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Isn't that their choice if they want to work so far from where they live? Can't they get a job somewhere else, like in their own neigborhood? These teachers, fi
by Hondor 10y ago
Isn't that their choice if they want to work so far from where they live? Can't they get a job somewhere else, like in their own neigborhood? These teachers, firemen and policemen must be really hanging to the edge of long term unemployment if they're only able to work in this one small far-away neighborhood. Perhaps the problem then is that we have an oversupply of such workers and those most unemployable who have no choice except Palo Alto should consider changing careers.
- mk89 10y agoI am not sure about what would happen if such people decided from one day to the other to work in their towns. No more policemen, no more teachers, ... ?
- briandear 10y agoThe market would take over. Very few people want to teach in dangerous inner city neighborhoods, but salaries and incentives induce people to those areas. If the police and teachers left, salaries would rise to correct the imbalance. Right now salaries are such that people are willing to work in those areas so the market is working. New York is also crazy expensive yet there's actually a shortage. People are willing to pay those high prices.
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