[applemac_g4]

>do however, think that we CAN compete with the lesser
>wages in india, if we simply learn to deal with it as they
>have

And how is that exactly...cutting household expenses to the point that white collar workers can't afford to buy homes or install air conditioning in their rental flats because they can't afford the electric bill?

I'm sure Miami and Phoenix will be wonderful places to live in August without our friends at Carrier.

[MacDorcha]

you're complaining about heating and Ac in Phoenix? havent they been developing for a few decades now homes that cost less than normal homes and maintain temperatures so well that something to the tune of 60% is cut off the heating and air bills? its cheaper to live that way over there from what ive read/heard.

you dont see the people here in Georgia practially clawing each other for 500k housing that they cant even back out of their driveways from without hitting their neighbors driveway. sprawl is crazy down here, and id settle for something in the 80's with a little over an acre of land.