Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da...
by nradov on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:46PM
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And yet during the Great Depression poor people moved by the thousands to find work in other states. Sure it was hard but they did what they had to in order to survive.
Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da...
by elliekelly on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:59PM
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Mobility doesn’t work like that anymore. Moving states in 1929 meant, for the most part, a completely fresh start - your landlord wasn’t going to chase you for the rest of the rent on your lease, you didn’t have a car payment or health insurance to worry about (using social security nets like medical or housing assistance is even harder when you haven’t yet established residency in a new state), and if you had any debts or even reputation issues they were very unlikely to “follow” you. Now we have credit reporting, background checks, and a system that, by design, makes it all but impossible to “start over” when you have no other options.
Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da...
by alisonkisk on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:17PM
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Except the large numbers that didn't survive.
No you can't realistically move - every other location is far more expensive and would require significant relocation expense, and you'd have to leave your community, likely where you were born and raise(d) your family.