Obamunism.
Working for Uber is not moving up the ladder of success as the article portrays. When my husband lost his job about 7 years ago, he tried it. All he got was hit by a deer which caved in the side of his car. The money was negligible. Why would anyone move to NYC - a place that has some of the highest rents in the world - and get a job with Uber?
Wouldn’t it be better to drive an Uber in Brooklyn than to get by on welfare in West Virginia?
What say the wisdom here?
America is now Canada. Yay.
I would move if I had the same job at the same pay.
Getting up there in years to quit and move and start over.
No excuse for younger people. I moved at 30 to another state. I should have moved sooner.
Perhaps the person in WV has no desire for anything better. Most people who live in WV are country folk. They may think a gig driving an Uber in Brooklyn to be a living Hell.
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but Obama destroyed upward mobility on purpose. The stats we hear about unemployment are false. FInancially, we haven’t really escaped the “Great Depression” and those who have jobs know how hard it would be to get another and don’t want to be “starting over” at a time when businesses are struggling.
I also wonder if tv and entertainment - basic electronic addiction - are pacifying people. They are “okay” in their electronic bubble now that big screen TV’s came down in price and everyone walks around with smart phones etc.
health insurance problems. One question I face as I think about moving out of state is how on earth am I going to get health insurance now?
Yes, I know I can buy a policy for $1000 a month or whatever.
Little to do with contentment, lots to do with fear. Boomers are generally too old to take chances, Xers are still struggling under onerous regulations and the "gig" economy, and Millennials who aren't snowflakes are stuck in low-end jobs, without the self-discipline that comes from, e.g., military experience.
I don’t buy the premise.
More people have moved out of NY State in the past year than before zer0 was president.
I remember my recruiter warning me of being in one place "no more than one to two years". My dad was a gypsy and I never spent more than one semester in any school. I learned to bring home everything on Friday because there might be a U-haul trailer hooked up to our car, usually my only notice. The idea of being in one place for a whole year was beyond my comprehension.
People working for a living in the O’conomy can’t afford to move when there are no good jobs to move to.
Democrats don’t want to move because they would have to find a new drug dealer and restart welfare, food stamps, etc. in a new state which ia a big hassle.
Interestingly i read today that Charleston WV has lost 15000 people since 2000
I’ve moved more than a dozen times in my life. We’ve lived in the Charlotte, NC, area since 2003, and I believe this has advantages for my children. (We were talking about a move ‘long about 2008, and the overwhelming consensus was negative. “I’m casting a vote for me plus eight ...”)
The four who were born here haven’t experienced living in Oklahoma, for what that’s worth, but they have stable friendships and a consistent church environment that seems to be very positive.
Mobility statistics are a sign of ... something ... but whether mobility is an indicator of flourishing is highly debatable.
I bet CA is an outlier for this trend. I talk to people all the time who are ready to move out for a better, safer life for their families. In the past, some didn’t want to leave because of weather or family connections here. I’m not hearing as much of that any more.
I’m ready to leave as well after my mom joins my dad in heaven.
This is a beautiful state run into the ground by effing IDIOTS. And the media and Hollywood have made the Angelinos the least accepting people in the world. Sure, if I were transgender or Muslim I’d be patronized on the street, but if I wore my MAGA hat I’d be killed in the first block.
Everyone here thinks President Trump is a bloodthirsty racist devil. And if you try to defend him. Clearly you are the same.
We moved a lot when my husband’s company would transfer him, but if you have to move on your own, it’s incredibly expensive, especially if you have to sell a house. The price of houses has increased dramatically, but realtors still charge their 6% for the most part. That’s a lot of dough, even is you’re selling a relatively modest home. Many people have little left to put down on a new property after paying all the expenses associated with selling a home and moving.
Everybody loves to crap on certain parts of the country but my experience is that over my lifetime the whole country has moved into the middle and the differences between regions are much smaller. Now the whole country has illegal aliens standing in front of home depot. That used to be a southwestern US thing. I could go on. I know people like to crap on certain parts and say other parts are so great, but I’ve seen this country get mixed together over the years and now the differences aren’t really that noticeable any more.
Many are still stunned by the affects of the government’s pursuit of affordable housing, the results of which have made housing unaffordable. Throw in “affordable healthcare” and it is no wonder people can’t move.
White flight has stretched its limits....simple.