Economic Problems in Macon

nobody wrote:

I'm not surprised Macon is one of the poorest cities.

Read much wrote:

<quoted text>You should read the story, its about Macon GA you douche. Mind you business in Ill.

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jobless POD wrote:

Maybe they should have wrote the story about this town , the poorest , jobless , high priced rent no one can afford to pay , because of some greedy landlords who want to rent a trashy trailer for 300 and up in low life end of town . Infested with cock roaches . Homeless and hungry who can't even get on food stamps due to the inhuman treatment they get from social workers at the welfare office , and when you go to the HUD office to get a place , they never call you back .... What did i miss , oh yea and the landlords that rent to union members working out of there home town for 600 and up a month , forcing rent even higher , rates for lights , water and gas more than the rent you pay , and if you do find a job for 7.15 an hour it doesn't cover your basic needs . A prositute would not have a chance here there are so many crack whores ... There you have it . All i here is Macon , MO. IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE ....HAHAHA

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jobless POD wrote:

Maybe they should have wrote the story about this town , the poorest , jobless , high priced rent no one can afford to pay , because of some greedy landlords who want to rent a trashy trailer for 300 and up in low life end of town . Infested with cock roaches . Homeless and hungry who can't even get on food stamps due to the inhuman treatment they get from social workers at the welfare office , and when you go to the HUD office to get a place , they never call you back .... What did i miss , oh yea and the landlords that rent to union members working out of there home town for 600 and up a month , forcing rent even higher , rates for lights , water and gas more than the rent you pay , and if you do find a job for 7.15 an hour it doesn't cover your basic needs . A prositute would not have a chance here there are so many crack whores ... There you have it . All i here is Macon , MO. IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE ....HAHAHA

Moondog wrote:

<quoted text> At one time Macon was a great place to live. That was before the city received grants for low income housing. First they built the projects off Coates St. Before long they renovated the old sanitarium and the old hotel downtown into low income housing. Next came Ranchland Gardens north of town, and then they added low income housing next to the low income housing at the sanitarium. The less money the tenets make, the less money their rent and utilities are. This encourages the lazy dead-beats to work as little as possible. If they need extra coin they can always make it by running dope in the nice car they bought with the money they saved from low income housing. But I regress, I remember in the 80's when unenployment was even higher than it is now, before Macon had low income housing every where. I worked 70 hours a week on two jobs for 3.25 an hour and drove an old beat up rust bucket. It took a while, but eventually I saved up enough for a loan and found better work. Today my house is paid for. I am glad I live outside of Macon because they will continue to build low income housing and the lazy trash will continue to move in. There are plenty of people who go to work everyday at low paying jobs in Macon. A portion of their taxes goes to pay for all the lazy shitbirds who don't. Stop bitching about all the free hand outs you have yet to receive from those of us that are not afraid of hard work and get busy! Life is what you make it!

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greg wrote:

<quoted text>Why dont you get a job and quit complaining about all the free hand outs your not getting. I would say the people at the welfare office are pissed when some dead beat comes in with his hand out and they know tax money is coming out of there checks to pay for you being a dead beat. If you people would spend half of the time trying to find work as you do trying to get a free hand out you probably wouldnt need a free hand out but I forgot that would mean you would actually have to work.

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rebel wrote:

I have found out about the people in Macon,Mo. how they feel , the hate they have for anyone in time of hardship that has a hard time finding work with no cars , shelter , or maybe don't have the right education for the job applied for by surveying different topix sites. This is a town with deep seated hatred for the poor . And to blame it on low rent housing is the dumbest thing i have ever heard . No more factory work , no meat processing , toastmaster sold out screwed people out of there money due them . Haltermans made out like a bandit off the backs of people who worked there for years . Moondog you have just been punked . Thanks

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cougar wrote:

<quoted text>Sooooo!!!!!i dont get hand outs and don't apply for them , i'm old , i have no car , if i did i wouldn't be in a place with smart a-hos like you .

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rebel wrote:

I have found out about the people in Macon,Mo. how they feel , the hate they have for anyone in time of hardship that has a hard time finding work with no cars , shelter , or maybe don't have the right education for the job applied for by surveying different topix sites. This is a town with deep seated hatred for the poor . And to blame it on low rent housing is the dumbest thing i have ever heard . No more factory work , no meat processing , toastmaster sold out screwed people out of there money due them . Haltermans made out like a bandit off the backs of people who worked there for years . Moondog you have just been punked . Thanks

Moondog wrote:

<quoted text> You seem to be very melodramatic. Where are all these people you speak of without shelter in Macon? I have yet to see anyone sleeping on the sidewalks or any tent cities in the parks. All of the bums I see in Macon without a car walking, are talking on their cell phone. They evidently have some place to bed down at night, probably with some baby maker who gets a free ride off the government. I can agree with you on two things though, Macon has lost a lot of jobs since the first government housing was built. "If you build it they will come." Build a strong economy and jobs will come. Build low income housing without jobs and more people from out of town move in to fill 'em up. It's amazing how many people you can piss off if you tell them to work hard for what they receive. I was poor enough to have worked a lot of shitty paying jobs in my day. Sometimes the old beater I drove broke down and I had to walk to work. I didn't even have a phone for a while, let alone a p.c. to bitch about how bad I had it. If life here is that bad for you why don't you move back to your home town or find a new one. The other thing agree with you on is I have been punked. I bend over and get punked everytime a portion of my taxes get taken by someone to lazy to work. Is that why you thanked me?