Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Trump Tells Americans In Economically Depressed Areas To Move" video.

  1. He isn't wrong. If you can't afford to live in the area you live in then move. Look at housing prices in the Midwest compared to the Bay Area. It isn't hard to move.
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  2. It isn't that hard to move. If it is then you have a lot of problems.
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  3. It isn't hard to move. If people start leaving areas and states that are terrible then those states will push to improve. That is how this country was designed and why state rights are so great. It forces other states to compete to actually give a great environment to live in for the citizens. Stop relying on the federal government for everything leftists and start working.
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  4. "Because as it stands, we are both operating on the assumption that there is currently less movement to more affordable areas than preferred. And if we are both assuming that, then naturally, you are also claiming that there is something still there preventing them from pulling the trigger. " To me it is that the situation that they live in is not really that bad overall. " I just see terrible spending habits," I do see terrible spending habits. However, again, as a whole their situation is not that bad in reality. "It's true some urban areas are more affordable than others, but some urban areas are also way more dense than others" I would agree with that.
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  5. aaronlwu257, as a whole the situation for most people is not bad. They may complain, but as a whole their situation is not bad. For example, if you are a science teacher in the bay area you are most likely not doing well. Why not move to the Midwest? Science teachers are in high demand. You can almost sign your own ticket. They still stay there. It is what it is, and I feel this is Trump telling people there are options. Take them or move on kind of thing.
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  6. Trump is the first president to support gay marriage before he was a president.
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  7. If people move from certain states those states would actually try to help people.
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  8. "I want to honestly inquire whether you think a majority of "leftists" aren't working. " Define work. I see many leftists pushing for free healthcare and free college, but how many of them are studying to become doctors? How many of them are working to earn a high income. When I see leftists two things 1. They are people who do not push for success 2. They are people who make excuses There are plenty on the right who do not push for success. However, they do not care for the most part. They have no problem with their living conditions. For the left, though, they are the ones who want single payer healthcare but they are not the ones studying to be doctors, nurses, surgeons, etc. They rather have others do the work. " Given what you know about employment rates and everything, was your last statement going to even actually apply to the majority of people that identify with the left? Or is it that anyone that's actually working, you exclude from your term "leftist"?" Employment rate does not tell the whole story. To give you an example, one of my co-workers is working on their PhD but does not do much work to do it. The two papers they are working on are mainly because of a post-doc. They have little desire to learn and become a researcher. They want to be a lecturer, which is fine, but it is a job a Masters degree holder can do and is not paid a lot. However, they are ultra left. They complain about the rich and how much the president of the university make and claims they do nothing. She complains when certain jobs do not get done on campus even though she does not understand the cost. And example is how she wanted a parking garage for more parking. She does not understand that it cost $30,000 a parking space to build one, and that is just to build one. That does not include maintenance. Parking garages have 80 years payoff time. My point on that story is that the left, to me, do not see things through an objective lens and the reason why is because of lack of work to actually understand what is going on in society. Now the same can be said about many on the right. However, they, for the most part, just mind their own business. They are not acting like elitists.
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  9. Soulkun13, if you are that poor you have a lot of problems. However, it isn't that expensive to move. In life at times you have to take a few steps back before you go forward.
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  10. cesare bacchelli, moving does not cost that much. Sometimes in life you have to take a few steps back before you go forward. Just like a student in college giving up a lot of time and money to earn a degree to earn more. Or someone pulling out a loan to start a business.
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  11. "but you and I both know it's a pretty empty and over-simplified statement. " I do not find it that over-simplified. Moving is not difficult. "But are people actually adequate at understanding what it means to not be able to afford to live in an area? " I would agree with that. One of my co-workers is graduating soon and is looking to move to Nebraska from the west coast. She is shocked at how cheap houses are. That is actually pretty common that people do not understand how affordable life is in other places. Moving from the MIdwest to the west coast it was a culture shock seeing how many families did not own a home. "And are they good at estimating risk and potential change? And do they have the means to find a source of income in the new location that exceeds their previous situation (income to cost of living ratio)?" I will say yes in both of those cases. Jobs are available, especially if you have skills. "Is the lower cost of living due to lack of people in a location, which leads to a lack of demand, which leads to a lack of jobs?" Not really. Things are cheaper due to lower taxes and regulations. "Are people hedging their bets and future because they value certain relationships within a given area and are hoping to change the situation in an area because they don't want to change the area they reside within?" There is a case there. Some people feel they can make it where they are at now.
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  12. " I'm willing to put my money that the majority of the people in suboptimal situations don't have a good grasp on their situation and/or don't have the capacity (or lack the skill) to do quality research to improve their situation. " I disagree. This is why people move to begin with. This is why people pursue college and improve in life. People have the ability, plenty of people do. To me, if those with ability move from areas that are not doing well then that state or city needs to find a way to keep those skilled and intelligent people there. "I just look at the average American and look at how they operate within the economy and how willing they are to take on certain risks and debt without any good understanding how that affects their lives." Things are dynamic, but to say that they have not done some sort or research is simply not true. "I also have to disagree that prices are lower predominantly due to lower taxes and regulation." For the most part they are. "When we talk about cities that could do well to have people move out due to high cost of living, not all of them have high property taxes or sales tax" There are places that do well and have low prices. Texas is an example. FL is another. Both have low taxes. "To be honest, with the exception of California, sales tax and property tax don't really deviate all that much and plenty of the Midwest states are in the middle of the pack for both rather than the bottom." Midwest states also have income taxes. Iowa has no sales tax on food (at least when I lived in that area). States with no income taxes are WA, NV, WY, SD, TX, AK, and FL, none in the Midwest. " but there is just a stark contrast of prices between very urban areas and more rural areas that aren't bridged by these taxes." I agree there is a difference between rural prices and urban prices. That is because in urban places you have a lot more skilled workers and skilled jobs. "I have to conclude that high urban cost of living mostly has to deal with demand due to a high concentration of people in a single area. " That does play a role. However, in some urban areas the cost is much higher then others. There are plenty of jobs in other areas of the country with low cost of living.
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  13. Arjan Singh, working with as many international students as I do they love America. They moved here for opportunity. That is changing an entire country. Here in the US people can move to another state.
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  14. It isn't hard to move.
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  15. Geeky_Girl, it is not that expensive to move. You occasionally have to take a few steps back before you move forward.
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  16. Mickey G, we still have people coming to the US from other countries for a better life. It is not that challenging to move to another city or state. If you are not willing to move then your situation is not that bad, if at all.
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  17. Count Deku, it isn't hard to move. You can pull out a loan if needed. At this point you are making excuses.
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