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Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:14 pm
by old salt
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps & housing assistance were not yet available. Sometimes excess govt cheese was passed out in the schools.
We were not rich. I was the only immediate family college grad & I had to hustle for a NROTC scholarship (which led to a competitive USNA appt) after my college fund was vaporized when our local crooked bank mgr invited my dad onto the b.o.d., then embezzeled funds, requiring 2 directors to bail out the bank to keep the doors open. Thus my high regard for your esteemed professions.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:25 pm
by old salt
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:20 am
But the county being 90% white does explain some things.
It sure does. I had no negative personal experiences or racial stereotypes when I joined a diverse military at age 17.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
by Typical Lax Dad
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:45 pm
by old salt
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
Food stamps are great. They are a substantial % of sales in our family grocery store.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:00 pm
by Typical Lax Dad
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:45 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
Food stamps are great. They are a substantial % of sales in our family grocery store.
Y’all poor?
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:09 am
by Farfromgeneva
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It was helpful when my sister was a small child for our family. She has two healthy and well adjusted young adult children now and it facilitated my pretend ability to provide me so much more after they got state jobs in the late 70s.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:10 am
by Farfromgeneva
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:14 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps & housing assistance were not yet available. Sometimes excess govt cheese was passed out in the schools.
We were not rich. I was the only immediate family college grad & I had to hustle for a NROTC scholarship (which led to a competitive USNA appt) after my college fund was vaporized when our local crooked bank mgr invited my dad onto the b.o.d., then embezzeled funds, requiring 2 directors to bail out the bank to keep the doors open. Thus my high regard for your esteemed professions.
Well then I can hold all military folks in the same regard I know TOs who raped girls then.
Brilliant!
And I’ve pointed out Nixon’s mixed history in these boards given his role in SNAP so yes I’m aware. I’ve also referenced the opening of housing laws via HUD expansion in the early 90s here.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:14 am
by Farfromgeneva
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:14 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps & housing assistance were not yet available. Sometimes excess govt cheese was passed out in the schools.
We were not rich. I was the only immediate family college grad & I had to hustle for a NROTC scholarship (which led to a competitive USNA appt) after my college fund was vaporized when our local crooked bank mgr invited my dad onto the b.o.d., then embezzeled funds, requiring 2 directors to bail out the bank to keep the doors open. Thus my high regard for your esteemed professions.
I’ve never met a lower economic class person on the board of a bank. Ever.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
by Farfromgeneva
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
by Typical Lax Dad
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:33 am
by MDlaxfan76
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
First, I thought this discussion was about the Eastern Shore and SoMd?
Yes, what FFG posted "certainly doesn't sound like a rural rural town"; or a small one for that matter.
Your wiki stats are from 13 and 23 years ago.
Here's an updated look:
https://datausa.io/profile/geo/cedar-hill-mo
1,761 residents; Median income $67,039
88.8% white. 98.8% US citizens.
None of the remaining households spoke another language other than English as a primary language.
Median residential property valuation was $162,300, home ownership 71%
Avg car ownership 2 cars per household.
Not poor. Also not very diverse.
Average; and the poverty rate between 11-12% is about average as well.
But in no way do I doubt your own impressions being true to you.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:16 am
by Farfromgeneva
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Why’s weren’t you working for that money?
Guess that was pre video game because I would’ve rock some arcade action and soda personally. I used get surgical with a joystick on getting games.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:19 am
by Farfromgeneva
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:33 am
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
First, I thought this discussion was about the Eastern Shore and SoMd?
Yes, what FFG posted "certainly doesn't sound like a rural rural town"; or a small one for that matter.
Your wiki stats are from 13 and 23 years ago.
Here's an updated look:
https://datausa.io/profile/geo/cedar-hill-mo
1,761 residents; Median income $67,039
88.8% white. 98.8% US citizens.
None of the remaining households spoke another language other than English as a primary language.
Median residential property valuation was $162,300, home ownership 71%
Avg car ownership 2 cars per household.
Not poor. Also not very diverse.
Average; and the poverty rate between 11-12% is about average as well.
But in no way do I doubt your own impressions being true to you.
In the 1950s or as described by someone else miles away.
The other metric of health I see used a lot is millage or tax rate as a % of assessed value. North of 3.5% is hot and NOT in that Alexandra Daddario in anything, but especially true detective as Woody Harralson’s side piece, way.
