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Originally Posted by swbluto (Post 705344)

I drew an unemployment rate map of the USA in my past job searches. Turns out both of the coasts are horrible, while the oklahoma/texas/kansas area has been doing great since the beginning of the "great recession". Probably due to the oil fields in that area, just like north dakota. (Oil prices have been high since the great recession started; money moving away from the housing market into the commodities, like oil, pushing up oil prices.)

Not too long ago, I was in Charleston, SC (Nuke school). Man, that place was awesome! It's like the great recession never struck there. Used cars on craigslist were late 2000 models with less than 100,000 miles; compare that to the coasts, where you'll typically find 90's models with 200,000+ miles. Signs that people can't afford to buy a new car every 5 years anymore, like they used to.

Originally Posted by yotano211 (Post 705351)

Oh a Navy man...awesome. I was stationed down in Meridian, Mississippi for A school. I was a PN (personal man) when I was in the Navy.

You should see my car, 2010 Prius with 142k miles. And I got it with 70k(?) miles on it.