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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I used to think that too. But the figures on how strongly happiness and health correlate to the strength of your social support network changed my mind.
25 year olds picking up stakes and moving across the country to improve their income from $60k to $80k has economic value. But it if means abandoning their social network, it may have negative consequences that go beyond the economic calculus.
There’s a civic good in people living around friends and family - especially parents raising children. If viable schools and hospitals in Brandon and Saint John help keep young adults in a community where they have the support of parents and friends, which in turn help sustain marriages, families, and mental health, then that’s good value for public investment.
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You want somone else to pay so people can have "social network". This is the kind of daydremy thinking that got this country into this mess.