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Traditionally, people lived where they worked (hunted, for that matter). In older times in Moldova, Mumbai, and the old country, people lived where they found game, shelter and water. When one or more of these things gave out they moved on to 'greener pastures'. The young were energetic and looking for new love carried forward, seeking new places. The old were tired and set in their ways stayed, became slum dwellers or sat by the side of the road and looked for handouts, or waited for their grandchildren to return.

Over the years, this style of living became paramount with the exception of the Nomadic tribes drifting from food source to food source. The travelers came through, taking the cream of the crop and leaving the spoils in their wake. The only thing that they did that was of any relevance was, they mixed the gene pool up, thereby giving a town of a variance of tall, short, skinny, fat people. Intellect grew and people learned new ways of doing things, new ideas blossomed, and new enterprise thrived. Truly epic.

In the last 100 years, people have become more socialistic and welcome travelers into their fold. The underlying reason being that they want to exploit their knowledge and benefit themselves. Governments and financial institutions are the largest players when it comes to exploitation. For example:

"Because I like cars. Subsidizing roads makes my food cheaper so I have more money in my pocket to allow me to enjoy my hobbies and save more for retirement. Also so I can buy more, cooler and faster cars. And car parts."

Two things, the government doesn't subsidize roads, its your tax dollars, and the banks only pay 1.15% interest, but charge you 19% interest rate on debits.

Manitoba is the only place where they pay 20B$ to build a road to move traffic, and then over the next 10 years, spend another 10B to slow you down with stop signs/lights, crosswalks, traffic-calmed streets, pot holes, pavement repairs and re-construction.

Think about it, ever see a poor contractor?