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calenlass:
Dude Robbie that is not true. I have applied at Wal-Mart. I have applied at Waffle House. I have applied at fucking MacDonald's. No one is hiring. There is nothing I can do about that. The economy is shitty and the local market is saturated with part-time student labour, which is exactly what I would be, so no one wants any more.

I would say I have done pretty much everything in my power to get a job.




Wait, no, I lied. I haven't blown any hiring managers yet. And I guess I could always be a prostitute and get me some STIs. You're right. I'm definitely not trying hard enough.

RobbieOC:
Exactly. Not trying hard enough.

I could be way wrong, I guess. I've never really had a problem getting a crappy job if I need one, but the job market in Oklahoma is almost certainly different than other places. I was mainly trying to stay positive and be supportive, but maybe being more realistic is better? I don't know.

Emaline:
I once moved 11 hours* away from home to a place where I knew exactly one person. I don't drive, and I didn't have a job lined up, but I had a place to stay, albeit a couch of a virtual stranger. I also had at least $200 in my bank account.



Within a week or so, I found a horrible horrible $6.00/hr job, making hot dogs for drunk frat boys at 2:00am. I got followed home twice. I barely made enough money to pay my tiny amount of rent. My roommate and I argued a lot(but I mean, come on. We met the day I moved in). I was beyond depressed. It was an over all shitty period of my life. I did some things I regret**. I treated some people pretty poorly. I became a really terrible person. Eventually, things got so shitty between my roommate and I that he asked me to leave.



However, it was a pretty great experience, and I kinda wish I had the balls to do something like that again. It makes for some pretty interesting conversation.





*by bus
**Not prostitution, Joe Hocking.

Alex C:
Doesn't Oklahoma have one of the higher poverty rates in the nation? I was under the distinct impression that it's basically a really low cost of living index that keeps the state from imjploding upon itself.

RobbieOC:
Well, you might be a little surprised. Certainly Oklahoma isn't as well off as some states, but the economy here is actually growing. With all the energy (natural gas and oil) in the state, and the growing number of Fortune 500 companies making their headquarters here, there is a lot of good stuff going on. Granted, it's mostly in the cities, and the people in the more rural areas are probably not as well off, it's really not as bad off here as a lot of people might expect. Here: http://www.nemw.org/poverty.htm - this shows the poverty rates by state. Oklahoma isn't anywhere are well off as the coastal states, but it's doing way better than a lot of other states. Mind you, I'm no economist, so I might be looking at this all wrong, but especially in the suburbs where I live (north Oklahoma City) there's very little poverty.

Negatives: There is no public transportation here, and everything is real spread out, which means you have to drive if you want to get anywhere. Also, Oklahoma has a tendency to be overlooked by a lot of other people, and most of the press we get is in relation to college football or Sally Kern...  :|

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