Why Is Geographic Mobility Declining?

5 toomuchtodo 2 5/15/2025, 12:10:51 AM richmondfed.org ↗

Comments (2)

eYrKEC2 · 7m ago
Geographic mobility sucks. Why change your social network every 15 minutes for a job. If there are opportunities in your locale, why move? The grass probably isn't greener.

My grandfather did this -- chasing the dream at IBM and my father attended 6 different school districts growing up. They lived in mansions in downtown San Francisco and now he doesn't have a long term friend, because friendships and people are transient and you never know when you have to leave town for the next shiny nickle.

Fuck that.

bediger4000 · 4h ago
We've all simply got more possessions than we used to. It's harder to pack it all up.