Just want to point to the study recently headed up by Ryan Burge, that discovered the number 1 reason for dechurching in America had to do with people moving locations. This should weigh heavily on anyone, who contemplates breaking his social ties to move.
At minimum, I would say prioritize finding a new church home in your new location. Start doing research even before you move. Maybe even see if anyone at your old church knows anything about the churches in your new city.
And teach your kids to do the same. They need to get plugged into church ASAP at college.
The economist Steven Landsberg has a chapter in his "The Armchair Economist" about how, in equilibrium, the marginal cost of moving to a different place will be greater than the benefit. People will stop moving from, say, Topeka, to, say, Los Angeles when the marginal person who might otherwise be interestes in moving is "indifferent."
I think this logic fits well with this article. There will always be downsides to everywhere, otherwise everyone would live in the same place.
The grass is always greener where it hasn't been paved over.
The grass may be greener, but it still needs mowed.
Just want to point to the study recently headed up by Ryan Burge, that discovered the number 1 reason for dechurching in America had to do with people moving locations. This should weigh heavily on anyone, who contemplates breaking his social ties to move.
At minimum, I would say prioritize finding a new church home in your new location. Start doing research even before you move. Maybe even see if anyone at your old church knows anything about the churches in your new city.
And teach your kids to do the same. They need to get plugged into church ASAP at college.
Some good thoughts about being contented and realistic.
"Perhaps that’s why natural defects bother us more than cultural ones." I think you meant to say the opposite, based on the context.
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The economist Steven Landsberg has a chapter in his "The Armchair Economist" about how, in equilibrium, the marginal cost of moving to a different place will be greater than the benefit. People will stop moving from, say, Topeka, to, say, Los Angeles when the marginal person who might otherwise be interestes in moving is "indifferent."
I think this logic fits well with this article. There will always be downsides to everywhere, otherwise everyone would live in the same place.