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The Economist
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
That in areas where there aren't any (or are very very few) low-skill immigrants, the jobs that low-skilled workers have (e.g., bus boy, valet parker, day laborer, gardener, cleaning staff) just don't exist, or exist as a very much smaller job category relative to other jobs. E.g., Dallas and LA both have more valet parking than I've ever seen anywhere. Seems plausible to me that it's prevalent because it's affordable because of the influx of workers, and it seems like more people have someone else do the gardening and cleaning.
Oooh, and handwashing cars. NEVER really saw that anywhere other than here. Or, not for cheap. So I think more people here get their cars washed than just use the drive through or wash them themselves.
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What you are saying is that an influx of immigrants drives wages down to a point where it's economically feasible to hire unskilled labor to do certain menial tasks, like valet parking and hand-washing cars. In Peru, there's so much unskilled labor looking for work that middle-class families can hire full-time drivers and maids.
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