[Issaquahking]

I have a place in Mesquite,NV, and the mexicans have basically taken over. The housing quality is horrible for the dollars forked out by the end user. Talk about screwing the pooch - you should see the trash that sells for the $150 range! Second biggest problem, the illegals that a lot of contractors love to use, stack four families into single family dwelling.

I do better renting a place in SLC,UT, and doing commercial jobs, than to fight with the Mesquite gig.

If you'd like a closer look at what is happening in the west - get on gubamyster's ping list. I don't think the east knows how bad the southwest has gotten.

[snopercod]

I believe you, but maybe the quality problem is with the contractors, not the workers. But then the contractors build to what the people want, and it's been my experience that home-buyers have no clue for the most part.

The housing quality is horrible for the dollars forked out by the end user.

Same here. I have actually worked on $3 million plus homes that were guaranteed to be unconfortable to live in and impossible to maintain.

That's why I always build my own ;-)