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Confusing Migrant Real Estate Advice with Actual Venezuelan Migrants
from The Off Season | The Tim Dillon Show #316 · #316
6 min
Tim continues the bit offering real estate advice to 'migrants' looking at Martha's Vineyard, before realizing mid-segment that the migrants in question are actually Venezuelan, Cuban, and Colombian asylum seekers, not people from Connecticut looking for summer homes, leading to genuine on-air confusion.
- Tim offers real estate advice to migrants in Martha's Vineyard, recommending they contact people who move properties and plan ahead for seasonal rentals.
- No shame in wanting to spend July in Paris—there's no right or wrong choice for where migrants should want to be.
- Tim tells migrants in Martha's Vineyard they can find cheap help easily, winking at the availability of undocumented workers for home repairs.
- He expresses respect for Martha's Vineyard over Malibu, understanding the appeal of a Northeastern summer with sailing camps and clam bakes.
- Tim strongly advises migrants to rent first before committing to a location on the vineyard, given how many options exist.
- Questions about choosing the right part of Martha's Vineyard: are you a cottage person, a walk-to-beach person, do you entertain?
- Tim sympathizes with how scary it is for Martha's Vineyard migrants facing low inventory and tough choices about where to live.
- Someone clarifies that these migrants are actually from Cuba and Venezuela, shipped from Florida, not Connecticut as Tim seemed to think.
- Tim realizes these are not people looking for summer homes but undocumented immigrants from outside America entirely.
- Learning that the migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard are Venezuelans who crossed the southwest border, Tim admits he's confused and thought they were from Connecticut.