At Space Shirts souvenir shop, Phylise Banner and Joel Glickman find their inner child and ride the shuttle spring ride in front of the store.
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A full scale mock-up of a space shuttle is on display at United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, which is part of the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex.
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This faltering mall called Miracle City is in Titusville, a city that is expecting to suffer as the shuttle program ends.
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Even the local McDonald's has a shuttle atop the play area.
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This condo project was halted as the Florida economy faltered. As the jobs outlook in the area is bleak, it's not likely that it will ever be completed.
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The Star Shoe Shop in downtown Dillon, S.C., has been in business for 62 years. But because cheaper imported shoes are easy to replace, even the owners of high-end leather shoes are opting to not get them fixed. The shop is still open, but the owners say its days are numbered.
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Shoes that were repaired but never picked up sit in a rack at the Star Shoe Shop. Jason Townsend says that the store might have to start demanding a deposit to defray the cost of keeping abandoned shoes.
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Star Shoe Shop co-owner Patricia Townsend says most of the shoes that people bring in now are so cheap they can't be fixed. "Our glue won't even stick to the plastic. And the poor customer thought they'd bought leather shoes."
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Star Shoes co-owner Jason Townsend says that Dillon used to be a boom town, but now it's quiet. He says that he holds out some hope, though. "You know, Ben Bernanke is from here, maybe he can send a little stimulus money our way."
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Jason Townsend, the Star Shoe Shop owners' son, remembers when women would bring in worn-out $200 patent leather shoes that he could make look good as new for $30. These days they tend to buy plastic shoes from Wal-Mart for less than that.
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The shop still carries a variety of dyes to touch up older imported shoes, usually from Italy.
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The Thamann family from Cleveland (Jim Jr., Annie Mae and Jim Sr.) shared some thoughts on the economy while shading themselves under the Naples pier. Jim Jr. wondered whether there might be more employment if large corporations stopped hiring illegal workers. Jim Sr. thinks that the economy has been destroyed by the high cost of the two wars the United States is fighting. "I'll tell you this, with all that we have done for Iraq, they should give us all the oil we want for free." Annie Mae slept through the discussion.
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David makes the minimum wage waving a big yellow sign that advertises a gold buyer in Winter Haven, Fla. He added the goofy glasses to attract more attention. Gold prices are at an all-time high, and David is happy about it. "I don't own any gold myself, but the higher it goes, the better chance I have of keeping this job," he said.
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It's a slow night at the Showtown Bar and Grill in Gibsonton, Fla. Bartender Mary Kisner says the bar used to be the place to hang out in this town, which is known as a winter haven for show people. She's been working the bar for 20 years and said she paid her dues years ago when she was on the road with various traveling acts. "The economy has really hit the show people hard. There used to be a five-month season, but now you’ve got a lot of shows staying out on the road year-around just to make a living. It's really hard and it hits us here at the bar, because less performers are coming back for the off-season.”
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On the outskirts of Corinth, Miss., a parking lot carnival provides a break for Erica Irons. She'd been working all day at a Waffle House. With her nephew Tyrese, 6, and daughter Meshia, 6, she was hoping they all could have some fun on a budget. "My base pay is $2.13 per hour, so if people don't tip, I could end up not making hardly any money at all." Most days she does okay because, "I'm nice, and they can't resist me."
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Susan Parson enjoys some time with her grandson Zander Crum, 7, at the famed South of the Border tourist stop at the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Parson's family (from Port Charlotte, Fla.) decided to take a modest vacation because they have been affected by the poor economy. "We own rental properties for our retirement income, but the last couple of years have been tough. To keep our houses occupied, we’ve had to lower our rents. Plus, sad to say, we’ve had a lot of evictions because people lost their jobs and couldn’t pay."
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Nicolai Joergensen, holding his 4-year-old son Alexander, is an investment banker from Denmark who took advantage of the weak U.S. dollar to vacation in Florida. He said that the economic woes in the America are similar to what's happening in Europe. His firm had to lay off about 20 percent of its employees, and many lost fortunes in the real estate bust there. "I pay 60 percent in taxes and that's making it really hard to maintain our life. We are similar to the West because the poor can get aid and the rich have the income to weather the storm, but those of us in the middle are taking the hardest hit."
