I don’t know about anyplace other than here.
There are ‘Now Hiring’ and ‘Help Wanted’ signs all over town. Even sign-on bonuses being offered..............
Same here in southern NH. There are help wanted signs everywhere.
The problem is that many of those jobs are real work. Meaning you have to wait tables or do something physical.
I do not mean roofing or landscaping either. Those jobs are so physically demanding that they are almost exclusively done by illegals.
I think I could make a living just doing odd jobs for things people need done around their house. I see them asking all the time on my local Facebook page.
IF you have a pickup truck you can make money just taking things to the dump for people.
I sell firewood on the side. It started mostly just to clean up my 12 acre property. Trees die, they break, fall over. Last fall I sold ten pick up truck loads. I could have sold twenty easily. It is hard physical labor though. I sell them for CASH. No credit cards, no VENMO, no Apple pay. No checks. CASH.
Unfortunately, “Now hiring” signs don’t actually mean they are hiring.