I've seen this in practice, but I don't think it's that you have to leave home to thrive. In my experience there are many places where the economy is just not s

I've seen this in practice, but I don't think it's that you have to leave home to thrive. In my experience there are many places where the economy is just not strong enough for beginning a career, or there are too many applicants and not enough jobs. I grew up in Southern California, and I don't know anyone that stayed there that is "thriving". All have college degrees, still living with parents, not making enough money for me to even consider them "living". I would say it's a very wise decision to try and move to somewhere with a booming economy as soon as possible.