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I dislike the term “want to live” because it feels like it's framing as optional the need to live somewhere you can find a job.

• kasey_junk 2y ago
  Detroits unemployment rate is on par with the national one and less than hcol places like nyc.
• smileysteve 2y ago
  Somewhere you can find a job that pays a living wage. If you're on the edge of short term housing (month to month lease -> behind on utilities -> extended stay hotels, to a worst case in and out of a homeless shelter) you want to live in a location where your health is less at risk from the environment, mostly the cold. And so, Southern California, especially where there are some more social safety nets is desirable
• sir0010010 2y ago
  I agree with you and in addition I also really dislike trivializing having so many people have to move hundreds or thousands of miles away from their friends and family. This really burns communities and social support networks. It would be better if we could build as much housing as possible in and around existing cities rather than have the economics of scarce housing mandate that so many people have to move away.