Mountain, palm trees and business: Villagefest in Palm Springs, CA

I was gone over the Thanksgiving holiday, visiting relatives in Milwaukee. Honestly, I had the best intentions of blogging from there, perhaps taking a few snaps of local color and making up a story. But I didn’t. It was cold and my fingers were too cold to type. That’s my excuse. I think it’s time I consider the possibility that I may actually be one of those lazy persons you see around. Or, I’ll look at it in another way – these were holidays and no one else was working, so why should I?

Guess how many times I was panhandled per day in Milwaukee? Zero, exactly zero. For the entire trip. Is that because it was freezing, or was it because Wisconsin’s economy and unemployment rate are so much better than California’s?

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Still, I don’t mean to complain and hope this doesn’t sound that way. I’ve heard first hand about Bay area rents and home sales from those who live there and who work in real estate. It’s like dotcom 2.0, someone told me. That has got to be a good sign for the state’s economy. And there seems to be a lot going on in Southern California as well, among those I know. Fewer people I know are without work of any kind. If Facebook is any guide, the travel business is healthy. And, there have been a good number of posts from people about starting new jobs, all in the L.A. area.

On the other hand, and there is always another hand, this study (cited in the article above) says that poverty in California has never been worse. Quite sobering, but I guess it’s all in how they measure these things. And of course, the conservatives have their own spin on the economy of the Golden State: This report on the California Exodus makes it sound like the show is ovah, permanently. I certainly hope that’s not the case. I think we’ve got some life in us still.