Where’d you get the idea she is no longer my friend? We still ARE friends, and have a get-together today. I agree with you to let this drop. I already told her earlier today that I would keep investigating this, but keep mum to her, since I don’t want to upset her, but if she wants to know what I find out, she can ask.
I’m a Nebraska girl, and my parents still live there, so I feel that gives me the right to speak of the Midwest. My husband’s family is farmers in Iowa. So you’re barking up the wrong tree to call me prejudiced toward Midwesterners. I would have preferred a statement from you proving me wrong, i.e. that you know blue collar workers from the Midwest are flocking to Yuma and other border towns, and that the racial profile of the community is irrelevant to them. I am more interested in figuring this thing out and being proven wrong, than in whether I make an observation that is politically incorrect. Let’s face it: housing issues are full of racial and ethnic factors, and ignoring them doesn’t help me learn about this issue.
Anyway, the comment about the Midwesterners was made by the businessman that I discussed this with; I really don’t know if Midwestern blue collar workers would avoid Yuma. I could find no data that Yuma is a retirement community magnet, so I assumed he was right.
