# I pit Poverty and the current economic crisis **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487 "2009-01-01T18:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 81
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487/81 "2009-01-02T01:05:15Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > No we didn’t. Unless I missed something, **Sateryn** did not say he was looking at the same paper **Broomstick** was using. He just said it was a local paper _somewhere_ in NW Indiana. It may or may not be anywhere near where **Broomstick** actually lives - unless **Sateryn** has some extra knowledge of **Broomstick’s** actual address which he hasn’t brought to the thread. \*\*Broomstick \*\*and I both live in Northwest Indiana. There are only two major papers in this area - The Hammond Times and the Gary Post-Tribune. There are a handful of local town papers, but they are not much more than ads and pictures of the Rotary Club. I obviously can’t scan and post the actual classifieds for our local papers, but their jobs sections are quite large. I linked to their websites - unfortunately, because of an attempt to control costs, they are both hooked up with larger web companies. The Post-Tribune is with the Chicago Sun Times, and the Times has now apparently joined the Yahoo jobs site. The Times jobs I linked to are for one town in the area - Munster. You can search by zip code for others. I tried Gary as well, and there were two pages worth of jobs. The Post-Tribune has always had a crappy website, but I note that they have seven “new” jobs posted, and it is my understanding those run by the day. So, today, seven new jobs were added to their job database. As I said, the actual classified job section is big, and even bigger on “employment” day, which I believe is Wednesday. \*\*Broomstick \*\*has had a crappy run of luck, and I appreciate her position. However, I am always wondering about those who say “There are no jobs” and it turns out there are many jobs, just not ones that they want or like. I was not taught that jobs need to conform to my wants and needs, but that I must change to meet the limits of the job. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-poverty-and-the-current-economic-crisis/479487)._