>If I can grow up in the Midwest and move away from home... You never finished that sentence with a "then" clause. Here, let me help you out: "...then I am a

>If I can grow up in the Midwest and move away from home... You never finished that sentence with a "then" clause. Here, let me help you out: "...then I am a very privileged person compared to people who don't have the opportunity to do so for a multitude of reasons that I didn't have to deal with." It looks like you never had the incentive to consider why other people don't move when you could do it. Something tells me if I paid you $10 for each good reason you find that makes a cross-country move difficult for someone who's struggling (and is older, and doesn't have the background you have), you would come up with plenty. Perhaps consider it as a form of charity, and trying doing it on your own as an exercise? Take as an the internet challenge of the day.