2 of my sons liv in Wichita Kansas which is dirt cheap. Someone making 9/hour can rent a small house or nice apartment and not be strapped for money.
2 of my sons liv in Wichita Kansas which is dirt cheap. Someone making 9/hour can rent a small house or nice apartment and not be strapped for money.
My son and daughter in law just moved down a few weeks ago. Both had jobs lined up before they arrived, no problem and good pay. They can’t afford to live in the same neighborhood as us, but can afford something very nice a few miles out.
Allegiant Air is building a new waterfront development across the harbor so that area will be booming soon. And they are buying my equity in the golf club I just joined for a big windfall for me. So the economy down here is booming. The only downside is housing cost are rising. But my 34 yr old kids family will still be able to afford a newer 2200 sq ft or so house with a pool.
The impact on me is traffic is worse and it is hard to find contractors to do small residential jobs.
No inflationary pressures have pushed up my savings rates.
I do feel if my employer let me go I could find something else. I do not feel trapped as I have in years past.
Yeah, and Walker is bringing Foxconn at a cost of billions of dollars to supply jobs that WI can’t fill.... and negating EPA regulations (for a foreign company no less) and this company needs 7 million gallons of water PER DAY to operate. Just read they were supposed to build large LCD screens and are now reneging and building small screens. This is one example of a poor Republican! The WI roads are literally falling apart and he gives a $100 credit to each child in the state. I don’t get it! Trying to buy votes? That money does little for the parents but costs taxpayers how much? Trump wants to emulate some of Walker’s policies..... We are in a world of hurt!
the job market seems crazy, it feels like you have to be a genius to get a job and p.s. know everything, and well I'm not one and don't. I guess non-geniuses aren't meant to work anymore. okay.
Trees don't grow on money
So, I went out with dh yesterday and looked hard for more economic indicators.
the local hardware store now closes at 6 on saturdays.
home depot had only self check lanes open with one employee watching them. No line. We did encounter several non-busy employees on the sales floor however.
we passed a billboard informing us that a company I have never heard of in a town 40 minutes away is hiring. Dh said he thinks they are manufacturing. McDonald’s is also hiring.
traffic on the “main drag” was light. A house mixed in to the commercial frontage was being torn down.
Lots of retail establishments have help wanted signs. There seems to be an especially high demand for auto mechanics.
Thinking about what would drive a high demand for auto mechanics:
auto mechanics in your area are not paid well enough? - bad economic indicator
people are keeping older cars longer and needing them fixed more - bad economic/quality of life indicator
Fewer people have skills to fix their own cars - not economics
more people are willing to pay to have their cars fixed instead of doing it themselves - good economic indicator
what do you think?
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