Malcolm walked down to the stranger's place. Along the way they talked.
"I need to know what happened to this city. About a year ago this place was a bustling megatropolis. Now it's become one of the poorest towns I've seen, and I've been all over this country." Malcolm asked.
"Well you see, the main source of commerce was the Lafayette home business. They employed 60% of the population, but then after...yeah. Basically the town's economy was slaughtered. Our un employment rate is 72%. Most of the citizans got up and left town directly after that, but some of us were to sick and ill to escape. Now we all spend our days waiting for help from the Carrotus Red Cross, but we're a 2nd class priority city. It may be years before we even get a representative telling us to wait. Nobody wants to start businesses here, nobody wants to come here. Someday a chalk line will circle this city." He responded.