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by pyrois 4086 days ago
I'm not sure how easily one could leave a small town in, say, feudal Europe. Most serfs lacked travel rights, and while one could escape from their lord's land and move to a city (depending on the country), the cost was prohibitively high[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Villeins