Yeah, I was thinking of Livingston Texas. There also were absolutely no jobs out in Leakey, but that place is so small that's forseeable. There is no local mall ;) The nearest grocery store was fifty miles away. I'm just saying. Not everywhere is San Bernadino County.
Around here the attitude is more like, well just do a start-up then :) but that's another story. On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree that there are places that have pretty depressed economies. Where my > daughter lives is one, Florence, AL. But, despite the fact that there are not > a lot of jobs in her area does not discourage her from finding one. > Fortunately for her I (the Army) is paying for her college so she gets a > living allowance, but being a single mother it's not always enough, so she > finds whatever work she can. Recently she was selling calendars in the local > mall. Not glamorous work, but work none the less. Now that the holidays are > over, she is waitressing. She knows that it's going to be a struggle for a > little while until she finishes college and can find a better job. She saw me > and her mother struggle for years until I was able to tach myself enough > about computers and networking to get a good paying job. (this was during my > 13 year break in service). So to me, it goes back to how your kids are > raised. Raise them with a work ethic and they will work. > > > On Jan 29, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I have lived in places where people fought over jobs at Wal-Mart. The >> local gas station got about 500 applications when they had an opening. >> There's a lot of work around here, but that's here. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360547 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
