False dichotomy. Staying on welfare in West Virginia and driving for Uber in Brooklyn are both poor life choices.
If you are young and able, there is still opportunity. Join the Navy and see the world, etc.
Joining the service is not the opportunity it used to be as the services have become very picky as to who they will accept.
And who they will retain.
Join the military? Not with what the liberals have done to it. Too many affirmative action people promoted way past their level of brains and competence. White males don’t have a chance in the military now. The inclusion of openly homosexual and “transgender” people is also a huge problem.
“If you are young and able, there is still opportunity. Join the Navy and see the world, etc.”
Probably not your intention, but it comes off as the Navy being gubmint subsidized vacation package. You join the military to kill the enemy or help those that kill the enemy. Not PC but that is what military is there for throughout human history. “See the world” it is not. If you want to see the world, go to Kayak.com and buy the tickets.
Back in the day... Every time I relocated to a new job the hiring company paid for the move.
Are companies still paying for moves? Not so much? Hiring from the local talent pool?