06-24-2022, 06:12 PM
(06-24-2022, 06:07 PM)grampahol Wrote: Life isn't as difficult as some make it out to be moving place to place. Nobody ever promised it would be easy, but it's always an option. Then again I am a bit of a strange bird myself.. I was willing to uproot and lose everything I owned a few times in life already .. You'd be surprised how quickly you acquire new crap after losing everything.. I moved to SC with an old guitar and the clothes on my back just about 8 years ago. I now have a full shop full of equipment, all new clothes and a whole lot of other crap I don't know what to do with anymore.. I dread the idea of moving again.. We've considered selling everything and taking off in a van to parts unknown, but it's just myself and the Mrs and we have about $50000 in the bank between us and a house completely paid for worth about $250,000.. We could get a pretty slick van I suppose..
You and I were the same way, down to the guitar part. With that being said, I'm the only one I know who did it. Most people are more attached that you and I, and it seems like we are both not into moving now, so even we nomads settle down.
I don't think the average person is going to pull up stakes and move on because state X has thing Y legal. It just isn't economically feasible and our wealth gap has further tethered people to their comfort zones. Hell, I bet most folks are saddled with a wife and kids and stuff like that before they even get the itch to move anyplace else.