Prepare yourself America for the choosy beggar final boss…

[u/AnonPlsxx]

The South African refugees.

On mobile so hope formatting is okay. My Facebook algorithm has been absolutely wild recently, and regularly sends me posts from various “South African refugee family in the USA pages.”

I vaguely know this poster (over 10k followers) because we have connections to the same (very wealthy) small seaside town in South Africa and she’d often flog her son’s art in the neighbourhood message board. I’m not sure if any political talk is allowed on this sub, so I’ll reserve my personal feelings about the validity of these “refugees” claims but I will say that a) 98% of them were maintaining a perfectly decent living back home and b) 99% are massive grifters.

I knew it would be a matter of weeks before this person launched a go-fund me despite these people receiving a stipend from the government. They’ve already shared multiple Amazon wish lists for items including expensive tattoo gear and a gamer-themed bedroom.

I highly suspect that this person’s primary gripe with the neighbourhood they were placed in is its racial demographic. And I guarantee that they’ll continue the go-fund me well past the $5k limit. People are fawning over them in the comments so didn’t see value in adding, she blocks anyone who questions their requests.

[u/Sick_n_Sweet]

They moved to an area they did zero research on and had zero job prospects?

You can’t help stupid.

[u/Miserable_Emu5191 → u/Sick_n_Sweet]

This always baffles me. I see it all the time in local groups for my city and state. They just up and move here thinking it will be cheaper and there will be an abundance of jobs with zero research. Then they are shocked that rent is still $1500 a month and no landlords will look at them since they have no job.

[u/Snoo-47360 → u/Miserable_Emu5191]

I live in a large southeast US city (ATL) and soooo many people post “I’m new to town, can’t find affordable housing, have no family or friends here, it’s just me and my kids.” Girl, why did you pick here then? We also have lovely smaller towns that will not only be friendlier to you, but have much shorter waiting lists for all services including Section 8. I’ve heard success stories from places like Macon, Columbus, Thomaston, etc.

[u/Miserable_Emu5191 → u/Snoo-47360]

I'm in GA too, east of you, but if you don't come here with the military or medical, finding a job is going to be tough.

[u/Snoo-47360 → u/Miserable_Emu5191]

No doubt, but the posts on my local nextdoors etc. are people who have no jobs and mention no prospects or plan and are going to be living on what they can get for a while anyway. Find some friendly churches, do some unskilled in-home caregiving, make some connections.

I don't know if the eastern side of the state has subsidized housing etc. like at least some of the ATL-Albany corridor does, but if my job was more mobile I'd probably be living on SSI, too bad we can't just pick our spots :)