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> Romania is within the EU and there is free movement of people. Meaning, they can relocate here for work. This is something that people seems to get confused
by wlll 8y ago
> Romania is within the EU and there is free movement of people. Meaning, they can relocate here for work.
This is something that people seems to get confused about quite a lot. The legal ability to move somewhere isn't the only thing that prevents people from moving somewhere, there can be far stronger ties to a place that prevent someone leaving.
For instance, I live in the UK and I want to live in Spain or Italy (I want better weather and I like Mediterranean food). I can't really do that because my kids are in school and I don't want to disrupt their education, and my parents and parents in law live relatively close by and within the next few years will need more care, and my wife isn't as keen on the idea as I am.
Also, the residents of Flint, Michigan. The water there is polluted and it is negatively affecting their health. Even though they are legally free to leave at any point and go anywhere else in the US they don't.
When you take education, wealth, family ties and even the ability to learn a language into account there are a lot of people for whom staying put is pretty much the only option, and at that point they have to make the best of the situation around them.
- toomanybeersies 8y ago> there can be far stronger ties to a place that prevent someone leaving That seems to be something that a lot of the HN crowd seem to forget. I guess it doesn't surprise me too much, as a lot of people on this forum have relocated to SF and other tech centers for work. I myself am an economic migrant, I left everything behind and moved to a new country where I knew nobody. However, it was fortunately easy for me, because I had managed to fuck up most of my relationships back at home, so for me to pack my life into a suitcase and move was pretty trivial. I think that a lot of people here on HN are in the same boat, they just don't realise it, or don't realise that other people aren't in the same boat.
- dorchadas 8y agoThe other thing people forget is also how expensive it is to move. If you're living paycheck to paycheck, good luck being able to save any to put towards a deposit on a new place or to even get to a new place. And then, if you don't have a job lined up already, how are you going to live while looking for one? And if you do have a job, great... Does it pay enough to allow you to move to take it? I'd say most jobs don't offer relocation benefits. Yeah, definitely not as easy to love as a lot of people think. It's expensive, and it's often hard to completely leave your support network and the others who depend on you.