>Most of these families are in some crappy circumstances where they're at but moving would only make those circumstances worse - so let's not pretend there's options here that there aren't.

Can I borrow that crystal ball of yours?

You're acting as if you/they have complete information about what life in Lincoln/elsewhere will entail.

A lot of your comments are simply loss aversion. Focusing on what you may lose, not on what you may gain.