Schuylkill County seems to have some of the lowest paying wages around. While this may be good for employers, one has to wonder how to people get by.
If you talk to anyone who makes a good living they will probably tell you that they work out of the county such as in Berks, Dauphin, or Luzerne County.
It is also a well known fact that many college grads do not return to the area and why should they, no high paying white collar jobs are to be found here.
This all seems to contribute to the financial and social stagnation of the whole area. Look inside the local newspaper, such as The Pottsville Republican & Herald, and you will see most jobs are low paying while high paying jobs are usually in the health care field (caring for an aging population) or couseling services (caring for addicted youth and adults). So, add it all up and it is not hard to see why this area continues to lag behind the rest of the state and the country for that matter.
It should also be noted that a lot of individuals cannot speak, read, or write english.
What a poor shithole of a place. Then again where can you buy a house for $8,000 to $10,000.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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agreed. i'm a college grad and i would never even think of returning to the area! there's nothing to do, no decent jobs, and no decent people to meet there -- unless, of course, i want to meet people who only drink, have that thick horrible coal region accent, and have no life goals or aspirations.
it's funny how you assume the people from home have no life goals or aspirations. Think about your parents. One of their goals was probably to get you through college so you can lead a life better than theirs. It's so easy to put down where we come from but this place is what makes us who we are, like it or not.
Schuylkill County isn't really a bad place to live. The cost of living is a lot lower than other areas in Pennsylvania. You can just look at prices of goods in Berks county to see the difference.
I moved to Schuylkill County from Berks, and I have to say I much prefer the coal regions to the coke regions. Growing up in inner city Reading was downright horrific, especially watching the city's crime and violence swallow up everyone I knew who was worth anything. I lost friends to drugs and gun violence by the dozen every year. Where I am now, the biggest problems in the area are low wages and what they have the nerve to call "juvenile delinquents" that play loud music until about 9pm.
There are lots of job openings for the persons with more knowledge, so try to acquire more knowledge by learning new things.
I agree all you have to do is go up to Oak Street in pottsville and see the people hanging out there. They call it camp hope they should call it camp dope. Because that is all they do there. You have all kinds of people bleeding the system there welfare, unemployed and disability.
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