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phineas gage on November 27, 2006 - 3:28pm

The migrant construction worker thing is an odd phenomenon- they have it down to a science. My in-laws are owner-operators of an RV park in central ohio. 20 minutes after the start of a bad hail storm, construction workers (mostly roofers) started calling, by 30 minutes after the storm ended every spot at the park was filled by migrant construction workers. Now almost 2 months after the storm they're still full of migrant workers (and insurance adjusters!). But I wonder why are there so many idle migrant construction workers sitting around watching the weather channel for the next job (most of them are from the carolinas and georgia) with the market in LA, TX and MS the way it is?

I know, I know- just save your comments about the cost of RV'ing and the future of RV parks. My in-laws are doing very well right now and they're in their 60's. They just need to make it a few more years then they'll retire. Irrespective of PO, no one in the younger generation is willing to take over the family business from them when they retire.

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fleam on November 27, 2006 - 5:49pm

Phineas it does not sound like such a bad business model for someone who's handy. Get a smallish motorhome, and go around doing the work. You can often camp on city streets if you're crafty, and even here in Silicon Valley I've found odd little encampments of people living in motorhomes...... like the hobo jungles of old, they're neat and probably really frown on any activities that would create trouble and raise their profile. Motorhomes are expensive to fuel, but out on the Interstate, there's always a truck to draft off of.....

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