I still haven't seen many people connect these dots, so maybe I'm missing something obvious? * 20 million newly unemployed people in the past month * parts of country will stay locked down, others will reopen * therefore, we can expect Dust Bowl-like massive population shifts
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If I'm an out-of-work waiter or hotel worker in NYC unable to make rent, what keeps me from going home to family somewhere where those jobs still exist?
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You can remove the family from my argument if you don't like it, and it doesn't change the substance. What keeps people from going elsewhere once the pressure is unbearable.
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The average New Yorker city resident is foreign-born or one generation away from it, and I'm confident they're resourceful enough to figure out how to leave town if the going gets bad
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