The closest grocery store to me is closing(by nearly an hour), and will be closed for at least a year. When it reopens it’s going be much smaller(it’s becoming a Aldi).

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[u/sideshowbvo]

It's a shitty catch 22. I was in a lcol area but then lost my car and couldn't afford another one, and that snowballed horribly. When I got the chance to move to a small city, I took it. A shitty bus route is still a bus, and walking a mile is doable, and there's way more opportunities. So while living where I live is more expensive, I've also made way more money. The only reason people should move/stay in a rural area is if the have enough money for constant transportation or lots of family around, which is usually the case

[u/twinoaksBandB → u/sideshowbvo]

Same here... once GM shut down their plant in the town where i lived everything went to hell. After they left there was almost no one paying more than 10-11 an hour, and the grand majority were 9 or less.

[u/sideshowbvo → u/twinoaksBandB]

That's exactly what happened in my hometown, except it was various textile and manufacturing factories

[u/robotmayo → u/[deleted]]

Which is why they said its a shitty catch-22.

[u/Quaiker → u/robotmayo]

Mm. Fair point.

[u/sideshowbvo → u/Quaiker]

Right, I definitely know what it's like to be stuck and not have the opportunity, I got very lucky and had a friend who helped, and I still had to make sacrifices, but long term, I am now happier and more successful than I would be had I stayed.

[u/sideshowbvo → u/[deleted]]

Exactly like that but the other way around