1. I am already living in an area where jobs are supposedly easier to get.
2. Health issues keep me from living just anywhere.
3. I have to stay here at least ‘til my son graduates from high school next June.
4. If you’re offering to buy my house so I can move, Freepmail me!
Meanwhile, I’m taking a course that I hope will help land me a job, I’m freelancing, and I’m making a few pennies here and there from selling stuff online and doing a little business. But when you’re over 55, no one wants to hire you. Except Home Depot, which seems to hire a lot of old guys. Maybe they’ll want to hire a middle-aged lady who can tell female customers how much fun it would be to have their own 12-inch DeWalt mitre saw just like mine.
Age is a big, big factor. Probably the biggest impediment. And pulling up roots is never easy, even for younger people. Lots of people just wither away when they HAVE to do it. “Grapes of Wrath” is a movie that covers all the bases, even for non-farm folks. You are being forced to give up a life-style, all you know and all the habits and all the expectations. In a sense, you are being asked to become someone else.