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Near the Corinth, Miss., town square, three 18-year-olds take a break from play practice — they are all actors in a local production of "The Time of Your Life" — to ruminate on the future. Tyler Mills, Evan Gross and Hunter Suitor all agreed that their best chance at success is to get out of town after graduation. "There used to be factories around here and most kids didn’t even worry about jobs, they'd just work where dad worked," said Suitor. All three said they had plans to go to college. "I just hope that by the time I get my degree things are better, or I'm doomed," added Gross.
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Dunn, N.C., is a small town just north of Fayetteville, which is the home of the Army’s Fort Bragg. The Glam-O-Rama dry cleaners does a brisk business especially because it can handle the special needs of soldiers who bring in their dress uniforms as well as fatigues. The base has expanded in recent years because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Rosita Huerta greets her dad, Marcos Leyva, who is holding her 3-month-old daughter, Gisselle. The family moved to Arkansas from Texas to work in the cotton fields. Rosita said that good-paying jobs are hard to come by, but she did find work at a local store because she's bilingual. Dyess is the boyhood home of singer Johnny Cash. Huerta was asked if she was a Johnny Cash fan and she said that she'd not heard of him. Her dad said that he knew the name: "My field boss plays that music in his truck all day long."
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It was hard to resist making a visit to a town named Prosperity to see how the recession was affecting the community. Robert Wise is a Marine who was disabled after suffering physical and emotional injuries while serving in Lebanon. He lives in a subsidized housing development near downtown and is on a fixed income. "You need to tell those guys in Washington to leave our checks alone." He fears that his monthly stipend could get cut because of the current budget problems. "Please tell them not to cut my payment, I'm barely making it as it is."
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The famed South of the Border tourist stop on the North Carolina-South Carolina border sells figurines of President Obama. They're not a big seller, according to one cashier. Many speclate that if the economy doesn’t improve soon, Obama will lose his bid for reelection. That might improve sales if it makes the Obama trinket a collector's item.
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Ital Iman has been selling his handmade hats and jewelry near American Beach, Fla., for almost 20 years. He says the prices he's getting are less than they were in the 1980s. Many of his hats used to go for $30, but now he can only get about $10 and sometimes less because of the bad economy. On a slow day, a female customer offers him $5 for one of his creations and he tells her, "Well, since we are in a recession, I'll let it go for five."
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Mexican migrant workers based in LaBelle, Fla., wait as the bus they were riding broke down just off of Interstate 75 south of Tampa. They were headed to work in the corn fields of central Iowa, 1,500 miles away.
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Barbara Faulkner, general manager at the Moonlite Drive-In Theatre in Abingdon, Va., counts the evening receipts. She said the Moonlite, built in 1948, has survived the advent of television, video, DVDs and even the construction of the interstate that put it off the beaten path. But what has her worried these days is the recession. "People are hurting because there are no jobs and gas prices are high. Going to the movies is a luxury, so in turn, we are cutting it real close. We have damage to our sign and screen from the last bad storm, but right now there's no money for repairs," she said. She explains that the theater makes almost no money from ticket sales; its concession stand is where the small profits come from. "We don't show R-rated movies because we need families to come here. It's the young kids who want the candy. If they aren’t allowed in, we make much less. "Half of the staff are volunteers because they love it here. Gosh, if we had to pay everybody, we'd be dark by now." She also said that the theater is only open from May to October and that has made it very hard for her family. "It's a real struggle for me these days, but I believe in this place. Nobody ever got rich running a drive-in, that's for sure."
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After having no luck finding a well-paying job, Greg Perrini makes ends meet by doing yardwork. Then he learned that mortgage companies and banks were in need of home maintenance workers to keep foreclosed homes up to code. Most of the houses he keeps presentable are places where the tenant was evicted or just walked away. The homes then fall prey to vandals and thieves almost instantly. "I'm not going to lie to you. I'm doing better these days because somebody's life fell apart. But what do you expect me to do, turn down work? I've had to learn on the fly about painting, window repair and flooring and all that, but I do a good job, and I'm cheap." There are thousands of homes in foreclosure in Central Florida where Perrini is based, so he doesn’t expect to be out of work anytime soon. "Look, I'm really sorry about this real estate mess, but hey, I got kids to feed, you know?"
