Now to get a pump , HD sells a chinese pump , but I want a goulds pump so I run to the well supply house .  

I guess if I was a Russian or a Chinese with $6m on hand that would be a good investment.

After hiring a bunch of career military guys, we found they adapted to our culture about a year to a year and 1/2 after they left the service.  

As the Chinese are apt to say, may you live in interesting times!

Also most are highly educated who painstakingly went to college for many years.So at least the world I see counter argues with the world many “gurus” (guys who lecture to sell their books, videos etc) preach which looks down on the cubicle/ 9-5 culture and higher education (not to mention home ownership) but tells people to skip all of that “nonsense crap” and get right into RE as their fastest ticket to the country club.

We'll go over the details of your project and the details of our business culture, how we operate to achieve success for both of us.Our areas of operations are (Northern California) Certain Areas of Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, in some cases Sacramento County.

The computer boards and drives that go into your computers, phones, submarines, airplanes, power grid and on and on all are manufactured by the Chinese with the Chinese military holding the largest stake in the companies.

The difference is I know a ton of more people who didn't and ended up in a bad way very easily to the point where it's almost a part of the culture/acceptable.I'm not saying Melrose is anywhere near the equivalent at all but here are some numbers for you on Melrose.The number of towns (over 10K residents) in MA that have a lower per capita rate of crime per category than Melrose:Murder: 75Rape: 62Robbery: 101Assault: 70Burglary: 59Larceny: 102Motor Theft: 123Arson: 66Overall: 95Compared to these overall ranks: Wayland: #1Weston: #5Bedford: #7Sudbury: #13etc...My wife thinks the education system is the most important thing and from my personal experience, safety/low crime culture is the most important thing.

An old Chinese investor who owns about 1000 apartment units and 30 or so single family homes called me in to value his largest apartment complex in Dallas.

@Nolan O.Have you noticed that in our culture, there are a million stories about those who overcome their fear and a comparative minuscule number of stories in comparison about those who overcome their greed?