Despite the many setbacks, both economic and natural, the town has persevered.
But a series of economic setbacks this year have shaken the nation's confidence and prompted calls for political change.
A region quick to suffer economic setback, sometimes slow to recover.
Both reports were the latest in a procession of economic setbacks.
"There is a frantic effort to get into the market before it gets too filled out or we have an economic setback."
The resulting economic setback is a serious threat in these industries.
But there are times when death is more than just an economic setback for a gold farmer, and this was one of them.
Had this been the case, Europe would probably have been better able to stand up to the economic setbacks.
Despite economic setbacks, advances in industrial technology continued throughout the last years of the 19th and into the 20th century.
But each town on the itinerary today has suffered terrible economic setbacks over the last two years.