Porterville-Visalia makes the Top 10- Again! Bureau of Labor Statistics releases monthly metropolitan-area data, via 13 Cities Post Unemployment Above 15 Percent – Yahoo! Real Estate. First, a little explanation of the chart in the link, then a comment or two. Although the chart says “Visalia, CA” at 15.4, it actually means VISALIA-PORTERVILLE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL [...]
In an earlier post I introduced the concept of “Porterville Island”. Here I want to introduce Porterville and the region in order to make this idea clearer. Porterville is located in Tulare County of Calfornia, in the Central Valley. The Valley as a whole is the most fertile and productive farmland in the world. The [...]
Recently local home developers Ennis Homes declared bankruptcy. I wasn’t here at the time the local and connected family owned business did most of its work, which I guess was during the real estate bubble heyday of the not-so-long-ago yesteryear. (Aside: how long ago does it have to be to be “yesteryear” anyway?) Controversy is [...]