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The expenses that truly impact economic mobility: education, healthcare, childcare are in fact getting more expensive, everywhere.[1] And if you want good vers
by omegaworks 9y ago
The expenses that truly impact economic mobility: education, healthcare, childcare are in fact getting more expensive, everywhere.[1]
And if you want good versions of these things, you're more likely to find them in coastal urban cities, where basic cost of living (food and housing) is extremely high.
Remarking that "oh they'll be fine over there" when people are fleeing there for better resources is consigning a segment of our population to a permanent underclass status.
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/17/the-stuff-we-really-need-is-getting-more-expensive-other-stuff-is-getting-cheaper/?utm_term=.91e22c6e7553 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/17/the-s...