That's basically what I was thinking, and it's so fundamentally obvious it's painful to think anyone would be surprised or wonder why people don't want to spend

That's basically what I was thinking, and it's so fundamentally obvious it's painful to think anyone would be surprised or wonder why people don't want to spend their lives in their no-name hellhole hick town. I grew up in the suburbs of various unremarkable mid-sized cities in the southeast, but I still had a strong "I need to get the hell out of here" feeling constantly in my mind growing up. Moving back home after college personally would feel like a sign of failure, a major life setback, and I felt pity for those who did so.