10-27-2020, 12:24 PM
(09-23-2020, 07:56 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I wasn't referring to the insularity, but rather your dismissal of the idea of the people in this region being hard working.
They are not hard working. This area used to be supported by growing tobacco. That is very labor intensive. It has mostly been phased out now but when people were still growing it they were unable to find local help to hire for the field work. Despite this being one of the poorest most poverty stricken areas in the country people would not work. The local farmers had to depend on Mexican migrant workers to harvest the tobacco. And it was not because they Mexicans did it for peanuts. The growers paid them well. They just could not find locals willing to do the work at any price.
