Just a shower thought I had that I can't seem to find any info on, not sure where to post. Living in the Seattle area, a lot of my friends who work retail or service jobs (and honestly, a lot of other jobs, because almost nothing pays enough) have moved away. They work similar jobs in smaller, more remote towns, and even then they struggle, just not as much. Since stores are clearly lacking workforce to the point that pretty much everyone notices it, is the obvious migration of low-wage workers just… Not talked about? What happens when Seattle, SF, Boston, etc just don't have literally anyone to work retail or provide other services? Is this just not actually happening somehow and not a concern? I'm confused as to why no one seems to have thought about this. Maybe the numbers really don't go in the direction I assume they do, and some way or another, adequate service force is remaining in these insanely HCOL areas? I don't know.
Thoughts?