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by Krisjohn 1122 days ago
When the wealthy classes "move" they often don't give up any of the existing locations, they ADD to the places that they have a base. They don't really move, yet they think everyone else should and have no problem saying it loudly.

When a working class family moves, they have to give up one home for the next. They leave behind friends, family and their support network. If it's for work, they're risking the new role vanishing out from under them at any moment, even before they've started, but certainly before the move has paid for itself.

The wealthy can survive many mistakes and much bad luck. The working class can't survive a single negative event in their financial lives. They're not refusing to move because they want to inconvenience businesses. They're trapped. The wealthy wanted them trapped so they had a workforce that would work for poverty wages, and this is the result. You want workers where you need them, you're going to need to pay them more. Much more.