Im already laid off and I dont see my type of work ever reaching its former levels, So I doubt I will ever go back to it. With unemployment levels rising and being expected to get even worse, what are we all gonna do for work. I live at the old family home, that has been paid for for many years, so Im not worried about losing the house, like many more people may, but I think things are going to get a lot tighter before we see any new prosperity. Some more of our family may have to move back here, too, if things get worse, and thats ok, but how far it is going to go. do you think we will revert to the levels of poverty like the great depression of the 30′s My Mom was a child when that happened, and barely remembers that, but through those lessons learned to get a house paid for, Thank God for that! Luckily we all have construction skills, and that type of practical knowledge, so we can make room for more of us if need be, and a big garden plot in the back, and a small orchard, and havent forgotten how to can and preserve foods, etc. We may need it. How are you doing? are you set up?
No, construction was not my main employment, just something I have done quite a bit of, as an employee, and for myself. One of my Brothers was mainly in construction, tho, and was hit hard by this,
I am way burnt out on what I did, and dont want to go back to it, anyway. I will find or create something new for myself.
I am seeing a future in alternative energy, maybe small affordable home kits, Small acreage developements, on cheap bare land, with solar, wind, etc, tied into that. Stand alone farmsteads, maybe. that could be sold for a fraction of currant prices.
