The article looks to be listing all of Tumwater, Lacey, Olympia, and part of Thurston County as Olympia's population. I'd like to know what defines "creative work class" to understand how 36% of the workforce is in it. Must include government fishery biologists I suppose. While there isn't much good fishing minutes from my door, there is a lot within 1 hour and a whole lot within 2 hours. Even when I lived on the Skagit, I drove at least 45 minutes to an hour to fish, so even living "on" the fishing is limiting and has its downsides.

Sg

How much money do you earn in the creative work class? Olympia has a lot of jobs that contribute roughly 0 dollars to the GDP.

I noticed today that the Crepe Shop was going out of business, or the building was up for lease. Can you imagine? A crepe shop not making it? If they only had diversified into organic scones.

I am sure it is a good place for jobs though. The other day I was walking to the gym and saw a female bum, give a male bum a quick blow job right on the sidewalk. She earned herself a cigarette for it. Another bum got to watch, and verify that it was indeed happening. There you have 2 jobs. Blow job, and official timekeeper.

was this in oly? yeah, sounds like a real gem.....

weener watcher

politician or union rep...

I should have given a caveat. All that I saw was the fat bum stop walking, the female get down on her knees on the sidewalk and go for his zipper. I looked straight ahead after that, but as I got to the corner I heard the timekeeper yell to the other bums on the roof of the building I was standing by: "Yep she's suckin' it!"

I was waiting for the light, and they both walked up to the opposite corner, and he gave her a cigarette. It was pretty damn gross.

I am getting pretty tired of the Oly bums. I get panhandled by the same tweaker every day, sometimes twice. I finally stopped and told her: "Why don't you stop being so poor and ragged all the time, I am trying to enjoy my mocha latte!"

Twice a day huh?

How many cigarettes in a pack and what does a pack cost?

Sounds like you've still got good thing going on there - even if it is a toothless street methhead.

TFF

I've heard how addictive smoking is...

RR,

Don't let that ruin your mocha latte. Before the recession whenever I was approached by a panhandler, usually a young guy, I'd ask him if his mother knew he was downtown doing this. That always seemed to confuse them enough that they'd go away. Given the current condition of the economy I feel like it might be in poor taste to mock someone not willingly unemployed.

For all the BMWs and Jaguars and way expensive houses in this town, a lot of people are doing something far more creative than I am for a living. The median income looks about right for a single wide in a trailer park. Wonder what the median creative income is at the big houses overlooking McAllister.

Sg

Lots of jobs available right now but many are satisfied to be unemployed and stay connected to the government teat right meow.