justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/01/18 at 06:36:38:I prefer living in the tire age over, say, the ice age or wagon wheel age.
Cuz we get MOTORS!
Since you brought this up.....for me as I was growing up in northeastern Ohio, the "tire age" occurred in the 50/60/70's. Akron, Ohio was the rubber capital of the world with Goodyear, Goodrich, Uniroyal and Firestone all making tires in that city - I read that 2/3rd of all the tires sold in the US were made in Akron. In 1978 Goodyear stopped making tires in Akron, in 1980 Firestone ceased production, in 1982 General ceased production, Uniroyal stopped making tires around 1988 I believe when it as bought by Michelin.
When I was growing up - it was the factories that employed most of the blue collar working men that were not farming.