Msg: 3183 *Conference*
09-13-92 16:14:19
From: ROBERT BENSON
To : FRANK MCJUNKINS
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #3177 (CGP115)
----- I'm sorry to hear about your situation, I was up in the northern Seattle area in 1965 and although I couldn't take the weather I loved all that greenery, the rich brown soil and the water... and I envied the way the people seemed to hang together, it seemed that nobody was so well off that they didn't need help from time to time and nobody ignored their neighbor or they would be shut out of the community. I'm very sorry to hear that it's changed and I agree with you that there is a large migration from California for a lot of Californians have been moving north to escape the crunch here and with them goes a certain amount of trash unfortunately. My own brother moved to Washington state about 12 years ago, first eastern Washington, then the Seattle area where he started his own business. We have been getting trash from every state in the union since the early 70's, but it has increased sharply in the last 10 years! My brother has told me about the influx up there and the affect it's having on the economy and you're right, although the migration has been going on for the last 7 years the cost of housing has skyrocketed in the last 3. California is full of a bunch of super independent assholes, that started in the late 50's when corporations like Standard Oil brought thousands of people to California to "exploit" new markets and has continued ever since, that accounts for the attitudes! Unlike Rick I have no tolerance for the "new bread" and I think we ought to send them back were they came from, but that dosen't help your problem, does it... where do you live in Washington? -=Robert=-