io4throwaway

We just write different stuff. For content driven websites you can skip js frameworks altogether. For web apps it would not be a good idea.

It's all about how much interactivity you need. A lot of business web apps are full featured commercial software packed in SPA form. You will need a lot of stuff client side and without framework it will be a mess. Unless you write framework yourself but the you are reinventing a wheel.

Retirement migration will be common in the future, either to lower-cost parts of the country or to different countries altogether. It's happening right now with Spain or Florida, but it will get even more common.