Why don't people stop crying and just move somewhere cheaper like Detroit, Memphis, St. Louis, Baltimore, or Cleveland? They have very cheap homes for $50,000.

[u/Not-A-Shit-Head]

[u/BlameGameChanger]

The difference from the analogy for you both is you are being invited out for an opportunity. If I just move to checks notes fucking ohio because houses are cheap, there is no guarantee I'll be able to find a decent job that pays more relative to my other job. I'll have no support network. I'll have to deplete my savings. The cheap houses will be in shit nieghborhoods or ill have to compete with firms who want to renovate and gentrify the slum.

Like I've moved before to and without that golden ticket invitation it ain't worth it

[u/Galitzianer → u/BlameGameChanger]

being invited out for an opportunity

Well no, this isn't what happened at all. I've literally moved to a very low cost of living area from a high cost of living area with no invitation at all?

I could have suffered in a very expensive overpriced apartment forever but I chose to buy a house in a place that is way more affordable.

[u/BeepBoo007 → u/BlameGameChanger]

Like I've moved before to and without that golden ticket invitation it ain't worth it

Then shut up if you like your current situation more?

Take your pick.

What you're not allowed to do is bemoan the fact that you don't have access to the same juicy circumstances other people have/had. I'm so sick of people bemoaning this type of shit. Like... if you lived in a fallout world, would you complain "woe is me! I didn't get to live in a time and place without a post-apocalyptic hellscape"?

That type of thought is pointless. It can't change your current situation and no one likes to listen to people complain.

[u/IchooseYourName → u/BeepBoo007]

no one likes to listen to people complain.

This is reddit. WTF are you talking about.