tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post7788568450530486683..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: The Usual Suspects.Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-70110037142012629122011-06-29T17:20:58.174-07:002011-06-29T17:20:58.174-07:00I for one am glad Bend is not blossoming into a co...I for one am glad Bend is not blossoming into a corporate or tech hub. Always been a tough place to make a go at it. Don't see that changing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-85381356258092095172011-06-29T12:57:02.735-07:002011-06-29T12:57:02.735-07:00Oh yeah -- and we're told that "the cloud...Oh yeah -- and we're told that "the cloud" is going to revive Bend's economy because now a company can do business anywhere.<br /><br />(Which, of course, has been possible ever since the invention of the Internet.)<br /><br />It all sounds rather "vaporous" to me.<br /><br />List of things Bend has going for it:<br /><br />1. Pretty scenery.<br />2. Outdoor recreation.<br /><br />List of things Bend has working against it:<br /><br />1. No real four-year college.<br />2. No large highly educated and/or skilled workforce.<br />3. Poor, and deteriorating, public schools. (True of just about anyplace in Oregon.)<br />4. Geographical remoteness. (Still a factor despite "the cloud.")<br />5. Poor transportation links. (No Interstate, 20 miles from the nearest airport, no direct flights to any major cities except Portland and SF.)<br /><br />All this wouldn't matter if our local "leaders" were content to let this place be what it's cut out to be -- a quiet little resort town -- but they've always had fantasies of turning it into a metropolis.H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-16976795282429596912011-06-29T12:36:14.992-07:002011-06-29T12:36:14.992-07:00Spot on.
We have to remember that Oregon Business...Spot on.<br /><br />We have to remember that Oregon Business is in the business of selling ads, like virtually every other publication. And to whom does it try to sell ads? To Oregon businesses, including Bend businesses. And they don't like to see anything "negative" (i.e., honest and realistic) printed about them.<br /><br />So no matter how many times the realistic and honest people are proven right, they'll continue to be dismissed as nattering nabobs of negativity and publications will seek out "the usual suspects" and treat their rosy scenarios as gospel.H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.com