Monroe. White Collar Blue Collar

I don't post on here much anymore.
But something I just read on a local real estate website kind of struck me as odd and I just wanted to get the opinion of the other eight people who still post here also. (Just kidding Mr. Beagle)

At any rate, the real estate web site, (company of which will go un-named) stated that the residents of Monroe is made up of a 70% white collar workforce, with the balance of 30% being blue collar.

Now I know I am slow to the up take quite often, but this just strikes me as maybe a bit of marketing arithmetic. Or maybe I just have an antiquated view of what 'Collar' certain jobs fall.

Oh, and just to set the record straight. Blue collars are no longer acceptable, one must wear this childishly offensive version called, High Viz.

Your faithful and too often, too Humble Servant,

Houndog

Meh. I've lived all over this great country of ours and I can tell you without reservation that they are all 100% full of horse shiat.

I'm interested in seeing their methodology (for example: Are they only counting residents who live AND work in Monroe and not those that commute to say Middletown or elsewhere). I don't normally trust statistics from websites that have a primary motive in the outcome of said statistics (ie: oil drilling companies claims about impact and vice versa). 

Historically the popularity of the colour blue among manual labourers contrasts with the popularity of white dress shirts worn by men in office environments. The blue collar/white collar colour scheme has socio-economic class connotations. 

That is where I lost the understanding of terminology. It's has to do with description. Not so much actual job title or wages.

I almost accept the study claiming the 30/70 split.

Historically, Monroe was largely influenced by ARMCO, with many residents working there, blue and white collar. Starting in 2003 with a mass influx of people, the city more than doubled in size. Almost none of that growth was because of AK steel, as they have not hired many people in recent years. Instead, our new residents come from a very diverse group of employers, making us less vulnerable than in the past to anything that might happen due to AK's troubling financial situation.

So what jobs do they have? Most I have talked with work in the northern complexes of companies in greater Cincinnati, Westchester, South Lebanon, etc., with a sprinkling of ones going north to the Dayton area. P&G is a great example of companies moving operations out of Cincinnati. Far more salaried employees work there than hourly. And the number of smaller businesses located in these regions is huge.

The more I think about it, the more I believe the 70/30 ratio of white collar to blue collar. Why? Because so many of the newer residents came to Monroe because they added to their family. These are people in their early to mid-twenties. They missed the chance to work at the large companies like GE, P&G, etc., and instead largely work for smaller, newer businesses, ones with far fewer blue collar jobs.

I shared with a friend that the US would have difficulty moving some operations back to the US because of a near total lack of toolmakers. These are the highest paid blue collar workers anywhere, and all their jobs went to China, leaving very few to teach a younger generation now. These are jobs one spends half a career leaning to do well, not a few months or years of college.

Sadly, it typifies the wholesale loss of manufacturing to lower cost nations, along with huge numbers of blue collar jobs.  To see it drive north till you see the closed GM plant, or into Middletown or Hamilton, and look at the closed paper mills. These are the kinds of jobs that are lost.

honest question.....does it really matter?

is one way better than the other?

seriously though Hounddog.

While my job might be white collar...I'm a working class slug just the same.  I guess that was my point.

 I don't think there is a large % of independently wealthy people living in monroe...o no matter the color of their shirt collar.

Maybe we should say working class idiots, the others get paid to do noting and get free food and child care along with other perks of not working.

Max HC wrote: I haven't worked in years.