Terrible here in NW IL. Poor job prospects, very little employment available unless you’re a OTR truck driver or commission-only salesman.
Lots of businesses have cut way back and spending little to nothing on advertising or improvements. Even the UPS and FEDEX guys who stop in here tell of half-empty trucks and routes finished much earlier than usual.
If there’s a recovery going on, it hasn’t happened here.
Poor job prospects, very little employment available unless you’re a OTR truck driver “””
My neighbor is a OTR trucker- self employed. He used to make at least one run a week, sometimes 2, hauling potatoes from N Nevada to So California.
He hasn’t made a run in over 6 weeks, and is running up against trucking companies wherre the driver gets paid by the mile and does not own the truck that have a one way haul out of LA which will take the potatoes south for less than he can buy fuel for. He is parked for now.