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>>Turning it down is and taking a different job is always an option That's simply not true. There are plenty of regions (many rural places) where the inhabita

>>Turning it down is and taking a different job is always an option That's simply not true. There are plenty of regions (many rural places) where the inhabitants have one option of where they can work due to a small number of employers and the individual's skill-set.

yummyfajitas 11y ago
Yeah, we should really do something about this ban on internal migration. It's quite unfair that a person born in a rural area requires a difficult to acquire internal visa to shift to a location with better work opportunities. Meanwhile, outside of China...
- oberstein 11y ago
  But like, how are you supposed to move when you have no car, no job, no computer, are 20 miles from the nearest city with things like libraries in it, and use up enough a fraction of your parents' monthly income (or whatever other source that lets you physically live day-to-day) such that they don't have much in savings to loan you? As 'successful' people we can see many ways out of these arbitrary situations, even if you tie our hands behind our backs with something like "and no plan that involves your current professional skills like acquiring any old computer and doing software dev". We can also execute on our plans. For us, being poor is a choice, many of us started out that way to begin with and chose to do better than our parents. For a lot of others, it's really a lack of capability in not only seeing ways out but also precisely following instructions someone else gave them to get out. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to fresh water... All the opportunities in the world are useless to you if you don't have the capacity to see them or execute on them.
ams6110 11y ago
So... move?
- s73v3r 11y ago
  Are you going to pay their moving bills? Are you going to guarantee them a job when they get there? If not, then quit acting like it's the solution.
mason240 11y ago
And that's why I moved from the rural area I grew in to the city, even though I would have preferred to stay there.
mason240 11y ago
And that's why I moved from the rural area I grew in to the city, even though I would have preferred to stay there.

yummyfajitas 11y ago

Yeah, we should really do something about this ban on internal migration. It's quite unfair that a person born in a rural area requires a difficult to acquire internal visa to shift to a location with better work opportunities. Meanwhile, outside of China...

oberstein 11y ago
But like, how are you supposed to move when you have no car, no job, no computer, are 20 miles from the nearest city with things like libraries in it, and use up enough a fraction of your parents' monthly income (or whatever other source that lets you physically live day-to-day) such that they don't have much in savings to loan you? As 'successful' people we can see many ways out of these arbitrary situations, even if you tie our hands behind our backs with something like "and no plan that involves your current professional skills like acquiring any old computer and doing software dev". We can also execute on our plans. For us, being poor is a choice, many of us started out that way to begin with and chose to do better than our parents. For a lot of others, it's really a lack of capability in not only seeing ways out but also precisely following instructions someone else gave them to get out. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to fresh water... All the opportunities in the world are useless to you if you don't have the capacity to see them or execute on them.

ams6110 11y ago

So... move?

s73v3r 11y ago
Are you going to pay their moving bills? Are you going to guarantee them a job when they get there? If not, then quit acting like it's the solution.

mason240 11y ago

And that's why I moved from the rural area I grew in to the city, even though I would have preferred to stay there.

mason240 11y ago

And that's why I moved from the rural area I grew in to the city, even though I would have preferred to stay there.