Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, their GDP is growing because they are selling all their products to the other euro countries. On May 19, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > Did you mean a 'tectonic shift'? > > On May 19, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Richard Man wrote: > >> As someone who grew up in the government projects in Hong Kong, then "made >> it" and bought a house in Palo Alto, but now hit with the financial >> fallout, plus having one kid in college and one kid entering college in a >> year or so, I can fully understand Philip and Chris' plight. Did I work my >> arse off to get to where I was? Yes. Do I see the same problems that they >> allude to? Yes. >> >> What I see is a system increasingly deck against the Little Guys, but my >> rant is only suitable for the Forum. Yes, the opportunities are still out >> there - for my children's sake, I sure hope that it is true. But one >> should >> not think that the situation is the same as even 5 years ago. Times have >> changed. A nothing 3 bedroom house in Vancouver can fetch over 1.3 million >> dollars, mostly because of all the rich money from China. How would you >> like to be growing up in Vancouver and then knowing that there is no way >> you can stay there? Same thing is happening in the Silicon Valley (and >> have >> been happening since I moved here ~20 years ago). We are seeing a Teutonic >> shift, just that it's not affecting people in "other countries," but right >> here in USA, and not limited to a particular race or geographic regions. >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information