The only opportunity for people must not be to move to some overpriced city and leave their community to rot. Our economy is becoming increasingly centralized

The only opportunity for people must not be to move to some overpriced city and leave their community to rot. Our economy is becoming increasingly centralized and increasingly winner-take-all. There are ever fewer highly overheated markets and enormous areas where opportunities are static or declining. What's more, I'm still not convinced that we need 150 million software developers in this country, or even doctors, or certainly not lawyers. More education and embracing the "knowledge economy" may only work for some of us, for now, because the vast majority haven't piled in yet. Also that contempt that the OP talked about? Your comment is absolutely drenched in it.