Potential Destination: SAN ANTONIO
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Missouri Mule
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I had a lot of good times while living in SA.
My only real problem was trying to eat on a daily basis while working construction with overflowing supply of wet backs.
That is the reason I moved back. Otherwise I loved it down there.
My only real problem was trying to eat on a daily basis while working construction with overflowing supply of wet backs.
That is the reason I moved back. Otherwise I loved it down there.
Maybe thats why I can get a new 2500 square ft 4 bedroom house in San Antonio for $100k.
As long as everyone keeps looking the other way and reaping the benefits of cheap labor the illegal immigrant problem will not go away.
Its not the wetbacks fault that San Antonio builders are willing to break the law and hire immigrant day laborers that work twice as hard for less than 1/2 the money.
Looks to be a lack of enforcement.
I have a cousin who does construction in southern Missouri he came down at Christmas complaining that the wetbacks were driving him out of business as well.
As long as everyone keeps looking the other way and reaping the benefits of cheap labor the illegal immigrant problem will not go away.
Its not the wetbacks fault that San Antonio builders are willing to break the law and hire immigrant day laborers that work twice as hard for less than 1/2 the money.
Looks to be a lack of enforcement.
I have a cousin who does construction in southern Missouri he came down at Christmas complaining that the wetbacks were driving him out of business as well.
Pendragon
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I doubt its illegal immigration that is keeping real estate low here.
When my house was built in CA nearly 2.5 years ago (1600 sf for 210k), I saw lots of workers who may have been illegal.
The real issue is supply and demand. Yes, they keep labor and wages down here, but in CA, they held up building housing so much for so long that they shortage just made everything go nuts.
Texas seems to be good about letting housing keep pace with demand and land seems a lot more plentiful. The good places in CA are boxed in by valleys so prime land goes fast.
When my house was built in CA nearly 2.5 years ago (1600 sf for 210k), I saw lots of workers who may have been illegal.
The real issue is supply and demand. Yes, they keep labor and wages down here, but in CA, they held up building housing so much for so long that they shortage just made everything go nuts.
Texas seems to be good about letting housing keep pace with demand and land seems a lot more plentiful. The good places in CA are boxed in by valleys so prime land goes fast.
Hank Zudd
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Some of ya'll need to get a clue...
It's always some immigrant's fault for whatever you want to complain about. At the turn of the century [in the west], after they helped build the railroads & everything else at the time it was the chineese fault; they got run out. In the 30's it was the okies fault; they posted guards at the state border. Now in cali. they're exporting jobs cause upper lower class/semi-skilled won't do it for the money that's offered. Everyone can't live in the same 2500sf house the Jones's have. I guess having to earn it dosen't count anymore. If you don't like where you are, what your being paid then move. I did. I left Texas +15 years ago cause things weren't like I wanted. So I moved here to boost my standard of living (don't get me started on how it's going to evaporate very soon?). but when & if things take a dump here, I'll move again. I you really want to complain about something, then get rid of all the mexican workers who pick your fruit & vegtables and go ahead and pay $5.00 for a head of lettuce. I knew a guy (caucasin Cali. native) that was a carpenter foreman building semi-custom homes in socal, and when things got slack him and a few mexican workers were the last on his crew; he would have been the last to go only cause he knew more than them, and he would never teach someone else everything he knew for that very reason. Don't complain; get an edge, or move. Sorry if you didn't like this, but being a mexican who was born in Texas 47 years ago, I have never been given anything but a chance. If you piss that away, oh well.
It's always some immigrant's fault for whatever you want to complain about. At the turn of the century [in the west], after they helped build the railroads & everything else at the time it was the chineese fault; they got run out. In the 30's it was the okies fault; they posted guards at the state border. Now in cali. they're exporting jobs cause upper lower class/semi-skilled won't do it for the money that's offered. Everyone can't live in the same 2500sf house the Jones's have. I guess having to earn it dosen't count anymore. If you don't like where you are, what your being paid then move. I did. I left Texas +15 years ago cause things weren't like I wanted. So I moved here to boost my standard of living (don't get me started on how it's going to evaporate very soon?). but when & if things take a dump here, I'll move again. I you really want to complain about something, then get rid of all the mexican workers who pick your fruit & vegtables and go ahead and pay $5.00 for a head of lettuce. I knew a guy (caucasin Cali. native) that was a carpenter foreman building semi-custom homes in socal, and when things got slack him and a few mexican workers were the last on his crew; he would have been the last to go only cause he knew more than them, and he would never teach someone else everything he knew for that very reason. Don't complain; get an edge, or move. Sorry if you didn't like this, but being a mexican who was born in Texas 47 years ago, I have never been given anything but a chance. If you piss that away, oh well.
