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by theonemind 1286 days ago
It's really too bad that people have to move around for economic and other opportunity. It kind of speaks to the damaged modern psyche with illnesses like schizophrenia virtually absent in the ancient world that anyone would regard not dispersing from their home area as a bad thing. Like, we all just aspire to the condition of the multi-national economic elite, paying allegiance to no country or place, making an abode of bouncing around a few world cities.

Like, maybe we just shouldn't have crappy places that people need to flee, by putting roots in the community and making it a place to be.

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> It's really too bad that people have to move around for economic and other opportunity.

The article doesn't support your bias. It's mostly those from affluent families that move farther from home, not people looking for work.

"By linking young adults to their parents, we can see that this migration is primarily driven by individuals who grew up in affluent families."