[volkl48]

I'll also mention that when much of the population is transient like that, it'll even affect the people who aren't.

Most everyone I knew growing up doesn't live where we grew up anymore. They're scattered everywhere. Much of my family that used to live there has moved on too.

I was one of the last to officially leave (around 25) and there wasn't much left in my "hometown" for me when I left, because few people I knew were still nearby anyway.

To be clear, I'm not talking about rural Kansas. That's a story from suburban New Jersey, about an hour outside of NYC.