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This - and to add to that, the high value of this social capital when you have lower financal capital. Someone to help with the kids, relax with, help you fix
by ljf 7y ago
This - and to add to that, the high value of this social capital when you have lower financal capital.
Someone to help with the kids, relax with, help you fix your car, have a cheap evening or weekend of hanging out with. When you move it can take years to build all that up again. You might be able to do without it all, but you either have to pay to replace it or go without.
- icebraining 7y agoBut that implies we should centralize in cities, so people don't have to move if they lose their jobs. Getting a few companies to a small town just means that when one fails, workers are more likely to have to move at a later stage in life, when they already have kids and a mortgage and such. Better for them to move to a hub when they're young. Plus their children will already be born in a hub, so they won't have to move at all.
- ChuckNorris89 7y agoI agree with what you said but how many people can afford to have families in hubs like you assume?
- jefftk 7y ago(author) The main reason it's expensive is because supply restrictions have pushed housing far above the cost of construction. We could fix this by allowing more construction, which is what I'm arguing for in the post.
- ljf 7y agoI'm not arguing in either direction, just pointing out that moving can have a high cost. I've moved a lot, but I'm lucky to have been largely about to afford to pay for support when I've not yet been able to build support networks.