Single operator swaps a commercial dumpster on a narrow street with zero damage

[rcjordan]

https://old.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/1qzro14/single_operator_swapping_a_commercial_dumpster_on/

[ergophobe]

That is impressive.

One thing that really struck me on our 4000-mile journey was how many super skilled and hardworking truck drivers there are keeping our economy running. Watching them maneuver around tight parking lots and such is always impressive.

It made me think that not that long ago, there was kind of a romance, even heroism, associated with truckers. There were songs, movies, and memes about them.  And strangely, as our economy has come to depend on them more than ever, they seem to have somehow declined in attention and esteem.

[rcjordan]

>declined in attention and esteem

And pay.

a quote from Dave, 2-3 yrs ago
"When I came to this area 20 years ago, truckers lived in nice brick ranch homes. Now they live in double-wides."

[Brad]

Dang, I didn't think that was possible.  Good driving.

[ergophobe]

>> brick

What bought a nice brick home 30 years ago now frequently doesn't buy a double-wide. It often doesn't even rent a 1-bedroom apartment.

I pointed this out to my dad and I've mentioned it here. The school district where he got his first job posts salaries. The house he bought as a first-year public school teacher also has a recent price (about $400,000).

He bought it for about 3.5X annual salary and was supporting a wife and one kid with another on the way. For a person with the same job buying the same house it is 13X annual salary, i.e. totally unaffordable even without dependents to support. I think that phenomenon is throughout the entire bottom 2/3 of the economy.

I put those salary numbers into a mortgage calculator with some liberal defaults (no credit card debt, high credit score, minimal student loan obligation, etc) and it told me someone with that salary can afford a $55,0000 loan.

> possible

I rode with my backyard neighbor a couple of times before he retired. Over 30 years driving the same set of maybe 3-5 routes. He knew every loading dock. It was amazing to see him back in, in one go, to a an old, legacy dock not really built for a tractor trailer with multiple turns and just a few inches margin for error. When he was on vacation, they often had to split his runs in two. And yes, he bought his current house when he was 30 and and raised two daughters on that income.

[Rupert]

I understand we are living in an Inheritocracy now. If you have 2 parents together still, and they own a house, you are likely OK.
The Middle class is being split by it. There is no graduate premium for work now (The last bits are going to ai, my godson is trying to get a job at EY or similar, and has been doing ai interviews, so even the recruitment has moved over).

In fact, his friends who have good jobs have parents who know someone who helped it happen.
Off topic from the dumpster, but not the housing

[rcjordan]

>brick ranch

Driverless freight hits a new milestone with Aurora's 1,000-mile route | TechSpot

https://www.techspot.com/news/111323-aurora-sets-new-milestone-1000-mile-driverless-freight.html