I'd be happy to pay $5.00 a head for lettuce if I had a damned job. All the good paying jobs that common folk like me used to have are now held by people in India, Pakistan, Mexico and Taiwan.
Companys in the USA won't hire a senior level middle aged white person. They hire kids out of school to support the indians and paki's who really run the show. You look around. The Information Technology sector is in a depression and its because the liberal Democrats under Herr Klinton gave our jobs away. You wanna debate that point? Good luck, pal.
You call Computer Associates, Inc. for software support. Almost every damned person in that company is from India or Pakistan or some damnd place. And CA is the largest software distribution company in the world. And its owned by a foreigner. And the entire management staff is foreign. And its based in Islandia, NY. I'll pay you ten bucks if you can call CA support and talk to a native born American.
Thank you William Jefferson Klynton. I love my minimum wage unemployment pay, you bastard.
Don't defend a lack of border policing as if it was "the melting pot".
Companys in the USA won't hire a senior level middle aged white person. They hire kids out of school to support the indians and paki's who really run the show. You look around. The Information Technology sector is in a depression and its because the liberal Democrats under Herr Klinton gave our jobs away. You wanna debate that point? Good luck, pal.
You call Computer Associates, Inc. for software support. Almost every damned person in that company is from India or Pakistan or some damnd place. And CA is the largest software distribution company in the world. And its owned by a foreigner. And the entire management staff is foreign. And its based in Islandia, NY. I'll pay you ten bucks if you can call CA support and talk to a native born American.
Thank you William Jefferson Klynton. I love my minimum wage unemployment pay, you bastard.
Don't defend a lack of border policing as if it was "the melting pot".
Pendragon
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We now return you to our regularly scheduled thread...
The IT job market is hurting right now, as much as Clinton might have done wrong, it was congress that opened the Visa flood gates after the panic that there would not be enough IT workers in the coming years and America would lose its technological edge.
What they did not factor was that as the computer and software tech improves, you can support more systems with fewer people.
In the old days, a software roll out was a bunch of guys staying late with CDs, running to every computer and sitting down to install it. Now one guy can push the new software out with a script.
Combine that with the fact that you can get some highly educated and intelligent Indian nationals to do a lot of your programming and support for 10% of what an American IT worker costs and us techies are in a land of hurt.
I would be happy to make 15-20 an hour which would have been unthinkable 3 or 4 years ago and I have over 8 years experience.
The thing I see right now is that you cannot export support for small business. There are lots of companies that are too small to do the kind of mass scale management that makes sense for large companies. Places with 50 or less PCs cant really afford a full time guy, nor do they need one. A sharp guy can go and sell his time for so much an hour and hopefully make a decent living.
At least, thats my plan. I have seen VERY few computer jobs since I got here. Its frankly a little scary although I knew this was not a hi-tech area. Still, there are a lot of very large companies here and they have to have people supporting them and they have to have some level of turn over. I think most jobs are filled by networking, not by newspaper and internet ads but thats all I have access to right now until I can make some contacts in the area.
So next week, I am printing business cards, getting my website online and I am just going to go for it. Its really the best time - I can collect unemployment while I beat the streets looking for clients.
Setting our on your own is simultaneously exhillerating and terrifying but at least when I get my TX CHL, I won't have to worry about getting busted for CCW on the job.
Is there anyone out there who maybe works in an office or goes to different offices and CCWs? I think a snub would be no problem, maybe with a 1911 in a comparment in a briefcase. Heh, use the snub to fight to your 1911? hehe.
