There are 2 small-ish hotels near us that we stay in a few times a year when the kids/grandkids are visiting (son & D-i-L stay in our bedroom & the kids sleep in our living room, it’s easier for all and we get a better night’s sleep/some needed down time, as we are already a multi-generational household). One is a “Home 2” extended stay hotel, with small kitchenettes, laundry rooms, gym, etc.
This is in Bucks County PA (a collar suburb of Philly). We have noticed that, for the last 18 months or so, these hotels are almost always full, and rooms were difficult to book. There are some families, as well as a lot of single young men in the hotel. Most do not seem to speak English.
We thought perhaps they were temporary construction workers, since there was a new Aldi store going up last year. That work is now finished and they are still in the hotel. My sister stayed there last month, and she described the same situation.
One of the desk clerks semi-confirmed our thoughts that these people are “immigrants” who are being “subsidized”. There is low-income housing and some rather “sketchy” apartment complexes close by, and I’m thinking they are being filtered into there when possible, but the overflow remains in the hotel.
This was a solid red community, turning purple, but will need very little push to go blue (I’ve worked at the Polls and have seen the demographic break-downs/voting patterns)
Rather disconcerting, to say the least.
That’s what is happening all across the country, I suspect.
All on OUR tax dollar....to fortify the Dem votes.