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Old 04-10-2023, 03:03 PM
 
Location: Baltimore
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Move to another state
Massachusetts needs more workers.

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Jobs are plentiful in Massachusetts. Workers are not.

The way our US capitalist economy is set up- if you are not growing and you are stagnant in population and workforce, you're declining.
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Old 04-10-2023, 05:26 PM
 
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Going back to 1990 housing In the Boston metro has always been 50% more expensive than the US as a whole.

Going back to 1940 it was 30% more expensive. Its never been cheap. Not even in 2008.
Wages have always been much higher here though. And housing in the Southern States were maybe too cheap... until the Pandemic pumping ended that in a lot of places.
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Old 04-10-2023, 07:36 PM
 
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Wages have always been much higher here though. And housing in the Southern States were maybe too cheap... until the Pandemic pumping ended that in a lot of places.
Median household income in Boston in the year 2000 was $39,000. A house was like $280,000. I don’t see it ever as “cheap”
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Old 04-10-2023, 07:39 PM
 
Location: The ghetto
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Wages have always been much higher here though. And housing in the Southern States were maybe too cheap... until the Pandemic pumping ended that in a lot of places.
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Median household income in Boston in the year 2000 was $39,000. A house was like $280,000. I don’t see it ever as “cheap”
Even less than 10 years ago, normal people could afford to live in Boston.
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Old 04-10-2023, 07:42 PM
 
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So what industry besides working for the MBTA needs workers ?
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Old 04-10-2023, 07:43 PM
 
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So what industry besides working for the MBTA needs workers ?
It’s literally in a headline.

But virtually every significant industry in Mass. all you have to do is read the articles.
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Old 04-10-2023, 07:51 PM
 
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Maybe jobs need to relax on what they're looking for and ease up on the interview processes.
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Old 04-11-2023, 07:50 AM
 
Location: Baltimore
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Maybe jobs need to relax on what they're looking for and ease up on the interview processes.
That's not the issue at all.

The high cost of housing makes many jobs unable to pay enough, and the sheer lack of available apartments and homes makes it so young people leave the state.
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Old 04-11-2023, 07:55 AM
 
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The high cost of housing makes many jobs unable to pay enough, and the sheer lack of available apartments and homes makes it so young people leave the state.
There's apartments out there, they are just not cheap (now). But that can be dealt with by getting roomates.

Edit: apartments.com shows 1,030 2bdr apartments available in Boston and the immediate area for under $2500 with a move in date of May 1st. Is that too expensive for one person? Yes... even two if they are both low income. But 3 should be fine.

It is true that 10 years ago the rent would have been half that or maybe even less.

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