Re:Why can't today's young adults leave the nest? Blame high...
by kevin_thibedeau on Friday January 12, 2024 @04:15PM
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Small towns have fundamental economic problems that make living there a hard compromise. Third tier cities away from hot spot destinations can be comfortable places to live with much more affordable housing.
Re:Why can't today's young adults leave the nest? Blame high...
by scruple on Friday January 12, 2024 @05:13PM
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> This place is like somebody's memory of a town, and the memory is fading.
That's a quote from the first season of True Detective. It's stuck with me because it's almost exactly how I've always described the small midwest town that I grew up in.
I started working part-time remote around 2010, and full-time in 2016 until June of 2023. I stayed close to tech hubs because I never felt like it was a particularly safe arrangement.
The prospects in small towns are atrocious, that's why they're small towns. If you want to see what a post-apocalyptic world is like, just drive through a random small town in the midwest. There's a downright spooky vibe to them, they're sprinkled with abandoned and rotting buildings.
The dream of remote work is largely dead, or at least back to pre-pandemic state. Only top tier talent can get remote work, there's a ton of competition for those jobs.