Posted by S.L. on June 26, 2003 at 19:14:51:
In Reply to: Re: No wonder I'm leaving again posted by D on June 26, 2003 at 12:09:28:
> > Aaahh, but they did come back. Most of us did.
> > Work is not that far away if you are willing to drive. It is pointless to sit around Armstrong county waiting for the work to come to you. You have to get off your butt and drive to where the work is.
> > Of course it is ideal to have a job within 10 minutes from your house, but that's not reality.
> > Most people who leave Armstrong county are quick to find out that regardless of where you live, most of the time you will be sitting behind the wheel of your car for about an hour to work and back and it's mostly due to traffic. So they figure, they may as well come back to Kittanning and work in Pittsburgh. It's an ideal situation. Make big city wages and pay small town prices.
> Ok, there are people who are willing to go to Pittsburgh for jobs. I would do it. One problem. How are they gonna get there?? I sure no that I don't have a car reliable enough to do and and there are many many others who has the same problem. I found a job in Cranberry that I could have had that paid well, but the problem, no reliable transportation. There needs to be jobs in this area. Everyone isn't able to travel.
How true!! You need to bring good paying jobs here for many, many reasons... Why should we settle to travel out of Armstrong County for work? We still have to pay taxes here too... Travel isn't the answer for evrybody, I think good paying jobs are...