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Originally Posted by Greg in LA
I should also mention that the transportation system to get the kids to the farms was quite well organized. The kids would meet at the school parking lot and the bus would leave at 5 am sharp. They would drive the bus load of sleeply kids at least 1 hour to the customers farm and by 2:30 pm. The bus load of American teenagers would have the entire field completely detasseled.
I also recall that in collage the more adventuresome students would drive from the MidWest all the way to Alaska to work on fishing boats and farms, because they could make "big money" for the summer.
I never made it to Alaska, but it sounded pretty cool.
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Alaska...very good in the summer; which is very short:
http://saveourstate.info/showthread.php?t=1908
Wages were higher, but cost of living is also. Lotta stuff costs bundles. Milk, lettuce, corn etc.
You can make a good amount of dough working in AK, but the fishing fleet is not for the faint of heart. The work is very hard, very risky, and there are many unscrupulous boat owners who always seem to "owe" their help. Illegals have worked their way up there too