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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

They live six to a room.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

They live six to a room.

And they're not sending that much back home.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can confirm. I once had an apartment in NC. I was the only white guy in the complex. Everyone else was Latino. I had a one bedroom apartment. I was the ONLY single occupant in my building. The apartment below me was occupied by a guy, his wife, his infant child, his mother and at least one cousin. They were still the most gracious people I'd ever lived amongst. When his daughter was born they had a bigass cookout and invited everyone in our complex. That was the day that I learned I was the only white guy, and it was an amazing experience. I ended up letting some of the guys crash in my apartment while I was on the road, and I always came back to a clean house and a fridge full of leftovers.

Unfortunately I had to move back to OH after a year, but I'd go back to NC in a heartbeat if the situation allowed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Given the shit-sandwich choice between OH and NC, I'd choose NC as well. It's almost civilized, if you can ignore the lock on the state legislature that the GOP has, fire ants, Aedes Egypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitos that don't give a fuck the sun is up, Lone Star ticks that make you allergic to consuming mammal, and an oppressively hot summer. Though I'd rather live in the mid-Atlantic or West Coast where the GOP hasn't gained as much traction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

They live six to a room.

...and the rest of their family spends those dollars on a 3rd world cost of living.