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标题：Live Free and Die of Boredom
作者：Bruce Hamilton
期刊名称：Reason
印刷版ISSN：0048-6906
出版年度：2005
卷号：May 2005
出版社：Reason Foundation

Live Free and Die of Boredom

Bruce Hamilton

In "Live Free and Die of Boredom" (February), Nick Gillespie suggests that most people will "pay a steep premium to live in more densely populated places where things inevitably cost more money and take more time, where there are more regulations, higher taxes ... most of us choose to live under the yoke of economic oppression."

No, most of us choose to stay employed. When we graduate from college, we search nationwide to find anyone willing to hire someone with no professional experience. After three to five years, assuming our specialty is not too obscure, we may have the luxury of choosing some particular major metropolitan area in which to relocate. Beyond that, our choice of residence is only to choose a neighborhood within that metropolitan area based on some sort of balance of price, safety, and commute time.

Bruce Hamilton

Redondo Beach, CA