I'm aware that some areas have very little to no affordable housing. But i'm also aware that if you move to a city 30 miles or so outside of those areas, housin

I'm aware that some areas have very little to no affordable housing. But i'm also aware that if you move to a city 30 miles or so outside of those areas, housing gets affordable again. Can't afford SF? Go to Fresno. There's jobs, housing, and bus tickets are less than $20. I'm totally willing and interested to listen to arguments that this sort of poverty is a real trap and in some cases i'm sure that it is. But in the argument you make, you yourself saw an exit route (enlistment) and you took it. That sort of resourcefulness is exactly what seems to be missing from most of the arguments that I see about people being trapped.