Many of the posts I have been reading in this thread strike me as being honest and accurate. Yes, it is extremely difficult to get a decent paying job in San Antonio, regardless of your work experience and level of education, etc. --- even more so if you are not Hispanic. This especially seems to be the case if you are of the same gender as the person interviewing you but you're not Hispanic and they are; the chances of you getting that job are virtually zero. It does not matter how great the interview went, it's simply not going to happen. I am speaking as a person who has lived all over the United States and never had a problem getting a job anywhere else, ever. And the wages here reflect those of the 1980s, especially for jobs not requiring a college degree. The FM radio stations are also stuck in the 70s-80s. One plays some boring pop from the 90s. Absolutely no progressive or cutting edge interesting music on the radio. No variety. Just obnoxious stuff like the noise pollution blasted in H-E-B and many other local stores. Speaking of stores, EVERYTHING seems to be in unattractive strip malls, except in the city's urban core. Education and higher skills are often not valued much here. Dumb down your resume and don't indicate you're over 30, maybe you'll finally get a $10 job, even if you're not Hispanic. As one person has already expressed, it seems like many Hispanic people in San Antonio appear unable to be sincere friends with white people. That's perplexing and sad for white people from outside of Texas who've relocated to this city. The population in San Antonio is approximately 75% Hispanic ... good luck making real friends if you're not. However, in my opinion, the biggest problem with San Antonio, Texas is not race relations or the miserably humid suffocating summer season, which lasts at least 4 months. It is that this city is disorganized on every level and there is an undercurrent of incompetence. I am truly sorry to say these things because this is where I am living now and most of the people in this city are very polite and friendly. That, by the way, is a huge plus. I respect and appreciate it very much. But ubiquitous disorganization and incompetence is preventing the city from reaching its full potential. Myopic, stupid decision-making, most visibly evident in the thoughtless uncontrolled sprawl (they can't stop building ugly structures and cramming them onto every last piece of vacant space) and also evident in the not hiring of the best people for important jobs, will continue to drive away talented residents who could bring vision and change for the better to San Antonio. These are the people can do arithmetic and also know the cost of living here does not explain the low wages and salaries --- nor the lack of career advancement opportunities. Greed does. Stupidity does. Nepotism does. So does exploitation. Perhaps too many of the people in this city have not moved past a mentality of tribalism.
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