And the best of us will play leading roles in redefining what hospitality means to operators and guests alikeHah, I really didn’t intend to write a novel when I started this but I guess I did.

Seriously, though you can get a "Non Contact Voltage Tester" for $20(name brand tool) from a home improvement store and only $6(cheap no name brand) at Harbor Freight tools....it is a very easy tool to use, that when you pass it over the black(hot) wire will light up and make a buzzing sound, if the line is hot/charged.But, as others have mentioned, you may do what I have suggested and the line appears uncharged, BUT, it is connected to a switch at a breaker box or wall switch that may accidentally be turned on and then create a very dangerous scenario.I personally do not like mystery electrical wires!

They run a local REIA in Austin that is well organized, one room for the "Big Dogs," a elitist group who paid the $50K freight, and then the other room for teaching the newbies. 

I would concur that the US economy is a freight train, but right now I'm not feeling convinced that the price appreciation we've seen isn't largely from falling interest rates and government intervention.  

Prices of lumber are skyrocketing should be buy now and tie up cash for our upcoming devs, ocean freight pricing tripled should we continue ordering from overseas vendors?

I wonder what the mark up is for products sold by Harbor Freight vs box stores.

Chicago has one of the busiest airports in the world, O’Hare, and has the largest number of railroad freight and highways in the U.S.The gross metropolitan product of Chicago is $590.2 billion, making it the third largest economy in the United States.

@Bill Cereske Most people have no idea what it's like in some areas of California since the redefining of crime.

Though sometimes I wonder if it would be better in the long term if the last of the big manufacturers would just die and let the city redefine itself with a more stable and diverse economy (is this blasphemous?)

I can't stress how frugal of a life I have lived or how far I have come given my options when I left home at 16, including but not limited to traveling other countries, places, volunteering, riding freight trains, and even hitchhiking across the country as well many other experiences that have shaped me.