You probably could, but people in these circumstances could not pass the credit check let alone come up with the deposit for the apartment and utilities.
hey I'm going to give up my life in the uk and move to florida, i get a low paid job and then blame everyone else for my shortsightedness
It's okay. I really had to bite my lip, too. My husband has had a few offers in Orlando, twice with Disney. The cost of living and low pay make not living there a no-brainer. No way. Before we ever moved anywhere we had a job or jobs to go to & researched cost of living. Basic stuff.
I'd like to not believe that, but I think the fact that we are such a society has been proven to the point where I must accept that it is true, even if I don't accept that it is right.
While there are lots of good reasons for staying on site, fear of passing by poor people who live in cheap hotels doesn't seem like one of them. As I said, I have noticed this phenomenon on 192, the same way I have noticed that there are many cheap gift shops. Passing the gift shops doesn't cause me any fear or pain, nor does passing cheap hotels or the people who live in them. The knowledge that there are people living in such situations bothers me, but the knowledge exists whether I stay off site and pass the hotels, or stay onsite and don't.
Seriously....you don't think that some of us who are now "living comfortably" didn't struggle?? I made poor choices early in life, along with a couple of good ones, namely joining the Air Force, that caused significant issues in my 20's and 30's. At one point, I had no job after having back surgery a month prior, a wife, a child with a chronic, life altering health condition, a house payment I could no longer afford because the savings was gone, etc. I went to the public aid office where I was told that I was ineligible for services because I owned too many assets and that I would need to sell one of my two cars, both of which were still financed (and one that I am still driving 8 years later). Couldn't even get KidCare for my son, although I had zero income. So, I filed for Chapter 13, took 2 jobs I was massively overqualified for, began working 70-80 hours a week, and kept my head above water while I found a job that paid what I was making before I was let go. I don't care what your circumstance is, if you want to live like the subjects of the article were, you will find a way, just as if you want to be successful and live nicely, you will find a way.That's just a sign of progress!
And I am beyond tired of people living comfortably passing judgment on those in our society who are struggling. For a nation that sells the PR that we are so compassionate, I absolutely don't see it unless a kitten falls in a sewer drain or something of that ilk.
No, everyone working in theme parks shouldn't be paid $25 an hour starting now. But we have a MAJOR problem in our society with not nearly enough well-paying jobs for everyone from college grads to professionals to, yes, blue collar workers. It is going to make us third world if we don't wake up and start doing things fundamentally different. And, this isn't about which political party you support as they are both good for nothing, this is about putting value on workers ... on people, which Wall Street is fundamentally not going to support.
Here I am, defending 74.
