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Re:Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:23PM (#25896799)
Observer's bias? Of course you observe people in that situation, because of where you are.

I agree though, that folks also live in cities by inertia. They've always lived there, and don't know any better. Even though they've got problems getting employment and housing, they can't see any solution. That's a demographic too.

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Re:Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,... by pgwhalen on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:57PM (#25897083)
Oh it’s very clearly observer’s bias, I don’t mean to suggest otherwise. That’s exactly my point. I just wanted to push back on the idea that there are two kinds of people - those who don’t live in cities, and those who live in cities reluctantly.

Working from home seems to have a similar narrative on hacker news I’ve found, probably for similar reasons - either you work from home happily or you reluctantly go into the office.

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