Many locals lost patience with a pilot project to build nine surveillance towers north of the borderline, complaining that the cameras were pointed at them, not toward Mexico.
In any case, as the locals lost no time in pointing out, Venice and the Veneto did not join the Kingdom of Italy until 1866, after the so-called Third War of Independence against the Hapsburg Empire.
Plus there is a resilience forged by tragedy, first on 9/11 when a dozen locals lost their lives in the Twin Towers, then two months later when an airliner crash set Belle Harbor afire.
But the locals lost in every single way imaginable.
Dagenham Ford closed down, many locals lost their jobs, housing became depressed.
As the township disperses, house prices plummet, and locals lose even the option of moving on.
If the local currency loses value, payments rise accordingly.
We asked the same questions in media markets where the local team won and the local team lost.
Hurricane Hugo prompted a temporary alteration in the prevailing governance arrangements, with the local government losing decision-making autonomy and the UK becoming directly involved in local affairs.
