Posted on 03/16/2012 7:48:14 AM PDT by C19fan
Here's what we know about moving in America: We're not doing it like we used to. The share of single people and families moving between states is the lowest in half a century.
But why? We cannot hope to know why 150 million households -- or 300 million Americans -- choose to move or not move across the country to find a new job or to make a new start. There are too many variables to name. But we can start to count them: Jobs play a role. Income plays a role. Affordable housing, and good schools, and cost-of-living, and urban culture, and space -- all these play a role.
When we wrote about this "go-nowhere" trend in our article Generation Stuck, we received hundreds of responses from movers and non-movers across the country. Our first batch focused on the the movers. This collection of reader testimonials focuses on the non-movers, but listens to the movers, too. Keep writing.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
I’m a temporary refugee from Tennessee...hope to get home before TSHTF. I was referencing all the twenty-somethings around here who live their parents because rents are KILLER.
My 5 kids were raised in a prosperous city also but only one can afford to live there.
The others would love to be able to do it.
Only one left the state,though.
To each his own.
it is tough when trying to get started...
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I understand, but, still “trying to get started” at 35??? What’s wrong with this picture?
I know is some cultures (like in the Philippine Islands), it is NOT unusual to see 4 Generations living under one roof.
“THERE AREN’T ANY JOBS TO MOVE FOR!”
Then start your own damned company! Where is it written that comeone else must feed you??
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