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Re:Using Gorilla glass for home building by oblio on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:34PM (#43497850)
> As a home owner - updating / improving my windows is a luxury I very much wish I could afford.

What has gone wrong in super capitalistic America that much poorer Romanians, for example, can afford average quality double glazed and triple glazed windows and Americans can't?

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Re:Using Gorilla glass for home building by onlypassingthru on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:47PM (#43497979)
Labor costs. Work in the trades can pay VERY well in the wealthier parts of the US. Plumbing, electrical, carpentry, tile journeyman can all make over six figures in the major metro areas.
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Re:Using Gorilla glass for home building by oblio on Monday March 31, 2025 @04:31AM (#43532592)
That looks a lot like several inefficiencies:

1. Why aren't more people trying to get those jobs?

2. Why aren't locals trying to bring workers from low cost of labor areas?

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