Before construction of the plant, the coastal area was a barren, little-populated highland dubbed the "Tibet of Fukushima." At the time, most local residents eked out a living in agriculture, and needed to go out of town as seasonal migrant workers during winter.
But the plant brought stable jobs, tax revenues and other big money projects to the local economy.
"I couldn't feel happier because I was able to receive a monthly salary and didn't need to go away from home to work," Naganuma said, adding he had "never expected (such a disaster) would occur."
See full story at The Japan Times.
Source:
Reiji Yoshida, Takahiro Fukada "Fukushima plant site originally was a hill safe from tsunami," The Japan Times, Online Edition, 2011/7/12, http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110712x2.html (accessed 2011/7/12)
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