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[quote=Anonymous]I was born in Cumberland. My dad was from Frostburg and my mom from Cumberland. My dad had 12 siblings. Only he (one of the oldest) and the youngest got out. He got out when I was 1 when my aunt put her typing skills to use to fill out for him an old school SF-171 and he was able to get a job doing manual labor for DOD in the exurbs. My siblings and I are all in the professional class. I have one set of cousins who were able to get college degrees because their father was not a local/military and had more education. Everyone else is working at a gas station or doing hair, etc. It's sad. I'm beyond grateful to my dad to have the courage to get out. Besides the jail and the college, there is a Berreta factory and a boat factory. Cumberland used to be a prosperous town and the tourism industry it has been trying to launch is just not enough to keep it afloat. [/quote]
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