Lotta "coastal elites" are on the coasts because they couldn't find work (or tolerance) in middle America.
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I watched a doc on undocumented immigrant teens living in NY, well aware that NY rent is a tremendous burden
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But the obvious direct answer to "Why don't you move elsewhere" is "My whole support network is here"
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Also, moving is expensive.... It takes money to leave, too.
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I've moved three times for work, was broke every time.
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Moving for work is different. You know you have money on the other side - aka job.
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I had a job waiting only one of those times.
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People do it, it's a big risk to take, and it matters if you have a safety net
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Note that the whole idea is that big cities are expensive bc they tend to have a lot of jobs
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Usually "move away from the coasts where the CoL is lower" also means moving away from the jobs
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