Japan's Hometown Tax

Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by monknomo on Monday September 18, 2023 @02:04PM (#37559670)

I think the question is not how to be as attractive as NYC where people from all over move to West Virginia, but rather how to make it so that young people in the 60-90th percentile feel like they may as well stay.

A possibility is a great affordability ratio - cheap housing as compared to the prevailing local wage.

Remember, inertia to stay where you you are from is strong, you just have to help it along

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by midoridensha on Monday September 18, 2023 @09:18PM (#37564564)

Affordability ratio is not the reason young people are moving to NYC. Even with the much-higher salaries (assuming you can find similar jobs to compare), you're going to have a very tiny living space in NYC. More likely, the issue is 1) the jobs in NYC simply don't exist in WV, and never will, and 2) even if the WV person is comparing similar jobs, WV will never offer the lifestyle that NYC offers.

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Re:Japan's Hometown Tax by red-iron-pine on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:21AM (#37569591)

Affordability may not be why people are going to NYC -- but it's absolutely why people are moving to Pittsburg and a few other rust belt areas popping with hipsters.

WV ain't got that tho -- Pitt is at least a real city, and it's mostly filling in after the collapse of industry.

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