To me a missing part of the puzzle/article is simply this. What percent of people have moved in the past 3 years? People aren't pure homoeconomicus on just the

To me a missing part of the puzzle/article is simply this. What percent of people have moved in the past 3 years? People aren't pure homoeconomicus on just the CoL and their potential salary. There's a human part of not wanting to move because they have done so recently. It's all the social/emotional toil that others have mentioned. 1. Friends 2. Learning a new city, where is the good pizza, where is the gym, etc for your context 3. Shifting to local cultural norms, like tailgating (both on the highway and at footbal) is just a way of life in Austin, TX. 4. the nature of nesting, converting a building/house into "home", spending weeks or months adjusting to the new surroundings for sleep[1] 5. changing your mailing address on dozens of accounts, drivers license, insurance etc. 6. Finding a new doctor/accountant (and the multistate complexity) It's actually a wonder we're as mobile as we are when you enumerate the barriers. What did I miss? [1]: https://www.ergoflex.co.uk/blog/category/sleep-research/how-moving-house-can-devastate-your-sleep https://www.ergoflex.co.uk/blog/category/sleep-research/how-... this was the best article i could find quickly, but I seem to recall the effect actually lasts months. Granted this happens when you move locally too.