[Info-vax] OT: What happened to the Malborough-Shrewsbury area ?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00ADB444.46186A9D at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <5d1450b5-d8da-4494-90ed-9b622a5762fd at googlegroups.com>, Ian Miller <gxys at uk2.net> writes:
>>On Thursday, October 24, 2013 5:26:53 PM UTC+1, brendan welch wrote:
>>> On 10/24/2013 2:47 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
>>> 
>>> > The Malborough-Shrewsbury area used to be a hotbed for the computer
>>> 
>>> > industry with a lot o R&D done there, Digital, and a whole BUNCH of
>>> 
>>> > other companies.
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> > They seem to be all gone now. And even Intel is abandonning the old DEC
>>> 
>>> > FAB at Hudson.
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> > Has this be a big economic blow to the area ? Or was the area diverse
>>> 
>>> > enough to widthstand the gradual disapearance of the computer industry ?
>>> 
>>> > What has sustained the area since then ?
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>> >
>>> 
>>>  >
>>> 
>>> One answer, of perhaps many.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The Boston Globe newspaper has a section on Thursdays
>>> 
>>> called Globe West.  A large lead article in today's
>>> 
>>> is entitled "Making room for biotech in Marlborough".
>>> 
>>> 30% of the city's commercial real estate activity last year
>>> 
>>> came from the life-science sector.
>>
>>Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, UK 
> 
> Enough about those English in-breds sucking off of the British commoners.

You mean I'm not the only one that can't understand this infatuation
with the bunch of gits we threw out of here over 230 years ago!!!

bill
 

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