Whole families used to move together for the most part. That is no longer true and it wasn't true across the board then, but it was the general trend.
Now people go where their careers take them and their close relatives are scattered here, there, and everywhere, even overseas.
It's hard to keep up, but for those who can afford it, they can fly around for regular visits. A lot of people can't do that. Some people don't do it because the are alienated from their families anyway and want to get away from them.
And I don't mind your disagreeing with me as long as you have something sensible to contribute and don't go into attack mode. I don't see the world all neat and tidy black and white.
Some guy who hates Bush (and cops) crossed the threshold of my door along with a girl I've known for years who brought him along. He started in about something and she tried to shush him up because she knows I tend to side with the Republicans in *most* things. I told her it was a free country, and he had a right to express his opinion.
But there were other things I don't know if I want him around too much . . .
I guess the bottom line is that there will always be problems in society that have to do with employment, low pay, and people having to move. I don't think anyone can deny those problems exist, it's just when the government tries to intervene that things get worse.
A prime example was the migration of the Okies during the 30s, the result of the depression and the dust bowl. As tough as it was for most of them, by the end of the 1930s they had all settled in California and eventually moved into the middle class. Who knows what would have happened had the government come up with some "program" to keep them from moving west.