Posted by northeast iowa on March 24, 2010 at 09:14:04 from (206.72.18.89):
In Reply to: economy in your area posted by ericlb on March 24, 2010 at 05:50:59:
Real bad in our area, been slipping for about six years or so, extra hard the last four.
Sorry, I don't list unemployment, as it means nothing at all, other than for politcal battles. Most unemployment has run out, so our rate would not reflect anything by stating the percentages.
Now the big farmers are hiring the low pay persons from below our border to do jobs that would never be done by their employer or his family members.
We live twenty miles from where the biggest raid in US history took place. You know the guy who did not realize he was doing anything wrong ordeal? To bad the county could not split up all the court costs, and attorney fees and give it to all the folks who were effected.
The big farmers with their big government checks are buying out or over bidding the small farmers, so our town is drying up real fast.
Our schools are still getting more funds with less students, so they probably will turn out extra smart no doubt.
The baby boomers will need extra health care, and houses are getting cheaper, and lots are for sale now. It is just that no one has money to buy?
There are alot of truck drivers sitting by the phone with high hopes, but they have cut each others throats so bad that there is little profit if any.
It is surprising how up beat the town is however, and we are hopeful we all will get to the rainbow soon. Our town is safer now for small kids crossing the main high way, as well as streets. There are also few kids that need to cross the streets.
We used to have to try and find a place to park on main street years ago, especialy in front of the watering holes. I have been watching the last four years and now seldom is their a car parked on main street after nine at night. Our town is of only seven hundred, and I know of one place that placed a add, got eight hundred plus aplications.
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