Real Estate Crash thread

[RootSkier]

Missoula was awesome, now I'm not so sure.

[fastfred]

What hes saying is the west was once a world of rugged individualism where people worked low paying dead end jobs in exchange for a lifestyle it worked pretty well until the internet peoples realized they could buy into a lifestyle instead of actually earning it meanwhile shitheads like me cash in and sell put and we make bank jerking people off in neighbor hoods like this one om sitting in right now

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[schuss]

What I love about this is it implies being a stoned dishwasher is somehow more noble than a career. Mmmhmmmmm

[dunfree]

What I love about this is it implies being a stoned dishwasher is somehow more noble than a career. Mmmhmmmmm

isn’t Fred proof you can turned a stoned dishwasher act into a career out west? If he’d stayed in upstate he’d be registered

[skaredshtles]

What I love about this is it implies being a stoned dishwasher is somehow more noble than a career. Mmmhmmmmm

I'm thinking of moving from a professional "career" to being a stoned dishwasher. Sounds like a simpler life...

[Bunion 2020]

So... we agree then? Cleveland sucks and Missoula is awesome?

If the choice is those 2, sure. Similar to, "the only 5 star restaurant in town since the Bowling Alley burned down".

[skaredshtles]

If the choice is those 2, sure. Similar to, "the only 5 star restaurant in town since the Bowling Alley burned down".

Heh.

[rideit]

I'm thinking of moving from a professional "career" to being a stoned dishwasher. Sounds like a simpler life...

Yeah, but you would never be able to give them a committed schedule, or whether or not you would show up…

[skaredshtles]

Yeah, but you would never be able to give them a committed schedule, or whether or not you would show up…

Isn't that acceptable in the stoned-dishwasher realm?

[Ted Striker]

"I thought this place was supposed to be 5 star?!"

"Nah, dude ... I said 5 pin!"

[Dantheman]

I'm thinking of moving from a professional "career" to being a stoned dishwasher. Sounds like a simpler life...

A colleague and I were just discussing today that being a utility locator sounds better every day. Probably pays pretty well these days.

[fastfred]

What I love about this is it implies being a stoned dishwasher is somehow more noble than a career. Mmmhmmmmm

its what you do when your not sipping cheep beer smoking weed out back and cleaning peoples plates of gluttony that matters

isn’t Fred proof you can turned a stoned dishwasher act into a career out west? If he’d stayed in upstate he’d be registered

never worked in a resturant but I was a stoned framer framed up so many houses high as a fucking kite one time I wasn't sure if the sawzall blade had gone through the mess up I was cutting out so I gave it a reach around and grabed the blade I couldn't see and sure enough I made it through and shredded my hand pretty good

and yeah one day I did wake up in my thirties and realized so many morons were contractors and I said I could do that the rest is history my clients love me

I'm thinking of moving from a professional "career" to being a stoned dishwasher. Sounds like a simpler life...

right there with you can't wait to be the greeter at the super wal mart in junction

[SKIP IN7RO]

A colleague and I were just discussing today that being a utility locator sounds better every day. Probably pays pretty well these days.

$19 an hour in Gypsum

[Mazderati]

[CarlMega]

my take away is that you can make bank jerking people off in semi-affluent neighborhoods.

there's always an angle.

[dunfree]

my take away is that you can make bank jerking people off in semi-affluent neighborhoods.

there's always an angle.

only if you are a 20 something female with fake tits and dsl

or a fat forty year old bear like Beatahflake

[Conundrum]

Only for a while unless you're really good at it.

[Dantheman]

Bingo.

[climberevan]

and yeah one day I did wake up in my thirties and realized so many morons were contractors and I said I could do that the rest is history my clients love me

Colorado, for those who are not aware, has no licensing requirements for "contractors". It's an interesting model. Let the market decide who is good enough to succeed.

Here in NV (and most other states) we have a strong cartel (Contractors' Board) which is empowered by state law to punish those who dare to flaunt its rule. In order to be a member one must pass a (not particularly easy) test and pay dues. One also has to have minimal debt and roughly $50k in the bank. Most of the stoned framers can't get that together, so the club stays exclusive. I've never been very convinced that it does a better job than the market would at protecting consumers--but that's not the idea, is it?

[yeahman]

What I love about this is it implies being a stoned dishwasher is somehow more noble than a career. Mmmhmmmmm

People in Montana in the '80s used to be embarrassed to admit they worked a candyass desk job. But the fact was you could make a lot more money in the trades back then. I had a friend who worked one of the first "tech" jobs in Missoula, mapping out bus and emergency vehicle routes for cities all over the country. They paid those poor suckers like six or seven bucks an hour. I was making three times that in the painter's union. But he wanted to sit at a desk rather than get his hands dirty.

The sentiment stuck with me. I've been working a candyass desk job for 15 years now and I'm still embarrassed to admit it.

[alpinevibes]

A colleague and I were just discussing today that being a utility locator sounds better every day. Probably pays pretty well these days.

Heh, I was thinking about that this week: I saw a lost-looking 20 something female driving around our neighborhood erratically. New Rav-4, dog out the window, just-moved-to-CO stickers and general vibe going on. Turns out she was the locator for new construction next door. Seems like an ok gig if she can survive and drive a new car around here.

[schuss]

People in Montana in the '80s used to be embarrassed to admit they worked a candyass desk job. But the fact was you could make a lot more money in the trades back then. I had a friend who worked one of the first "tech" jobs in Missoula, mapping out bus and emergency vehicle routes for cities all over the country. They paid those poor suckers like six or seven bucks an hour. I was making three times that in the painter's union. But he wanted to sit at a desk rather than get his hands dirty.

The sentiment stuck with me. I've been working a candyass desk job for 15 years now and I'm still embarrassed to admit it.

The whole anti-intellectual culture is so dumb. How dare you be smart and use your brain? How dare you refuse to break your body on bullshit jobs for a boss that doesn't give a shit about you?
If you like swinging a hammer - great, but calling desk jobs candyass is just buffoonery from people that can't hack real thinking or have an ego deficiency that means they have to put others down to feel tough. Like the people that put angry Jeep eyes on or punisher stickers on their financed ram.

[BmillsSkier]

So... we agree then? Cleveland sucks and Missoula is awesome?

It’s no surprise I’m probably the biggest ex-NE Ohioan here but your assessment is trash.

Intel says so, for a data point:

Intel to build 20 Billion Dollar Semiconductor Plant Outside Cleveland

[liv2ski]

I for one applaud companies moving jobs to parts of the country where people really need good paying jobs. My last tech support call was routed to Alabama rather than India and I really appreciated the great service that young lady provided me in a voice I could easily understand.

[goldenboy]

I for one applaud companies moving jobs to parts of the country where people really need good paying jobs. My last tech support call was routed to Alabama rather than India and I really appreciated the great service that young lady provided me in a voice I could easily understand.

I don't know, I might have an easier time understanding an Indian accent than a strong southern one.