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What you call misery, others call home, and have an attachment to the land. Okay, so now what? Not say the quiet part out loud about how the area has economica

What you call misery, others call home, and have an attachment to the land. Okay, so now what? Not say the quiet part out loud about how the area has economically failed? What you typed is a retort, but I don't hear a lot of solution, unless the suggestion is that a solution is not needed. I guess what I am saying is that I don't understand what point your driving toward with your comment.

la64710 3y ago
The world population also had an attachment to its land but were uprooted and transported and mingled and spread all over the world and has resulted in significant economic development. Get on with the program , it is the new reality.
- rayiner 3y ago
  It sucks and only a minority of anti-social people think structuring an economy that way is desirable. If you poll Asians, well under 10% say they would migrate to another country if they had the choice. Even in sub-Saharan Africa only 1/3 of people would move: https://news.gallup.com/poll/245255/750-million-worldwide-migrate.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/245255/750-million-worldwide-mi... My large, tightly knit family emigrated in the last generation (to Canada, the US, and Australia) and it was devastating. We went from living in the same city to living on three different continents. Life is materially better, but there’s no replacement for kinship ties.
  - ddd00001 3y ago
    For an opposite story, my family emigrated from the Mid East to Europe then USA and it was by far the best thing that could have ever happened. My QOL would have been so much worse in Mid East, and even in Europe (developed, Northern Europe at that), vs. what it is today in the US. It's the number one thing I am most grateful for.
    - rayiner 3y ago
      Materially things are better, no doubt. It helps that me and most if my cousins ended up as affluent professionals. But in some ways quality of life is much worse, being separated from our family and culture. I think my mom never really perceived it as an upgrade. My dad did, but as he gets older it’s getting tougher. Professional networks disperse, and he doesn’t really have family in the country. His relationship with his brother (who actually immigrated to NY recently) didn’t really survive 30 years of separation. My kids will probably never meet all of their cousins. I totally get the folks in rural Ohio that don’t want to emigrate to the coasts for jobs. They’re going to be facing significant disruptions in their family networks. And it’s not like they’ll enjoy a quantum leap in living standards and social status elsewhere. They’ll just be at the bottom of the totem pole somewhere unfamiliar.

la64710 3y ago

The world population also had an attachment to its land but were uprooted and transported and mingled and spread all over the world and has resulted in significant economic development. Get on with the program , it is the new reality.

rayiner 3y ago
It sucks and only a minority of anti-social people think structuring an economy that way is desirable. If you poll Asians, well under 10% say they would migrate to another country if they had the choice. Even in sub-Saharan Africa only 1/3 of people would move: https://news.gallup.com/poll/245255/750-million-worldwide-migrate.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/245255/750-million-worldwide-mi... My large, tightly knit family emigrated in the last generation (to Canada, the US, and Australia) and it was devastating. We went from living in the same city to living on three different continents. Life is materially better, but there’s no replacement for kinship ties.
- ddd00001 3y ago
  For an opposite story, my family emigrated from the Mid East to Europe then USA and it was by far the best thing that could have ever happened. My QOL would have been so much worse in Mid East, and even in Europe (developed, Northern Europe at that), vs. what it is today in the US. It's the number one thing I am most grateful for.
  - rayiner 3y ago
    Materially things are better, no doubt. It helps that me and most if my cousins ended up as affluent professionals. But in some ways quality of life is much worse, being separated from our family and culture. I think my mom never really perceived it as an upgrade. My dad did, but as he gets older it’s getting tougher. Professional networks disperse, and he doesn’t really have family in the country. His relationship with his brother (who actually immigrated to NY recently) didn’t really survive 30 years of separation. My kids will probably never meet all of their cousins. I totally get the folks in rural Ohio that don’t want to emigrate to the coasts for jobs. They’re going to be facing significant disruptions in their family networks. And it’s not like they’ll enjoy a quantum leap in living standards and social status elsewhere. They’ll just be at the bottom of the totem pole somewhere unfamiliar.