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re: Have you ever wondered why young poor people rarely leave for somewhere else?
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:07 pm to Iosh
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:07 pm to Iosh
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If they move and don't get a job, their financial situation has gotten worse due to the unnecessary expenses incurred moving.
Possibly. But if you are desperate enough, you can always hitchhike.
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Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:07 pm to Revelator
That 8 piece special at the Triple S is hard to leave baw.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:08 pm to Usafgiles
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their current situation probably isn't as bad as those who risk it to come here illegally.
Many young black men either die very young or end up in prison. I'd say that's pretty dire.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:09 pm to Iosh
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If they move and don't get a job, their financial situation has gotten worse due to the unnecessary expenses incurred moving.
Yeah but it's always been this way. It seems to be a successful strategy for people to escape an impoverished area.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:10 pm to Revelator
maybe it's hard to see how dire it really is when it's all you know. I'm just guessing here. I ran for the hills first shot and didn't look back.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:11 pm to Iosh
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If they move and don't get a job, their financial situation has gotten worse due to the unnecessary expenses incurred moving.
We've all heard the story of immigrants who showed up with only the money in their pockets and yet made it.
Sometimes you have to take a chance.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:11 pm to skrayper
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Because moving is never cheap.
Really man.
And staying isn't lucrative.
There will always be a list of reasons/excuses why people don't do something to improve their lot. In the end, doing nothing is the worst possible strategy
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:14 pm to Revelator
quote:"Poor" is not a synonym for "homeless"
Possibly. But if you are desperate enough, you can always hitchhike.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:17 pm to Revelator
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We've all heard the story of immigrants who showed up with only the money in their pockets and yet made it.
Sometimes you have to take a chance.
Mine came over like this during the potato famine but no one starves in this country anymore. It's not that hard to eek out a living here doing not much at all. Until that changes you just aren't going to see large numbers of people with one-way tickets to foreign countries.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:18 pm to Revelator
I've had the good fortune to travel to almost every state in the continental U.S., and much more later in life. And when I'm hiking a new trail, or taking a picture of some new scenic wonder, I often reflect on the fact that many Americans never leave their home states. This makes me sad.
It's not like there are guards at the state borders. Go somewhere!
It's not like there are guards at the state borders. Go somewhere!
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:20 pm to northshorebamaman
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Mine came over like this during the potato famine but no one starves in this country anymore. It's not that hard to eek out a living here doing not much at all. Until that changes you just aren't going to see large numbers of people with one-way tickets to foreign countries.
But you are illustrating my point. If you have to eek out an existence, why not at least enjoy the view?
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:22 pm to Revelator
Most people, regardless of financial situation, rarely leave for somewhere else.
Something like 90% of Americans live and die within 100 miles of where they grew up.
People in general are afraid of change, afraid of failure.
Something like 90% of Americans live and die within 100 miles of where they grew up.
People in general are afraid of change, afraid of failure.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:24 pm to Revelator
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But you are illustrating my point. If you have to eek out an existence, why not at least enjoy the view?
I'm not disagreeing with you. I've lived in 7 states and 4 countries. I'm just giving you my guess as to why some never leave.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:25 pm to IllegalPete
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Something like 90% of Americans live and die within 100 miles of where they grew up.
that's depressing if it's even close to being accurate.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:26 pm to Revelator
I will never understand people (rich or poor) who can grow up, live, and die in the same town.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:27 pm to Usafgiles
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that's depressing if it's even close to being accurate.
I remember seeing it posted except, even more depressingly, I think it was within 100 miles of where they're born.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:53 pm to northshorebamaman
If all the poor people left Louisiana the state would lose half its population.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 4:54 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
you might be low-balling with only half.
Posted on 3/28/18 at 5:01 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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I will never understand people (rich or poor) who can grow up, live, and die in the same town.
My dad has only been to two other states besides Louisiana and has no desire to do so. I don't understand this.
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 3/28/18 at 5:06 pm to Revelator
My wife's family mostly live in a tiny little town in northern alabama that the family practically owns. They aren't poor by any means, but I still can't imagine not seeing the world. Her grandfather traveled the world in the army right after WW2, and he said all he ever wanted to do was come home.
Different strokes I guess.
Different strokes I guess.
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 5:10 pm
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