I can confirm your statement is true. Our old neighborhood was a very diverse neighborhood when we moved in back in the 90s, we really liked it, over the 20 years we lived there we saw a lot of change. First the Asians started to move out, then during 911 all of the Middle Eastern families moved out, by the time we moved we were one of only a hand full of Caucasians left. Oh, just found out you can't use that word anymore, it's outdated
Caucasian race Outdated classification of humans Also a lot of the black families moved too.Anyway here is what happened, many of the houses went up For Rent, we saw a lot of Mexican-American families move in, some buying the houses, some renting. They were very good neighbors, then they started to sell and move out, possibly rent out, I don't really know, but the illegals started to move in, this I confirmed getting to know several of them, even selling a truck to one who had to put the truck in a Legal family member's name. During the last 5 years there, we started to see New Trucks all up and down our street, not just regular trucks, I am talking F250, F350s, Duallys, etc. Found out they were paying Cash for these, also found out by several that, yes they paid no income taxes, not sure why they would tell me this when I asked, guess they trusted me, I did not turn them in or anything, I was just a bit jealous of all their New stuff when my wife and I both had jobs, working very hard, paying taxes and had much older vehicles, also we Netted under 6 figures. We watched every morning their crews gather in their front yards and pile into the new trucks, only the Crew Chiefs spoke English. Were they making over 6 figures, I would guess, yes. Did find out later most did pay cash for their houses, keep in mind the houses in our neighborhood 10 years ago were selling for under 100k. Found this out from our Realtor Gonzales when we sold our house.
Crazy what all happened in just 20 years in one Neighborhood, plus add the 2008 housing market crash.
I also can confirm some of the trades they entered, Plumbing was a big one next to Landscaping in our neighborhood. Tile work too...
This is my take on all of this, College has been pushed so much that the generations have abandon the Trade Industry, gave the jobs away. Now there is a huge shortage of Craftsmen/women. These jobs are paying extremely well these days. Billing out Plumbers for $200 an hour, I am not joking, we saw a few years back where Plumbers are making more than Electricians. We have an Electrician family member with over 40 years at Baker Hughes (Shell Oil Contract), he told us of some of the signing bonuses they were doing just to get Craftsmen hired. I never got a bonus to be hired
, not as a Craftsman...
Sorry for long post...
