Barack Obama Altoona Stop

Barack Obama stops by the famous Altoona's Original Texas Hot Dogs located in downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania Saturday March 29th.

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[zenith38]

Hi kim. the wonderer (that ohio guy)

[axumchick]

Who's Kim?

[angelapsu21]

I personally hate Bellwood Antis

[axumchick]

I agree. I've lived here all my life (besides a short time I attended school in NYC - which is a place I loved living in) and it just gets worse every year. I do agree with MVillani that it isn't as bad as a lot of other places, yeah we have drugs and murders but nothing compared to a place like Detroit. It's just that as far as making a living there's nothing here for anyone.

[popisfizzy]

If by "here" you mean "the state of Pennsylvania", then yes. Otherwise, I've seen only a couple programming jobs all summer.

[MVillani1985]

There are some decent computer programming jobs around here, but you have to look for them. While it's true that the northwest (actually, the whole west coast) is a great place for computer programming jobs, the cost of living in or near cities like Seattle almost erases the better income you'd have there than here.

[popisfizzy]

Computer programming. Few companies in this area require anything but canned software. Generally speaking, the more dense the population, the more likely it is you'll find jobs in programming, as that's where the companies that need programmers are. The northwest is also more likely to have programming jobs.

[MVillani1985]

Most cities offer employment in someone's career path. Unless you have a bizzare career idea, that is, in which case you'll have to live near or in a big city, since the fact is, small cities don't offer a lot of weird jobs.

Anyways, what is your career path? I'm 75% sure you'll find it in or around Altoona, despite what you think.

[popisfizzy]

...or you could do what anyone with 3/4 of a brain would and move to a city with a chance of employment in their carreer path.

[MVillani1985]

That's one of the harsh realities of life. Most cities in general don't offer loads of great job opportunities. You have to look for what's there. You forgot the medical field and teaching, other big job providers here. You could start a business, too, but there's all that red tape (it's the idiot councilmens' fault, though, not the city as a whole). But personally, I think living in downtown Altoona beats those tract-home suburbs you see outside of cities (yes, including Altoona).