Was migrating way easier back then (e.g., people can just board a ship with their bags to the US and settle there)? What makes migrating to most countries so difficult now?
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It’s expensive enough to move down the street. You have to pack up all your possessions and then transport them to the new place.
Now imagine moving to a whole new country.
You also have to find a place to live, find a new job, find new friends, do all this in a foreign culture where you might not even know the language, far from your loved ones and the place you’ve called home all your life.
Even within the US, where traveling between the states is unrestricted, most people live in the state they were born in.
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