+1 for school
Think long term. You may be able to find a 13-15/hour job for now, but sooner or later you’ve got to start doing something that’ll pay enough to cover a mortgage, add to a retirement fund, and all that other grown up stuff. You used to be able to do that in Buffalo by joining a union and doing manufacturing. Check the paper, I’m sure there’s something in there about manufacturing in Buffalo shutting down. There always is.
They say you’re smart, you seem smart, go get a piece of paper that will set you up to run a sales department, or do public relations, or coordinate the movement of trucks for a shipping company, or…