I moved once by just getting in the car and driving to another town two hours away. I didn't have a job lined up. When I got there, I looked around and saw a help wanted sign. I went in, told them I could do the job, and they hired me immediately. I started working the very next day. There are millions of job openings.
So yes, I just snapped my fingers and moved. I didn't have a million dollars worth of possessions to move with me. I actually didn't move much of anything. I just kept renting the house I already had and just came back to visit it once in a while.
I agree that there are obvious issues with the system (many such cases) but at the same time people all over the place manage to survive while wasting an insane proportion of their income on trash like new phones, cigarettes, alcohol, a car beyond their means, pets they shouldn't have taken responsibility for and then on top of that the unfortunate burdens many place on themselves such as having children out of wedlock etc.
I only say all that to ask, don't you think u/Aspie scenario is plausible when you remove all of those generally self imposed burdens?
Sure I get that but I don't think I implied it was always possible either, for those that have a child with severe medical issues or something not as common I can agree to what you're saying but I'm just saying for the average person I think it's not too far out of reach.
You might as well just give up, if you're going to throw up roadblocks to any information.
If you're an able-bodied person wanting to leave town, you can find a way to get a few hundred dollars to buy an old car. Or better yet, just take a bus. That's even cheaper. If you can't find a way, then your brain is not working.
Do you mean disregard inflation and live today on $2.00 an hour? Really?
I know I could live on today's minimum wage. Many people are actually doing just that. A lot of people on social security are doing that, as the average check is just above minimum wage. Mine is a good bit below that. Luckily I'm in better circumstances than back in the 70s. I don't have any vices, and I don't have a lot of the bills average people have, such as cell phone, tv, etc.
What I mean is, if you were in the same circumstances as you were in the 70s, do you think you could do the same things today to just pick up, move, find a car and a cheap house, and find work?
Yes I could move to another town and find a job within the day. Every single time in the past that I've needed to get a job, I got one in a day.
You don't necessarily need a car. You can take a bus to another town. You can buy a cheap used bicycle or just walk. I used to walk for miles every day. And it doesn't have to be a house. Used mobile homes are dirt cheap.
I moved once by just getting in the car and driving to another town two hours away. I didn't have a job lined up. When I got there, I looked around and saw a help wanted sign. I went in, told them I could do the job, and they hired me immediately. I started working the very next day. There are millions of job openings.
So yes, I just snapped my fingers and moved. I didn't have a million dollars worth of possessions to move with me. I actually didn't move much of anything. I just kept renting the house I already had and just came back to visit it once in a while.
You have to think outside the box.
Right, which would require the car, the gas, etc.
I'm happy for you that you were able to do this 40 years ago, but I think you need to realize that it cannot work that way in 2020.
I agree that there are obvious issues with the system (many such cases) but at the same time people all over the place manage to survive while wasting an insane proportion of their income on trash like new phones, cigarettes, alcohol, a car beyond their means, pets they shouldn't have taken responsibility for and then on top of that the unfortunate burdens many place on themselves such as having children out of wedlock etc.
I only say all that to ask, don't you think u/Aspie scenario is plausible when you remove all of those generally self imposed burdens?
This comes with an assumption that all people who are going through hard times have poor spending habits/bad vices, which isn't always the case.
So no, I don't think it's always going to be plausible.
Sure I get that but I don't think I implied it was always possible either, for those that have a child with severe medical issues or something not as common I can agree to what you're saying but I'm just saying for the average person I think it's not too far out of reach.
Anyone can buy a used car and a tank of gas.
Not anyone
You might as well just give up, if you're going to throw up roadblocks to any information.
If you're an able-bodied person wanting to leave town, you can find a way to get a few hundred dollars to buy an old car. Or better yet, just take a bus. That's even cheaper. If you can't find a way, then your brain is not working.
Honest answer: do you think you could do the same thing today as you did back in 1980, same exact amount of money?
Do you mean disregard inflation and live today on $2.00 an hour? Really?
I know I could live on today's minimum wage. Many people are actually doing just that. A lot of people on social security are doing that, as the average check is just above minimum wage. Mine is a good bit below that. Luckily I'm in better circumstances than back in the 70s. I don't have any vices, and I don't have a lot of the bills average people have, such as cell phone, tv, etc.
What I mean is, if you were in the same circumstances as you were in the 70s, do you think you could do the same things today to just pick up, move, find a car and a cheap house, and find work?
Yes I could move to another town and find a job within the day. Every single time in the past that I've needed to get a job, I got one in a day.
You don't necessarily need a car. You can take a bus to another town. You can buy a cheap used bicycle or just walk. I used to walk for miles every day. And it doesn't have to be a house. Used mobile homes are dirt cheap.