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It's hard to retrain when you live in a town with no higher education facilities, don't have any peers or role models in those careers, and there aren't employe
by droopyEyelids 10y ago
It's hard to retrain when you live in a town with no higher education facilities, don't have any peers or role models in those careers, and there aren't employers in the area that require those skills.
- sanderjd 10y agoAnd you have been living paycheck to paycheck. Education is extremely expensive. So is relocation to places with booming industries.
- monk_e_boy 10y agoAnd all your friends, colleagues, contacts, family are where you live at the moment. Moving cities is moving away from all that help. In the Uk these social ties are too much to break away from, its easier to stay put and look for work. Unemployment creaps up, zero hour contracts drive wages down. Deprivation sets in. Its a slow downward spiral.