So you always kept the farm, did you?
That’s not happening today. You lose it, it’s gone and they garnish your wages in the new spot.
This is 2008, not the 1950s where you could get a car and run a cab service or bake pies out of your house.
***So you always kept the farm, did you?***
Not because we wanted to. The second time we left he said he hoped he would never see this area again. The bank never repo’s it as no one would buy it.
A year later he got the fever and returned.
When I escaped from here ( Greetings from the President of the United States) I never came backfor about 10 years. Then I moved here to take care of my aged parents and found you still could not make a living here (1976-77). Then I landed a dream job! and attached myself to it like a leech and just retired a month ago. ( No, it was not Walmart).
My dad and other well to do uncle always said “Go where the jobs are!” So why did my Dad keep returning to this economicaly depressed area then? I still don’t know.