[Kirby64]

> Most people want to have a job set up before they move to a new city.

This is obvious for most people... generally a bad financial idea to move to a new city without a job. But, primarily taking a job just to move to a new city seems odd to me. I guess I just prioritize a job I want to work at over a city I live in.

[Aurornis]

> I guess I just prioritize a job I want to work at over a city I live in.

Most people don't prioritize work over everything else. They move toward the life they want and try to find a job that supports it.

People move to be closer to friends and family or to be in a city they like more.

A lot of applicants requesting relocation were moving because their spouse got a job in the city and they had to move, too.

[Kirby64]

I see it a little different. I'm not saying I prioritize work over everything else, I just see them as almost unrelated. The location is a filter, not a motivation. For various reasons, I wouldn't ever choose certain cities to live in and there's very few reasons a job would overcome that (I guess if you gave me enough money that would make me reconsider... but it's a pretty high bar that is likely unreasonable).

Meanwhile, if your spouse is moving for a job, it seems bizarre that a response on "why do you want to relocate" wouldn't just be some form of "my spouse got a job here, so I will be living here now".

[soco]

> it seems bizarre that a response on "why do you want to relocate" wouldn't just be some form of "my spouse got a job here, so I will be living here now".

That's no real passion to work for us buddy, byez.

[Kirby64]

Again I see this as unrelated. You can be passionate about the job, but the location is a checkbox.