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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by justin66 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:41PM (#22258213)
> To make the abstract concrete. Canadians living in the US are often thought to be "just like" Canadians living in Canada. But they're often not. Often they're the Canadians that sufficiently didnt fit into Canadian culture, or found something immanently attractive about US life (at least the perception of US life)...

Or were just good enough to be offered a high paying job outside their country, such that emigrating was their next move.

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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by jbay808 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:47PM (#22258271)
Yup. Many Canadians I know in the US would love to move back to Canada if they could find a job there that would pay a similar amount.
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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by datashow on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:23PM (#22258633)
Searching for job in a different country, moving to another country for the job, these are by definition ambitious.
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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by vikramkr on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:54PM (#22260798)
The fact that they were even willing to apply and try to get a good-paying job outside of their hometown is a huge indicator. People are reluctant enough to leave their hometown when the local factory closes and all the jobs go away because of the comfort of home, actively being willing to move is a big indicator by itself.
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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:57PM (#22260832)
I was an 'immigrant' from the US Midwest to Silicon Valley. Grew up raising hogs and making hay. One of 6 on the farm.

Four of us left Iowa seeking a better life: two VPs of Fortune-500 companies; one entrepreneur (me); one wandering IT specialist.

Our Iowan cohort we left behind are pretty much driving the school bus, working food service, mid-level office managers.

So some correlation between 'willing to leave' and 'ambitious enough to succeed'?

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