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by selectodude 1286 days ago
>In my experience, moving is related to aspiration.

And where you grew up. I grew up somewhere that aspirants move to. So I never left because why would I bother? As the US becomes more urbanized, people are going to have less of a reason to move to places with more opportunity because they're already in places that have opportunity.
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quartesixte 1286 days ago
Growing up where the aspirants move to is such an odd place to be in certain social circles. Simultaneous jealousy and judgement.

But yeah. As an LA native, I don’t have much reason to leave. But it’s not like I’m some kind of sheltered, naive farmboy.

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mikrl 1286 days ago
> But yeah. As an LA native, I don’t have much reason to leave.

Are houses cheap in LA? Aren’t a bunch of people leaving California for cheaper property inland?

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quartesixte 1286 days ago
Yeah and a bunch more showing up. I think on a netwhole it will balance out.

If you’re a multigenerational Native and have some form of lockin that offsets the crazy housing price pressures, leaving becomes suboptimal. It’s not exactly fair but it would be foolish not to take what advantages you can get.

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