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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

On Sep 21, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> Why the heck are you living out there?  House prices aren't quite  
> that bad
> around here yet.

Tanner,

Again, trying to be brief, but not curt, allow me to respond.  The  
reason I had to move away from the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area is  
because, as a highly-skilled "knowledge worker," the University of  
North Carolina deems it fair to pay me less than the person standing  
at each end of roadway construction turning a "STOP/SLOW" sign all  
day long.

The skyrocketing cost of housing (and even rent) in my favored little  
burg combined with the stagnation of wages at Year 2000 levels  
produced a situation where I could not afford to live in Orange  
County any longer.  So, the immediate (if ultimately foolish)  
decision was made to move to a cheaper place out in the country.   
Now, thanks to the greed of oil executives and the lack of regulation  
on that industry by our government, I pay over $300 per month in fuel  
costs to simply commute to work.  Needless to say, this has not  
solved my low salary problem.

And, yes -- He's Not Here is still a Chapel Hill staple.  The last  
things to survive in a nuclear war will probably be the cockroaches  
and He's Not Here.  Respectfully, however, I posit that it probably  
"isn't your scene."

Best,
dave m.