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Poor people move. The dust bowl migration is the largest example of it. Geographic mobility has declined, but the poorest are still the most likely to move. Me
by WillPostForFood 5y ago
Poor people move. The dust bowl migration is the largest example of it. Geographic mobility has declined, but the poorest are still the most likely to move.
Men who moved to another county or state, by age group: Overall and by selected earnings quartile, various periods 1994–2016 (annual average percentages)
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- lotsofpulp 5y agoI would expect them to be a large portion of those that do move, but as you can see, their mobility has collapsed, even during years of overall economic growth. I assume it has continued to go down beyond 2016. I think population differences and pretty much all land having been settled/allocated now compared to the Dust Bowl period make them incomparable.
- willcipriano 5y agoThe nation the put together the underground railroad can't chip in for some bus tickets and U-Haul rentals?
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI do not know what your comment is exactly meant to imply, but the biggest hurdle in moving is cost of housing, which usually requires proof of income to secure.
- willcipriano 5y agoWhen neighboring states held slaves, their fellow Americans risked their own lives, reputation and property, in order to take as many as those slaves as possible into the northern states where they would be free. If some tyrannical bastard, in lets say New Jersey, was causing your fellow man harm, would you not join with me in attempting to free them? It is by no means a perfect system, but I think a release value like it would be helpful in diverse times like these.