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Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay by kiba on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @01:09PM (#1494725)
For some reason(Correct me if I am wrong), the company town business model seem to have completely disappear.

This, to me, suggest the uncompetitiveness of company towns.

Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay by seanalltogether on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @02:00PM (#1494868)
Maybe, but I'm not surprised to see that they failed around the same time the notion of a large corporation took off. The goal of a large corporation is to reduce liabilities while increasing profits, not the other way round. Company towns probably just weighed these companies down while they tried to turn their attention to a national infrastructure.
Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay by eru on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @01:41PM (#1494823)
Almost completely. I don't know if Disney counts.
Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay by mattmillr on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @02:57PM (#1495060)
Having lived for a semester at Vista Way, I think Disney World's College Program is as close to a living in a company town as you can get nowadays in the US. They completely control two municipalities, and provide the jobs, the bank, the housing, the food, the fire department, the EMS, the phone company, and the transportation services.

The Foxconn facilities in China might be a contender as well, but I don't know enough to say.

Re:Henry Ford: Why I Favor Five Days' Work With Six Days' Pay by jasongullickson on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @04:16PM (#1495277)
You could argue that the ~10 miles surrounding any Wal-Mart Super Center are company town-ish (company suburb?); I bet most of the money paid out comes back in from employees returning to buy staples (figuratively).