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It’s tough because many of our societal problems are only exacerbated by population growth, especially in the areas where these types of workers tend to congreg
by thehappypm 4y ago
It’s tough because many of our societal problems are only exacerbated by population growth, especially in the areas where these types of workers tend to congregate. Highly skilled workers don’t go to the Midwest or the deep south. They go and drive up rental prices in New York and San Francisco, where the jobs are. Well the first order effects of having a more skilled in competitive work for us are good, the second order effects can be very very negative and we got to be careful about that
- jimmaswell 4y ago> Highly skilled workers don’t go to the Midwest or the deep south. This is certainly changing. I myself am moving to a rural area to work remotely and farm.
- thehappypm 4y agoThe statistics don’t really bear that it’s happening at scale, but it’s great for you to make that change.
- jedberg 4y agoI work with a bunch of highly skilled immigrants. They live in Texas, Kentucky, Colorado, and a bunch of other places. Now that remote work is prevalent, people are moving to all sorts of places.
- fshr 4y agoThere's also a lot of great wine and delicious pizza in TX, KY, and CO, but I bet if I throw a dart in the dark 9 times out of 10 I'm going to land on a name from CA or NY.
- jedberg 4y agoThe data is publicly available: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/29/h-1b-visa-approvals-by-us-metro-area/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/29/h-1b-visa-a... But if you don't want to click, you'll find the highest share of H1B per capita in Texas, namely College Station.
- thehappypm 4y agoThat doesnt disprove the point though! H1Bs congregate in specific areas, research hubs or tech hubs
- bluGill 4y agoThere are enough immigrants in Des Moines to have a Hindi temple. Immigrants go everywhere, nnot just your little corner
- thehappypm 4y agoObviously there are immigrants everywhere the US is an immigrant nation.