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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
actually that one was not directed at you but the broad old industrial/rural mid-Atlantic, including my parts of upstate. I understand you're used to me throwing shit at you, so it's a reasonable mistake to make
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Fair enough. I agree that the mid Atlantic is sclerotic. On one hand, there are tons of entrenched locals fighting against innovation and change. (An immigrant client of mine is getting fucked on a license issue by white geriatrics right now.) On the lower end, we’re polluted with entitled and lazy white workers enabled and empowered by Trump’s bullshit.
They’re often horrible workers. Drug issues, miserable attitudes, looking for any angle to grab disability or workers’ comp.
The mid Atlantic desperately needs immigrants. It needs youth. It needs to also become business friendly. Land use, permitting, etc. are used by local business interests and the politicians they buy to protect themselves. This problem is exacerbated in Commonwealths, where every County is like giant feudal estate. And unsurprisingly, where so many layers of crooked bureaucracy persist, lawyers cancer the system, extracting their little rents at every opportunity.
