I think it is all the things you mentioned plus a couple more. I do remember as indicated before several dealers who were healthy financially but were not meeting the manufacturer's sales quotas and this included a couple of Ford dealers. One was in a town of just a few hundred people. My opinion will always take into account the change in the area in terms of the economy starting about 1980. Hornell had done well for many years after the railroads ceased to be an important part of the local economy. The city's best days were prior to 1960 when the railroads were still functional if not healthy business wise and 1972 when Hurricane Agnes wiped out a lot of track in the Southern Tier. Just one anecdote about Dansville that shows my age. I went to an auction there a few weeks ago and was talking to a few people. The comment was made that back in the day the farmer must have chased far to get his parts for IH. I pointed out that before the Case IH merger there had been a dealer not more than 3 miles away in downtown Dansville.
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