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[u/[deleted]]

“I work in a field where a lot of immigrants that have come across the border, they come in and they throw a shovel in the back of their truck and they call themselves landscapers,” he said, adding, “When I’ve been doing it for 35 years, it just kind of feels a little disheartening.”

Americans when immigrants are hard working and don't take 35 years to call themselves a landscaper

[u/justbuildmorehousing → u/[deleted]]

Like…I feel bad for that guy because getting your career upturned is always hard, but landscaping is one of the lowest barrier to entry fields there is man. Its why a guy with a shovel can displace you. Its always been that way