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What is an absurdity that has been normalized by society? (midwest.social)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (12 children)

I just can't imagine leaving my community so easily for a job I guess, but I imagine plenty of folks must do it all the time.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Yeah, I guess everyone has different priorities. I just refuse to let myself or my family live in a crappy situation because I want to stay in a specific location. I often see people living in poverty because they refuse to leave a place to take a job elsewhere. Doesn't make sense to me, but everyone has their own life.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (6 children)

    People don’t live in poverty β€œbecause they refuse to move”

    They live in poverty because they are stuck there, and moving to somewhere else is incredibly expensive and difficult

    Your worldview is utterly detached from the reality of the common person

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Not sure how that's "detached from reality."

    I've moved a ton. It has never cost me anything other than the cost of renting a moving truck and sore legs for a few days. Certainly beats living in a place with no job or some random low-paying job.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Okay lol

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    Lol what?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Lol that you think your experience is the norm while claiming that others are simply fools for choosing not to move

    The news flash here brain genius, is that YOU can do that, almost everyone else cannot

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Yeah I mean, I came from a very poor region and it was hard to move for me, but it was made easier because my family was beginning to cut me off for being queer anyway and I had the privilege of WFH too. I know lots of people who'd move out of their region if not for their family supporting them in some way they can't get elsewhere (or they don't think so, atleast).

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I'm the same as you, but I recognise that I had the privilege of being born in the capital of a very centralised country so there's little reason for me to move to better my lot. If I'd grown up in a deprived former mining town up north I'd probably have been long gone as soon as I could.

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