Is not having any exposure or experience to others a guarantee of avoiding any preconceptions or stereotypes as was proposed above? That’s some linear and narrow minded logic to me. Especially while admitting an entire cohort is perceived through the lens of a singular incident 65-70yrs ago that was actual fraud and had nothing to do with the specific industry as if fraud only occurs in finance. In the same breath.
It’s not logical/rational but it completes the picture of the philosophy I see there of course.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:07 am
by Typical Lax Dad
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:16 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Why’s weren’t you working for that money?
Guess that was pre video game because I would’ve rock some arcade action and soda personally. I used get surgical with a joystick on getting games.
Other than pinball, wasn’t much else. I had forgotten about that story until now. If you wanted to start a fight all you had to do was accuse someone of being on food stamps…. You were hoing to see a fist fight. The other sure way to fight was to laugh at someone in the grocery store when you saw their mother pay with food stamps!
The funny thing is most people were on them at one time or another but didn’t want to be associated with “being on welfare”….
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 am
by Farfromgeneva
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:07 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:16 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Why’s weren’t you working for that money?
Guess that was pre video game because I would’ve rock some arcade action and soda personally. I used get surgical with a joystick on getting games.
Other than pinball, wasn’t much else. I had forgotten about that story until now. If you wanted to start a fight all you had to do was accuse someone of being on food stamps…. You were hoing to see a fist fight. The other sure way to fight was to laugh at someone in the grocery store when you saw their mother pay with food stamps!
The funny thing is most people were on them at one time or another but didn’t want to be associated with “being on welfare”….
Yep. My day was a little more vicious and colorful with the words used but same message.
Lots of other ways to start fights too but those were high on the list.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:05 pm
by PizzaSnake
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:07 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:16 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Why’s weren’t you working for that money?
Guess that was pre video game because I would’ve rock some arcade action and soda personally. I used get surgical with a joystick on getting games.
Other than pinball, wasn’t much else. I had forgotten about that story until now. If you wanted to start a fight all you had to do was accuse someone of being on food stamps…. You were hoing to see a fist fight. The other sure way to fight was to laugh at someone in the grocery store when you saw their mother pay with food stamps!
The funny thing is most people were on them at one time or another but didn’t want to be associated with “being on welfare”….
Yep. My day was a little more vicious and colorful with the words used but same message.
Lots of
other ways to start fights too but those were high on the list.
First day of school integration via “busing” in first grade was special…
Some of my new classmates didn’t appreciate some of the lexical distinctions I made. Fortunately, at age 6 physical damage wasn’t too bad. Sure served as a crash course in “separate but equal” and related pleasantries though.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:41 pm
by Typical Lax Dad
PizzaSnake wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:05 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:07 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:16 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Why’s weren’t you working for that money?
Guess that was pre video game because I would’ve rock some arcade action and soda personally. I used get surgical with a joystick on getting games.
Other than pinball, wasn’t much else. I had forgotten about that story until now. If you wanted to start a fight all you had to do was accuse someone of being on food stamps…. You were hoing to see a fist fight. The other sure way to fight was to laugh at someone in the grocery store when you saw their mother pay with food stamps!
The funny thing is most people were on them at one time or another but didn’t want to be associated with “being on welfare”….
Yep. My day was a little more vicious and colorful with the words used but same message.
Lots of
other ways to start fights too but those were high on the list.
First day of school integration via “busing” in first grade was special…
Some of my new classmates didn’t appreciate some of the lexical distinctions I made. Fortunately, at age 6 physical damage wasn’t too bad. Sure served as a crash course in “separate but equal” and related pleasantries though.
I remember those days! First year in my city coincided with the TV release of Roots…..that was a tough week.
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:13 pm
by Farfromgeneva
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:41 pm
PizzaSnake wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:05 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:07 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:16 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Why’s weren’t you working for that money?
Guess that was pre video game because I would’ve rock some arcade action and soda personally. I used get surgical with a joystick on getting games.
Other than pinball, wasn’t much else. I had forgotten about that story until now. If you wanted to start a fight all you had to do was accuse someone of being on food stamps…. You were hoing to see a fist fight. The other sure way to fight was to laugh at someone in the grocery store when you saw their mother pay with food stamps!
The funny thing is most people were on them at one time or another but didn’t want to be associated with “being on welfare”….
