It’s not that simple to just pack up and move elsewhere at the drop of a hat. They might have friends and family there that they don’t want to leave behind, and moving can be very expensive and exhausting particularly if you have a lot of stuff. It’s especially hard to move right now with rent and housing prices through the roof.
Just telling people to move doesn’t help, because if they had the means and wanted to, they probably already would have.
With all due respect, I know you’re right in many cases, but fuck that. If you’re street smart, you can get the hell out and figure it out from there. All you need is two grand, a positive personality, and appreciation for those who help, you can last a long time in this world
That might be the case for you, but everyone’s situations are different. A lot of people in America work paycheck to paycheck and don’t have two grand saved up, nor can they. They can’t afford to pack up and move when quitting their job means losing health insurance and the possibility that they can’t find work quickly enough wherever they move to. Your point is also relying on people having those connections (people who help) which not everyone has access to. If it really were as easy to just pack up and uproot your whole life to move to a blue state, don’t you think most people stuck in a red state would have done so already to escape the madness?
Easy solution; move out of Mississippi. I did it and never looked back
It’s not that simple to just pack up and move elsewhere at the drop of a hat. They might have friends and family there that they don’t want to leave behind, and moving can be very expensive and exhausting particularly if you have a lot of stuff. It’s especially hard to move right now with rent and housing prices through the roof.
Just telling people to move doesn’t help, because if they had the means and wanted to, they probably already would have.
With all due respect, I know you’re right in many cases, but fuck that. If you’re street smart, you can get the hell out and figure it out from there. All you need is two grand, a positive personality, and appreciation for those who help, you can last a long time in this world
That might be the case for you, but everyone’s situations are different. A lot of people in America work paycheck to paycheck and don’t have two grand saved up, nor can they. They can’t afford to pack up and move when quitting their job means losing health insurance and the possibility that they can’t find work quickly enough wherever they move to. Your point is also relying on people having those connections (people who help) which not everyone has access to. If it really were as easy to just pack up and uproot your whole life to move to a blue state, don’t you think most people stuck in a red state would have done so already to escape the madness?