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Cost of living due to rampant NIMBYism in the most economically dynamic cities, as well as the feeling of community that would disappear if they were to move.

• humanrebar 8y ago
  But they blame other people for pulling up the economic ladder after climbing it. And they consider economic inequality in some cases but not in, say, accessibility of job opportunities in downtown SF or NYC.
• stevenwoo 8y ago
  They gave an example of the coal plant worker who found a high paying job at a somewhat isolated dam in Washington state but moved back to Ohio for a much lower paying job because he, his wife and kids missed their relatives and had trouble making new friends, so it was only the community if one can call it that and more a trouble with adapting to a new place that would happen with any move. It feels like if that family had help with adapting that move could have stuck permanently.
  • cesarb 8y ago
    > The landscape of central Washington state was more desolate than they were prepared for. The nearest Walmart and McDonald’s were almost an hour away. Flights back home were expensive. Tiffany had almost no contact with other adults when Randy was at work. To me, that sounds more like the high paying job was in the middle of nowhere.
    • souprock 8y ago
      It also seems she is used to the sort of place where it is normal for one income to support a family. There, she'd have neighbors to visit with during the day.