• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

    They live six to a room.

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      1 year ago

      Can confirm. I once had an apartment in NC. I was the only white guy in the complex. Everyone else was Latino. I had a one bedroom apartment. I was the ONLY single occupant in my building. The apartment below me was occupied by a guy, his wife, his infant child, his mother and at least one cousin. They were still the most gracious people I’d ever lived amongst. When his daughter was born they had a bigass cookout and invited everyone in our complex. That was the day that I learned I was the only white guy, and it was an amazing experience. I ended up letting some of the guys crash in my apartment while I was on the road, and I always came back to a clean house and a fridge full of leftovers.

      Unfortunately I had to move back to OH after a year, but I’d go back to NC in a heartbeat if the situation allowed.

    • AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

      They live six to a room.

      …and the rest of their family spends those dollars on a 3rd world cost of living.