Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
by vsareto on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:50AM
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People have been choosing partners for money since forever, that's certainly not a new thing
Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
by bluGill on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:59PM
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Rust belt cities are actually pretty nice, and you can escape that rat race. Maybe you don't want to live there, but they are nice places.
Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
by paulmd on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:12PM
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Move to East Palestine or Pontiac MI and wait for this month’s chemical spill to find you?
Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
by nradov on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:20PM
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The best thing that most younger people in the Bay Area can do to improve their quality of life is to move somewhere else. Decades of bad government and an influx of grifters have eroded the advantages it once had. You might take a temporary income hit by leaving but most regular workers will end up better off in the long run.
We can argue about what should be done to improve the situation in the Bay Area, but realistically any major changes will take decades to work through the political process. That's going to be too slow to matter for any younger people who are trying to build a decent life right now.
As for dating, the skewed gender ratio in "Man Jose" also makes things difficult in a way that transcends economics.
Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
by jiveturkey on Sunday July 30, 2023 @05:33PM
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> makes things difficult
for who?
I wonder if this creates some serious perverse incentives in the dating scene in these parts of the country. Like people who understand this economic situation and unfortunately write off what might have been great partners because their line of work will never afford the standards of living their dual high income peers are able to achieve.