The Worst US Cities To Work In IT

bdcny7927 writes with an excerpt from CIO.com to inspire some caution before your next job switch: "IT workers have their choice of many great US cities for work and play (Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle), but what are the cities that you probably should avoid? Here's a very unscientific, highly subjective and unapologetically snarky list of our least favorite US tech job locales."

Comments

Re:No way

[demachina]

Two words.... "Sarah Palin".

P.S.

This has to be one of the lamest /. submissions of the month.

Re:Upstate New York Isn't That Bad...

[frank_adrian314159]

I'm tired of seeing people endlessly trash Upstate because of what they read about the winter.

Son, any area that has six inches of snow on March 31, has some serious Winter issues.

Re:Highly subjective is right.

[Anonymous Coward]

Without the state oil revenues, Alaska would be having as much trouble as any other state.

But, if you want to get away from hispanics and blacks with your guns and your bible, Alaska is probably your best bet. There are still some surviving native American tribes, but I'm sure they're well away from where the "real" Americans live. Try to take as many like minded people as you can with you, and be sure to tell Jesus I said hello when he shows up for the rapture.

And don't worry. We won't let the Russians nuke Wasilla from orbit. Sure we won't...

Thank you for your bigoted and racist post.

Oh, please.

[copponex]

The guy said:

not much of an immigration problem up there either

That's a more socially acceptable form of actual bigotry and racism. I just gave him a little taste of his own ignorance.

Re:Oh, please.

[copponex]

According to merriam-webster:

How did I stumble into a debate at a local junior high?

But let's look at your argument, feeble as it may be.

The largest group of illegal immigrants are from Mexico and the root cause is the social-economic envrionment in Mexico which the US has no right to interfere with.

Corruption within the Mexican government is the biggest problem. The rules instituted by NAFTA and the exploitation of trade rules for the benefit and profit of US corporations have exacerbated this problem, which was preceded and founded by US meddling in Mexican affairs since the time of Andrew Jackson. You probably don't know it, but we did invade and conquer about half of Mexico in the middle of the 19th century.

Recently Mexico was going to legalize marijuana, cocaine, hash, and perhaps even opiates and LSD in order to head off the failing drug war. However, the United States basically told them we would cut all aid if they did that. So they are stuck with our drug war, our failed policies, which in another amazing coincidence, also provides excellent profits for our private prison system, security consultants, and other contracted companies who are being paid to develop technologies to monitor the southern border.

Another interesting fact is that a vast majority of the arms used to kill people in Mexico are purchased in the United States, illegally, because our gun registration system is practically meaningless. I know as you do that having the right to buy assault weapons is more important than life itself, and you can be sure the residents of northern Mexico understand that as well these days.

Another leading cause is the Reagan amnesty in 1986.

Reagan cared only about business. Businesses love illegal immigrants because they help push down wages for other workers. This is why you will never see illegal immigration reform, unless the drug war spirals totally out of control.

There is nothing bigoted or racist to require people follow the laws in order to immigrant to the US. I have yet to see any proposed modern immigration have anything to do with race or religion and I could not support such proposals. If in your world view it is racist to make a factual statement that most illegal immigrants are Mexican then you have a problem.

You know as well as I do that minutemen are not lining up on the southern border to look for white people coming back without a passport, and there is zero discussion of securing the Canadian border, or spending money in a far more important area, which is the inspection of incoming shipments to the United States.

If your problem is that they don't contribute taxes to American society, the solution is to provide amnesty, give them a social security number and a long term work visa, and go on about your business. I'm afraid, despite all of your rhetoric, that your dislike of them has more to do with their heritage than their drain on the economic system. And unfortunately, you have no chance of success, since businesses will never allow illegal immigration to be shut down.