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Except for remote positions, how does that work? Does everyone move when they change jobs in a city?

• chemerson 4y ago
  You could. Lots of people do things like that. You could also live near public transportation that might change the definition of "near" for some workers. I personally have never gotten a new job in the same city as my last.
  • mavelikara 4y ago
    > I personally have never gotten a new job in the same city as my last. If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?
    • sokoloff 4y ago
      Not GP, but I'm 51, been working in tech since I was 21 and, though all my jobs have been within about 50 miles of each other, none has been in the same city as the previous either. The closest sequential pairing of jobs was 3.5 miles apart.
      • mavelikara 4y ago
        Do you move when you take different jobs, as the ggreer had asked above in the thread?
        • sokoloff 4y ago
          No, but that's because I don't have to because I drive to work*, in contravention to Terretta's suggestion "if people could live above or around (walkable distance even in bad weather) where they work...The automobile society notion of residential far from workplace is just bad." * One of those jobs was close enough to walk (1.1 miles). I would regularly walk that commute, in most anything less than hellish rain or heavy snow. But that means that my previous job from that residence was 2.7 miles away, which isn't nearly as practical to walk year-round in New England.
• analog31 4y ago
  Right now, yes and no. I live in a mid sized town in the Midwest. People who are renting, and not tied down by things like having kids in school, are fairly likely to move if a job change alters their commute. However, it's complicated by the fact that they are also influenced by the amenities that different neighborhoods offer. For instance do you prefer lots of hip restaurants, or lots of green space? Once people are more dug in, they will often just eat the longer commute. However, there is a sizable "transient" population that is as likely to move to another town when they change jobs. This is true of people like academics, doctors, and so forth. There are certain occupations that are fairly centralized, due to being the seat of government and home to a large university. My spouse just changed jobs at the U, and we already live close to there.
  • thewebcount 4y ago
    > People who are renting, and not tied down by things like having kids in school What? Why do you think that? Plenty of people with children in school live in rented apartments, condos, townhomes, and even houses.