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Jake Silbert had a theory. He figured that in this bad economy, most people wouldn’t be buying new cars. After leaving applications at scores of local restaurants, supermarkets and retail outlets, with no offers, he enrolled in a tech college for auto repair. "At some point people are going to get their cars fixed, because right now they aren’t buying new ones," he said. To pay for classes, he got a job holding a sign, dressed as a character from the Mario Brothers video game. For $8 an hour, he wears a 15-pound head and waves at passing cars while holding a placard advertising the nearby game store in a strip mall. "The only reason I got this job is because the last person only lasted one day." The heat inside the costume is stifling and he admits that he's got an advantage because he's a pretty tough guy. "If you can't stand the heat, then this is not the job for you." He added that another hazard of the job is that people in passing cars often throw things like bottles and bags of trash at him. He also endures getting his head thumped by kids as they surprise him from behind. "I try not to take it personally. I mean, they don't know me. I figure they just don't like Mario."
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Jozelinn Smink, 7, is being raised by her grandmother, Sheila Smink, while her parents are serving in the military. Smink, who works at a gas station and mini-mart in Middletown, Pa., said that when finances were tight, she accepted food stamps to help feed the family. Once she received a $1-per-hour raise, she stopped taking the assistance. "If I don't need them real bad, I'm not going to take them," she said.
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Artists in the former mill town of Beacon, N.Y., were encouraged to add life to a boarded-up structure on Main Street. Plans to revitalize the area include converting historic buildings into a theater, an office and a condo complex.
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Cal Spigler is one of hundreds of college students who rallied in late March in Harrisburg, Pa., to protest a proposed 52 percent cut in higher-education funding. Spigler, a sophomore from Slippery Rock, Pa., said he needs state assistance. "If these cuts go through, I don't think I'll be able to finish college," he said. "... I guess if I have to, I'll do odd jobs or manual labor, but that's no guarantee that I'll be able to stay in school."
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At the beginning of his year-long journey along Recession Road, Post photojournalist Michael S. Williamson takes a picture of his silhouette at the Wheaton mall.
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New York's cultural diversity also means the city has some of the starkest examples of the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor.
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In Camden, N.J., many downtown businesses use thick glass to deter vandalism. The police department in what is statistically the Garden State's poorest and most dangerous city laid off 168 officers in January because of budget cuts; violence is up 20 percent this year.
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In blue-collar Millville, W.Va., a home for railroad workers is long abandoned. The hamlet is surrounded by rock quarries and Civil War battlefields. This year, the local post office was closed.
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The wedding industry is among the few that has not been hard hit by the recession. In Savage, Md., preparations are underway for another couple to tie the knot. The average cost of a U.S. wedding is $28,000 — unchanged in the past few years.
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In Savage, Md., wedding guests celebrate. One wedding planner said death, taxes and weddings can always be counted on, which is why the industry is almost recession-proof.
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Samantha Nevick, working an overnight shift at a gas station in Lavelle, Pa., has put her college plans on hold because she had trouble securing a loan. "I might just settle for working here and hope I make manager some day," she said.
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In Manhattan, passers-by view a window display of Louis Vuitton handbags on Fifth Avenue. The gap between very rich and very poor city residents was more dramatic in New York than in any other state, according to the Census Bureau's 2009 American Community Survey.
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In Harrisburg, Pa., at the TA Travel Center truck stop, trucker Dock Hinman is a chaplain at the mobile church. The walls are decorated with pictures of drivers who stopped for a visit.
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LARGO, MD - NOV 03: A Career Fair was held today at Prince George's Community College. Hundreds of prospective job seekers met with companies and government agencies that were as diverse as the U.S. Secret Service to the Target Dept. store chain. (L) Steve Lowe, who's background is in real estate, inquired at the USDA booth as he's interested in pursuing work in the Rural Finance sector. (Photo by Michael Williamson/The Washington Post)
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