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Rust belt. Many places where opportunity had dried up. Not just the north east, but even Tennessee. It’s low wage jobs or selling drugs, or both.
by pylua 1y ago
Rust belt. Many places where opportunity had dried up. Not just the north east, but even Tennessee. It’s low wage jobs or selling drugs, or both.
- slt2021 1y agohow come immigrants from Haiti/other 3rd world countries come to the poorest rural towns in USA and make it work, while US citizens drown in drugs and crime? The opportunity is there, its just USA was supposed to use the reserve currency status to invest domestically in its own people. Instead USA made a business out of education (private schools and elite colleges). This creates a situation where only high value jobs are feasible in the USA, but the education to do these high value jobs is too expensive. Now you have to import foreign talent, as well as goods, and this leads to erosion of the country. China on the other hand, invested in its own people and developed industries domestically, rather than importing talent
- slumberlust 1y agoIt sounds like you're arguing we should invest more in the population's education? I'd agree with that. > how come immigrants from Haiti/other 3rd world countries come to the poorest rural towns in USA and make it work, while US citizens drown in drugs and crime? Any source(s) on this? First I'm hearing of this correlation.
- slt2021 1y agohttps://immigrationimpact.com/2024/09/17/immigrants-are-making-ohio-great-lets-talk-about-that/ https://immigrationimpact.com/2024/09/17/immigrants-are-maki...
- HDThoreaun 1y agoWhy blame this on globalization instead of their shitty culture? Immigrants find success in these areas.