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Since raising crops was not easy, raising sheep was popular.

This yielded the development of a strong textile industry.

In the 1950s, Reutlingen was the German town with the highest number of millionaires, until the decline of the German textile industry hit them as well.

Still, many high quality textile companies can be found, such as Hugo Boss, Trigema, Reusch, Groz-Beckert and others ( the town of Metzingen is widely known as a " luxury outlet town ", with people from all over Europe coming to buy expensive clothes cheaper ).