Originally Posted By Rsey103 Alexandra Pelosi's new documentary, Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County on HBO Monday July 26 @ 9. hbo.com
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I just checked: this is on at 8 and repeated at 11 in the Midwest tonight. I guess I will try to watch. i feel the need for a different perspective on going to Disneyland so often and "thinking" about children that dream about it but will never experience. i think I will also look for Darkbeer's recent post request support for a charity. Thanks rsey103
Originally Posted By DlandDug This is who my local Disney club supports: <a href="http://www.projectdignity.org/" target="_blank">http://www.projectdignity.org/</a>
Originally Posted By alexbook I don't get HBO. I'm wondering if it's possible to watch this on the web somewhere. I went looking but didn't find anything. Maybe I shouldn't ask this, but does anybody know if she names particular motels?
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 we used to live in hotels when my kids were little, but I guess for a different reason. We moved so much that it was too hard to rent a place. Luckily when my youngest turned 1 and my oldest turned 2 my husband/fiancee and his friends found a more permanant job in N.C we lived there for 2 years and now are in Va where it looks like we will be for awhile. I can tell you this, it really affects the children when they have to live in motels, and move around so much. I didn't think it would affect mine so much b/c they were so little but it still did, and I wish I could of changed how we lived there for the first two years of my daughters lives.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones This is how the free market is supposed to work right? We don't need socialist regimes allocating resources to poor kids, but documentaries that inform rich people where to send their money.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Part of the problem is the cost of living in Orange County, where an entry level house costs $600,000 to buy and $3000 a month to rent. I always wonder how DL's $10/hr employees survive in OC? Do they also receive welfare? Do they share a 2 bedroom apt with 6 roommates?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "I always wonder how DL's $10/hr employees survive in OC?" They might not even live in Orange County, but commute from Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. I know a couple people who could not continue working at Disneyland because their cars broke down. They couldn't afford to move closer to work either.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones I think the majority of Disneyland cast members are people who still live with their parents. It's a part-time job for between classes. No more, no less. I can imagine that the hotel workers live several families to one house, though.
Originally Posted By Labuda "I think the majority of Disneyland cast members are people who still live with their parents. It's a part-time job for between classes. No more, no less." I dunno... I am not nearly as regular at Disneyland as most folks here, but I recall a lot of adults working there on my trips...
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>They might not even live in Orange County, but commute from Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.<< Wou'dn't that be prohibitively expensive? Why notg just get a $10/hr job that's closer to home? >>I dunno... I am not nearly as regular at Disneyland as most folks here, but I recall a lot of adults working there on my trips...<< As do I.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>>>They might not even live in Orange County, but commute from Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.<< Wou'dn't that be prohibitively expensive? Why notg just get a $10/hr job that's closer to home?<< Sometimes you have to go where the jobs are, and count yourself lucky. I think most people would agree that it's better to have a minimum wage job and spend a big chunk of your time and money commuting than to have no job at all.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Part of the problem is the cost of living in Orange County, where an entry level house costs $600,000 to buy and $3000 a month to rent." This isn't anywhere near accurate. Maybe 3-4 years ago in certain parts of Orange County, but not now.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^So what is it today? $400K to buy or $2000 to rent? Still prohibitive for someone making $10/hr
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Sometimes you have to go where the jobs are, and count yourself lucky.>> I understand your point, but being as vast as metro LA is one would think that it would be possible to find a job closer to home, but what do I know. I could see it being trickier than a few years ago. Then again, $10/hr doesn't go all that far in Riverside County either. Heck, even here in Podunky Larimer County Colorado $10/hr is a poverty wage, and newish houses here can be bought for 150K.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>This isn't anywhere near accurate. Maybe 3-4 years ago in certain parts of Orange County, but not now.<< Just for kicks I zillowed my childhood home in Fountain Valley. I know that Zillow's "Zestimates" are a little on the high side, but the old homestead, which is almost 50 years old and is only 1500 sq ft, was Zestimated at 588K. ther houses in the neighborhood were estimated to be from 500k-700K. Maybe the old Talbert Village neighborhood is considered "upscale" these days, I wouldn't know as I haven't set foot in there for about 20+ years.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Maybe the old Talbert Village neighborhood is considered "upscale" these days, I wouldn't know as I haven't set foot in there for about 20+ years." Bingo. But my point is this- your statement generalized about all of Orange County. While it obviously has some affluent parts, overall it isn't as you describe it.
