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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | GREEN GODDESS DECEMBER 12, 2011 The Cost of Living A recent study came out from the Urban Institute showing the most expensive cities in which to live with the minimum income needed to live there. and no shock its the same as it has been for decades - Wash DC, San Francisco, New York. Another study by two Brown University Economists found that without diversity of all kinds cities actually decline economically. | GREEN GODDESS APRIL 1, 2011 Jobs or Just McJobs New York City (including the outer boroughs)gained only 127,000 in residents since the last Census. Cities for the rich and those who are too poor to leave and work in service jobs and others moving further away to areas they can manage to find work and manage to live above water. That compares with the national poverty level of $22,050 for a family of four. | | | | | | | GREEN GODDESS JUNE 4, 2009 The Emerald City wins again! It declared Seattle the MOST CREATIVE CITY OF THE YEAR. Given this year and the state of the world this is one recognition that I would seriously decline. left 10 years ago and lived a variety of places, divorce and the outrageous cost of living in the now bankrupt California (and the bay area's notorious expense) left me going "well the dog you know." Accused often of being from New York as I have an "accent" and talk fast. Some of the article is a silly almost Press Release of 2005 proportions. have to agree. | GREEN GODDESS NOVEMBER 20, 2009 Housing Crisis Escalates In my business forecast for next year I have to decide how I will market my business, the budget, the target audience, the type of marketing and overall rate of success from each method. get calls but so few want to actually pay or the kinds of calls I get are for services I don't offer. Since my long term goals are to move into commercial retrofitting I have decided to take the necessary steps that will aid that including relocating to find the kind of work I am seeking. So I am using that time to build new skills and get out of the residential market - for now. | GREEN GODDESS SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 The Politics of Hate The last week in the United States had to have the most vitriloic and distrubing display of xenophobia and nativism that I may have ever witnessed. From the crazy Pastor who wanted to burn Quran's and got excessive media coverage as a result, the Parc51 hysteria and finally the Grand Guginol of exploitation in collective mourning, 9/11. The rhetoric, the insanity and the absolute veracity of the team on the right to denigrate anything and everything anyone not of their "ilk" has become disturbing. It's going to be ugly, a lot of crying, but America needs a cure." | |
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