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Re:Unemployment Is So 2009: Labor Shortage Gives Workers an ... by coliveira on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:58PM (#15297086)
It is not as simple as that. The US industry has driven down the prices of everything, salaries along with that, so only affluent places have disposable income to contract the services of good bakers. Everywhere else a real baker will starve trying to compete with the local Dunkin Donuts. This creates a vicious cycle of lower salaries, less opportunities for everyone. In short, low prices are killing competition everywhere except where the affluent already live.
Re:Unemployment Is So 2009: Labor Shortage Gives Workers an ... by rconti on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:28PM (#15297913)
It also feels like many of these "good baker" type businesses can't survive/thrive in areas with relatively low population density -- eg, how many people are willing to drive 15 miles out of their way to said baker?