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care to make a report on the economy in your area, or an area you are aware of?
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east tennessee -
we visited relatives near knoxville and spent an additional few days in gatlinburg area.
on first look things look prosperous. heavy traffic in gatlinburg. but i've been asking folks
and paying attention to empty/closed businesses.
workers report most jobs are minimum wages because that's all a company has to pay to get workers.
there are lots of folks seeking employment. there is an empty brand new condo building next to our hotel that the bank repo'd. a huge nice restaurant building on a main drag is standing empty.
a church has been using it for a thrift shop.
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man got laid off from a bank. got job at hotel-minimum wage and is now back at another bank.
reports they are very busy with foreclosures of houses and businesses in this touristy area. he won't quit the hotel job because the bank job is low paying. two full time jobs.
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i ask, why are yall so prosperous? finally got an answer that - folks are coming here instead of the florida beaches.. we have more business this summer than we did the last two summers.
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visiting a family-
there are two grown sisters that are like twins
i got them both talking.
sister 1 does food storage in a serious way and she "preaches" the benefits to friends.
she and her family are not weapon savvy.
sister 2 lives out of state and starts talking about the need for weapons, and finally shares details. they have no food storage. they've already placed some weapons "back home."
if/when there's a problem. sister 2 is bringing family "back home"
(there are 3 homes occupying a significant corner of a small valley)
both are doing (food/weapons) because they see disaster looming.
as they talked. both began to see the need for the area they were slack in.
it was encouraging.
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east tennessee -
we visited relatives near knoxville and spent an additional few days in gatlinburg area.
on first look things look prosperous. heavy traffic in gatlinburg. but i've been asking folks
and paying attention to empty/closed businesses.
workers report most jobs are minimum wages because that's all a company has to pay to get workers.
there are lots of folks seeking employment. there is an empty brand new condo building next to our hotel that the bank repo'd. a huge nice restaurant building on a main drag is standing empty.
a church has been using it for a thrift shop.
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man got laid off from a bank. got job at hotel-minimum wage and is now back at another bank.
reports they are very busy with foreclosures of houses and businesses in this touristy area. he won't quit the hotel job because the bank job is low paying. two full time jobs.
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i ask, why are yall so prosperous? finally got an answer that - folks are coming here instead of the florida beaches.. we have more business this summer than we did the last two summers.
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visiting a family-
there are two grown sisters that are like twins
i got them both talking.
sister 1 does food storage in a serious way and she "preaches" the benefits to friends.
she and her family are not weapon savvy.
sister 2 lives out of state and starts talking about the need for weapons, and finally shares details. they have no food storage. they've already placed some weapons "back home."
if/when there's a problem. sister 2 is bringing family "back home"
(there are 3 homes occupying a significant corner of a small valley)
both are doing (food/weapons) because they see disaster looming.
as they talked. both began to see the need for the area they were slack in.
it was encouraging.
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