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fuck only if they were made in the USA, that would be a dream come true
I could see that happening, price will be high. But should be great quality if made in the USA. Great examples are 997 and 998 models.
All of the 990 models are I believe. Basically, just the really high end, motion control runners are assembled in the U.S. save for a couple of old man walkers. Incidentally, I managed a new balance store for 4 years (quit about 2 years ago) and we sold hundreds of those walkers per week (did really well with the 990, 997, 998, and 576s, but it wasn't even close), so much so that I would hazard to guess that those walkers make up a big portion of the 60-70% of their shoes made in the U.S. (I admit, that's just speculation). Most of New Balance's customer base is over the age of 40, and the shoes that do sell to the younger folks are the Chinese/Vietnam made retro, minimalist or neutral shoes. Obviously, most skate shoes are sold to young people, so despite a U.S. skate shoe being incredible (and something I would support from the get go), it just wouldn't be practical for them as a company. New Balance has had the same 5 factories producing the same handfuls of U.S. made models (and updates of those models) forever, but if somehow they start making one or 2 or the numeric styles at one of those factories, I'll be on that.