Subj : Re: New to this
To   : Accession
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Apr 21 2025 11:35 am

On 20 Apr 2025 at 07:36a, Accession pondered and said...
 
 Ac> Hey Boraxman!
 Ac> 
 Ac> On Sun, Apr 20 2025 03:46:11 -0500, you wrote:
 Ac> 
 Ac> > In Sydney, it can be hard to find particular types of trades people
 Ac> > or labourers in some places, simply because they can't afford to
 Ac> > live there.  Those with the skills that are needed, simply can't be
 Ac> > in the proximity where the skills are required.
 Ac> 
 Ac> It's not uncommon to live a ways away from the cities where most of the
 Ac> work occurs. I tend to drive anywhere from 5 minutes up to an hour away
 Ac> to certain job sites. Anything more than an hour I try to avoid, since
 Ac> it doesn't benefit me without paid windshield time. Sometimes, per diem
 Ac> is offered if driving more than (I think) 60 miles each way, etc.
 Ac>   

Kind if weird that we tend to place more importance on house prices going up astronomically, than having a functional society?
 Ac> > It's quite a simple thing to understand, that people with the skills
 Ac> > you rely on, need to be able to live near you.  But yet people
 Ac> > advocate the exact opposite, that they should dissapear.
 Ac> 
 Ac> Let them advocate for whatever they want. When their basement/septic
 Ac> backs up or floods, or their shingles fly off their roof with a huge
 Ac> rainstorm on it's way, and they have to wait 2+ hours for someone to
 Ac> show up, maybe they will change their opinion.
 Ac>   
 Ac> > Then they complain of a skills shortage!!  Then they complain that
 Ac> > the few that remain charge such high prices because of lack of
 Ac> > competition.
 Ac> 
 Ac> It sounds like there's more complaining going on out that way, than
 Ac> actual work getting done! ;)
 Ac> 
 Ac> Regards,

They don't change their opinion, they just complain and don't connect the dots that their calls for people to move away leads to these issues.

A lot of complaining that goes on, is people complaining about the consequences of their own beliefs and actions.

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