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Message:: [QUOTE="end of the road, post: 2195877, member: 45446"]I did understand what you were getting at, but you don't understand how these boom towns work. You mention getting rid of your slowest paying customer for instance. Many of these places are single industry/employer driven and you don't just get rid of your biggest customer. Here is an example.... Trying to find a diesel mechanic here is ridiculous. There are enough trucks in this town to have a large 24 hour shop with multiple mechanics on duty. The choices however are three, and when you need work done (usually not very good work either) you need to wait days or weeks to get into the shop because they can't find guys, and when they do they quickly lose them to the mine. $42/hr plus bonuses of around $1500/qtr. How many mechanics are making that? So then you hire out of town people. 90% of them go to, and not just to the mine, but many times they move back home wherever that may be for family or maybe the wife hates the lack of shopping in the town. Many companies are forced to hire people that wouldn't have a chance anywhere else. If you show up most days and aren't too drunk you can get a regular good paying job here. Don't believe me, go get a job as a manager in one of these towns and see for yourself.[/QUOTE]