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To: Dave who wrote (12574)	8/17/2003 11:01:28 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

oh yeah well I warned you it was a generalization! Well right now we need to figure out how many jobs we have left in the US before we do any moving. I am hoping the executives realize that American ingenuity is worth 5x the cost of indian labor, but so far we are losing the battle. The good news is that we went through this once before in the 80s in mfg, and there was indeed an "over outsourcing" period. As soon as companies realized their IP was not safe, and the designs were more difficult to modify due to the ocean in between, they pulled some labor back in.

To: Dave who wrote (12574)	8/18/2003 11:47:54 AM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

People from California have to believe it's the best place in the world to live, otherwise they would realize how foolish it might be to pay so much to live there. I've lived there and I've visited there on a regular basis for 30 years. It's easy to see the changes for the worse when you are looking from the outside. The last visit I made to the Bay area where I have numerous clients and friends, I didn't have one conversation with someone about getting together without discussing how to avoid the traffic. This isn't far off from a discussion you'd have with someone from a congested Eastern city, but it seems people there have been like lobsters in a pot not noticing just how far out of whack things have gotten. It'll take a boiling over to get everyone working towards a fix (maybe another mass exodus). I know how hard it is for adults to leave a place they call home and I don't blame people for staying where they have lived for years, but at some point you have to look around and ask yourself, "Is the quality of life worth what I'm paying for it?" When I say "paying for it" I'm not talking about just money, but costs in time, energy, health and stress. Unfortunately, most people on either coast wouldn't even consider living in "fly over" country even if their quality of life might be far better. Just look at the way some people have to live in NYC to see just how awful things can get before people are pushed to move somewhere with more space. They have to believe that their suffering has some sort of benefit, otherwise they'd get on a train out of town tomorrow.