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Doom and Gloom

Entered: in vim on Nokia N810 | Date: 20200130

The job market in my neck of Wyoming has turned to utter shit. Many companies that were the major employers here have shut up shop and left. There are hundreds of people now looking for work and every job posting on the state website gets a very high response. Competition is intense. I am currently looking at commuting to North Dakota for work if the jobs I have interviewed for do not select me (I already have an offer in ND). This is demoralizing. This area was flying high for years and years. Now it looks very much like the bust in the 1980s.

At that time, my town looked very much like a ghost town. The housing market is already flooded with people looking to move. This is another reason I am trying like hell to find something local - I don't want to lose the money I have wrapped up in my house. I had four doom and gloom conversations in a row down at the workforce services office this afternoon. I kept bumping in to people I know. Good people that are in the same boat as me.