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This may seem obscure, but I know it exists, especially among women friends of mine:
I won't go into a store to shop where I detect an abundance of stragglers hanging around the parking lot "looking for work". LISTEN UP: HOME DEPOT!! You have permanently lost me to LOWES. I am just as concerned they are looking for a car to break into or steal or other trouble.
I won't go into a restaurant where I detect more employees not speaking English than those which are speaking English. EI: TACO BELL--McDONALD'S-- I don't trust the order to be done correctly, nor the overall cleanliness of the food preparation. It also offends me that even at work behind the counter they don't make ANY attempt to converse in English. They all talk whatever was their mother speech. It is just plain rude. They are here, they want to "work, but they don't want to assimilate at all.
In general, My money is being spent online or by catalog in more instances than ever before because I don't want to be where they are. At least I know my UPS driver, he is white, courteous, and an AMERICAN CITIZEN. I just don't feel safe going out into the streets nearly as much any more, PERIOD.
This makes an impact on the business of my area, which eventually impacts all the services the county or city or state can afford to provide. It becomes a vicisous circle, as money needed for law enforcement gets smaller while the problems get bigger.
Your post could have been written by me. I don't eat out anymore, nor do I patronize businesses in my neighborhood. The employees do not speak English. They are surly and rude. They act put out if asked to speak English. The music and announcements over the stores' PA systems are in Spanish. Even the junk mail advertising the local businesses is all in Spanish. I have to drive miles out of my way to find businesses with courteous, competent, English-speaking employees, and it's getting harder and harder to find.
I went to a McDonald's (first time in years). We wondered what was taking so long - by the time it was our turn, we figured it out. Every order had to be translated for the cooks in the back. We walked out and went home for lunch and never returned since. We don't go to several restaurants in the area any longer.
The result - less money entering the local economy (and the future value thereof). I guess the up side is a healthier diet for us (we eat at home more).