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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]our friends in Madison, WI are senior mgmt their Trek HQ and they have a fantastic life. same base salaries (gotta pay up for educated people anywhere), waterski house in summer, ski/snowmobile in winter, decent airport, big new house for $500k, good schools, tons of fun at UW-madison games, etc. 
all the east coasters at their wedding had the best week ever. and yes, a ton said "wow, I never would have come here unless invited."  did some golfing at Kohler too.

Trek, Kohler, Harley, Northwestern mutual, Allstate, universitits, medical companies, GE Medical.

Making $300k there and banking most of it makes a lot of sense. [/quote]

So the OP's question should be rephrased - why don't all the unemployed folks in Wisconsin move to greater Madison?   (because I think the question about mobility was more on point, and important, than the generalization about flyover country)

The problem of the large numbers of underemployed, discontented folks is a national problem - whether a highly qualified professional is better off in Madison, or in Annandale, not so much.  [/quote]

Why should I get a job when i get food stamps, welfare checks, public housing, free bus/metro cards, and Gov’t paid smartphone, etc.? Plus I get the same for each of my kids, Mo kids=Mo money, yo.
And if I do get a job, I make sure it doesn’t pay much, or on the books, since I don’t want to lose my benies and freebies.  You working suckers![/quote]

Yes, why don't you do that. Report back and tell us about all of your new friends and the lives they've led. 
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They’ll report back about the education their children in universities the middle class could only dream of their children. They’ll be in shock that your kid couldn’t get into the same schools their kids did with your letter of recommendation. The pride and joy they will feel as they do anything they can - including claiming their kid will study STEM, not putting the American born father on the birth certificate. They will continue to be shocked at their good fortune when their mortgages go bust and have help others don’t have. They will not understand why people begin to resent their every request for a better paying job, a pair of shoes, negotiating a car loan, working with accountants. They will not understand why you needed to lay them off their $25 an hour job you paid them because they were raising a child. They will resent the hand that legally helped them up for 20 years. [/quote]

Incorrect. 
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