Ironically the people who leave *because* it’s shitty and they are being treated better elsewhere might be the catalyst for the locals making it less shitty, lest they lose more people.
And the people staying even though it’s shitty in the hopes they can make it better might be perpetuating the shittiness by tolerating it.
I also think it’s important to connect with a place and put down roots. I think it’s dumb to keep moving just to shave off a little on the marginal tax rate. But you have to retain the nuclear option if the local authorities are intent on running it into the ground.
We left LA in 2016 where we had a ton of roots, and I have zero regrets about leaving that shit hole. (No offense to anyone who still lives there!)
Chris Liss
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2024-06-20 12:24:59 UTC
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