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Anyway, let's begin:
1) Rent is unaffordable everywhere. In no state is the median working class wage enough for a two bedroom apartment. In most it isn't enough for a one bedroom apartment.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/affordable-housing-coronavirus-rent-evictions_n_5f0ccf72c5b6310dc157414b#:~:text=Safe%20and%20affordable%20housing%20is,according%20to%20a%20new%20report.&text=If%20You're%20At%20Risk,In%20The%20'Hous...&text=And%20full%2Dtime%20minimum%2Dwage,in%2095%25%20of%20U.S.%20counties.
1) Rent is unaffordable everywhere. In no state is the median working class wage enough for a two bedroom apartment. In most it isn't enough for a one bedroom apartment.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/affordable-housing-coronavirus-rent-evictions_n_5f0ccf72c5b6310dc157414b#:~:text=Safe%20and%20affordable%20housing%20is,according%20to%20a%20new%20report.&text=If%20You're%20At%20Risk,In%20The%20'Hous...&text=And%20full%2Dtime%20minimum%2Dwage,in%2095%25%20of%20U.S.%20counties.
2) Working class people move less than college educated people, for good reason. For working class people, moving is very expensive on the front end, and losing your social network is also expensive. Grandma or family friends can't babysit anymore. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/15/15757708/hometown-stay-leave
3) Knowledge work, and the internet is MORE prone to geographic concentration than dispersal. Workers who don't move to a city where their field is concentrated have fewer opportunities.
https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/16-037_eb512e96-28d6-4c02-a7a9-39b52db95b00.pdf
https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/16-037_eb512e96-28d6-4c02-a7a9-39b52db95b00.pdf
3b) Sure you can find that programming job in Nebraska, but if the company goes belly up prepare to move cities all over again. You should prep for this your entire career if you aren't working in a major city.
3c) What about remote work? The main power of agglomeration economies are informal, not formal, knowledge transfers. These are important both for being at the cutting edge of your field and for professional networking. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210305-why-in-person-workers-may-be-more-likely-to-get-promoted
4) Plenty of international cities are able to maintain better costs of living! Tokyo is pretty cheap compared to the top economically productive American cities. If you *don't have* to have a rent/housing crisis, why would you?
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Japan&city1=Tokyo&country2=United+States&city2=Seattle%2C+WA
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Japan&city1=Tokyo&country2=United+States&city2=Seattle%2C+WA
I'll add more as I think of stuff. Gotta do real person work now.
Right, climate is a good point here.
While we're pushing for major infrastructure improvement, the more concentrated, the less the overall population impact. Density is good.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-04-19/why-bigger-cities-are-greener#:~:text=The%20environment%20benefits%20from%20density,suburbs%2C%20and%20even%20small%20towns.&text=Urban%20households%20emit%20less%20carbon%20dioxide%20than%20their%20suburban%20and%20rural%20counterparts.
While we're pushing for major infrastructure improvement, the more concentrated, the less the overall population impact. Density is good.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-04-19/why-bigger-cities-are-greener#:~:text=The%20environment%20benefits%20from%20density,suburbs%2C%20and%20even%20small%20towns.&text=Urban%20households%20emit%20less%20carbon%20dioxide%20than%20their%20suburban%20and%20rural%20counterparts.
This guy deleted before I could respond but I wanted to put things in more context.