I suppose some offices could have 30.06 signs, but I am guessing most just have a policy that employees are not allowed to CCW - ths would not apply to consultants AFAIK.
The IT job market is hurting right now, as much as Clinton might have done wrong, it was congress that opened the Visa flood gates after the panic that there would not be enough IT workers in the coming years and America would lose its technological edge.
What they did not factor was that as the computer and software tech improves, you can support more systems with fewer people.
In the old days, a software roll out was a bunch of guys staying late with CDs, running to every computer and sitting down to install it. Now one guy can push the new software out with a script.
Combine that with the fact that you can get some highly educated and intelligent Indian nationals to do a lot of your programming and support for 10% of what an American IT worker costs and us techies are in a land of hurt.
I would be happy to make 15-20 an hour which would have been unthinkable 3 or 4 years ago and I have over 8 years experience.
The thing I see right now is that you cannot export support for small business. There are lots of companies that are too small to do the kind of mass scale management that makes sense for large companies. Places with 50 or less PCs cant really afford a full time guy, nor do they need one. A sharp guy can go and sell his time for so much an hour and hopefully make a decent living.
At least, thats my plan. I have seen VERY few computer jobs since I got here. Its frankly a little scary although I knew this was not a hi-tech area. Still, there are a lot of very large companies here and they have to have people supporting them and they have to have some level of turn over. I think most jobs are filled by networking, not by newspaper and internet ads but thats all I have access to right now until I can make some contacts in the area.
So next week, I am printing business cards, getting my website online and I am just going to go for it. Its really the best time - I can collect unemployment while I beat the streets looking for clients.
Setting our on your own is simultaneously exhillerating and terrifying but at least when I get my TX CHL, I won't have to worry about getting busted for CCW on the job.
Is there anyone out there who maybe works in an office or goes to different offices and CCWs? I think a snub would be no problem, maybe with a 1911 in a comparment in a briefcase. Heh, use the snub to fight to your 1911? hehe.
I suppose some offices could have 30.06 signs, but I am guessing most just have a policy that employees are not allowed to CCW - ths would not apply to consultants AFAIK.
Elminster
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You are absolutly correct about the technology community being very tight-knit here.
I've been keeping my ears open, but haven't heard much of anything based on what you said you're looking to do. I'll let you know if I come across anything though...
I've been keeping my ears open, but haven't heard much of anything based on what you said you're looking to do. I'll let you know if I come across anything though...
True in every field, 'Dragon. Even WITH a good network and recommends from folks at the manager and Director level, I can't seem to land a decent job in my field. I wish you well.
Here's a resource on career changes. Free newsletter that has some good ideas. Of course they hope you'll pay for some services they offer, but you don't have to.
http://www.48days.com/MainPages/Newsletter.htm
I've got an ap in for a job in that area. Been looking into it, and it looks pretty good to me. I've been through there, and it is pretty. Not the Rockies, but it sure beats Houston!
Geezer
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PENNY WISE POUND FOOLISH
I don't know what it's like in Baja Oklahoma, but if your were relocating to Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana or Wyoming, the absolute very, very first thing you do is re-register your vehicles and get rid of those California plates.
You will not only not save money by waiting until they expire, you will lose money because you will be charged more and treated diffeently in many places by many people.
The second thing to do is to learn to not mention California at all. Under no circumstances do you ever tell anyone anything about how it used to be in California, or how you used to do it in California.
Get those things down pat and moving anywhere is fun, but there is one thing I just don't understand. Why would anyone move east of the continental divide?
God bless and y'all be carful out there.
I don't know what it's like in Baja Oklahoma, but if your were relocating to Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana or Wyoming, the absolute very, very first thing you do is re-register your vehicles and get rid of those California plates.
You will not only not save money by waiting until they expire, you will lose money because you will be charged more and treated diffeently in many places by many people.
The second thing to do is to learn to not mention California at all. Under no circumstances do you ever tell anyone anything about how it used to be in California, or how you used to do it in California.
Get those things down pat and moving anywhere is fun, but there is one thing I just don't understand. Why would anyone move east of the continental divide?
God bless and y'all be carful out there.
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