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Exactly this. Moving for a job is rarely something people actually want to do, it's a price people were willing to pay.

raw_anon_1111 1y ago
I was born and raised in small town south GA where I also went to college. Most of my class couldn’t wait to move after graduating from high school or college. It’s the same with people who I know from Mississippi and Alabama. I can’t say I know anyone who left a small town in the south who pine to go back even if there were jobs.
- JohnFen 1y ago
  True, but my perspective is that these people aren't wanting to move for a job, they're wanting to move for other reasons and a job elsewhere is a means by which they can accomplish that. Also, there are certainly people who actually want to move for a job itself. I'm just asserting that they're a very small minority.
  - raw_anon_1111 1y ago
    But to be fair… “Unambitious Loser With Happy, Fulfilling Life Still Lives In Hometown” https://theonion.com/unambitious-loser-with-happy-fulfilling-life-still-liv-1819575312/ https://theonion.com/unambitious-loser-with-happy-fulfilling... Read the article, it’s a condemnation of people who think the guy is “a loser”. It’s not an insult to people who decide to stay in small towns.
    - JohnFen 1y ago
      I couldn't agree more. There's nothing whatsoever wrong with staying in a place where you're happy living. I'd even take it a step further: if you're happy in the place you live, moving for a job is a mistake.
- jzb 1y ago
  Sure, but the motivation was "I want to get out of this place." A job just helped to facilitate that. I mean, I was in that boat too -- though I moved for college, not a job -- and never seriously considered going back. I would've loved to have stayed where I was after college, but there were no great jobs there, so I moved for a job -- but that meant parting with my then-girlfriend and other friends.
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I was born and raised in small town south GA where I also went to college. Most of my class couldn’t wait to move after graduating from high school or college. It’s the same with people who I know from Mississippi and Alabama. I can’t say I know anyone who left a small town in the south who pine to go back even if there were jobs.

JohnFen 1y ago
True, but my perspective is that these people aren't wanting to move for a job, they're wanting to move for other reasons and a job elsewhere is a means by which they can accomplish that. Also, there are certainly people who actually want to move for a job itself. I'm just asserting that they're a very small minority.
- raw_anon_1111 1y ago
  But to be fair… “Unambitious Loser With Happy, Fulfilling Life Still Lives In Hometown” https://theonion.com/unambitious-loser-with-happy-fulfilling-life-still-liv-1819575312/ https://theonion.com/unambitious-loser-with-happy-fulfilling... Read the article, it’s a condemnation of people who think the guy is “a loser”. It’s not an insult to people who decide to stay in small towns.
  - JohnFen 1y ago
    I couldn't agree more. There's nothing whatsoever wrong with staying in a place where you're happy living. I'd even take it a step further: if you're happy in the place you live, moving for a job is a mistake.
jzb 1y ago
Sure, but the motivation was "I want to get out of this place." A job just helped to facilitate that. I mean, I was in that boat too -- though I moved for college, not a job -- and never seriously considered going back. I would've loved to have stayed where I was after college, but there were no great jobs there, so I moved for a job -- but that meant parting with my then-girlfriend and other friends.

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