Yep. My day was a little more vicious and colorful with the words used but same message.
Lots of
other ways to start fights too but those were high on the list.
First day of school integration via “busing” in first grade was special…
Some of my new classmates didn’t appreciate some of the lexical distinctions I made. Fortunately, at age 6 physical damage wasn’t too bad. Sure served as a crash course in “separate but equal” and related pleasantries though.
I remember those days! First year in my city coincided with the TV release of Roots…..that was a tough week.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqgAByAKao
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:00 pm
by Typical Lax Dad
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:13 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:41 pm
PizzaSnake wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:05 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:07 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:16 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:28 am
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:19 am
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:41 pm
Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:00 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:52 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:41 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:11 pm
certainly doesn't sound like a poor rural town...
...as expected. FFG cites some overly broad stats for the entire county & you seize upon them to question the veracity of my description of my hometown.
Here's some more precise stats for my unincorporated home town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Missouri
The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $43,214. Males had a median income of $40,160 versus $21,074 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,599. About 5.7% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
JeffCo is bounded on the N by metro STL county & on the E by the MS River. The N end is populated by more relatively affluent commuters & the E end by older established & more developed River & RR towns. My home town is near the more rural W edge of the county.
When I grew up there, it was mainly a rural farm town & a distant Xurb of StL connected by a windy 2 lane Hwy.
After I left, the Hwy was gradually upgraded to 4 lanes & more blue collar commuters were attracted by low property taxes & no residential zoning. e.g. : a mobile home park now abuts the parking lot of our family's grocery market, now operated by my brother (w/ my sister doing the bookkeeping). They are integral members of the community. I speak with them daily.
Y’all were poor?
He’s a bootstraps guy. Ask about the food stamps and assistance his family needed to survive his childhood.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ ... 0at%20home.
Didn’t Emmett Till get his at a grocery store in 1955 or around then?
Food stamps = transfer of wealth in some communities.
It is technically. Some folks (leftward) have jumped on me over the years here for that.
My position is make all transfers transparent and have a real cost benefit discussion. I’ve got not problems with some, but many problems with information asymmetry and excessive arbitrage from prescriptive transfers.
I remember finding a $5.00 food stamp on the street when I was in the 2nd grade… I went to the store with my two best friends and bought bags of chips, cookies and soda and candy! We had a party.
Why’s weren’t you working for that money?
Guess that was pre video game because I would’ve rock some arcade action and soda personally. I used get surgical with a joystick on getting games.
Other than pinball, wasn’t much else. I had forgotten about that story until now. If you wanted to start a fight all you had to do was accuse someone of being on food stamps…. You were hoing to see a fist fight. The other sure way to fight was to laugh at someone in the grocery store when you saw their mother pay with food stamps!
The funny thing is most people were on them at one time or another but didn’t want to be associated with “being on welfare”….
Yep. My day was a little more vicious and colorful with the words used but same message.
Lots of
other ways to start fights too but those were high on the list.
First day of school integration via “busing” in first grade was special…
Some of my new classmates didn’t appreciate some of the lexical distinctions I made. Fortunately, at age 6 physical damage wasn’t too bad. Sure served as a crash course in “separate but equal” and related pleasantries though.
I remember those days! First year in my city coincided with the TV release of Roots…..that was a tough week.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqgAByAKao
I knew what it was without looking….
Re: Hunter Biden Tinfoil issues
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:03 pm
by old salt
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:33 am
Yes, what FFG posted "certainly doesn't sound like a rural rural town"; or a small one for that matter.
Your wiki stats are from 13 and 23 years ago.
Here's an updated look:
https://datausa.io/profile/geo/cedar-hill-mo
1,761 residents; Median income $67,039
88.8% white. 98.8% US citizens.
None of the remaining households spoke another language other than English as a primary language.
Median residential property valuation was $162,300, home ownership 71%
Avg car ownership 2 cars per household.
Not poor. Also not very diverse.
Average; and the poverty rate between 11-12% is about average as well.
But in no way do I doubt your own impressions being true to you.
My econ stats were from the 2000 census, which was the closest i could find to the 1950-60's when I grew up.
The hwy to StL (30 mi) was not widened to 4 lanes until the mid 70's. More xurb commuters "sprawled" out, accordingly.
Making it less rural. It was still less upscale than the sprawl into neighboring Franklin Co & especially affluent W StL Co.