I've been trying to raise my kids for the expectation that they may very well have to move to find a meaningful career opportunity, even if it means out of country. This idea that a job will always be available where one grows up is an illusion. I moved out of the SF Bay Area because in the early 1990s there was nothing except temp work and coffee bar jobs. I was working two jobs day and night just to pay rent, and obviously by post-1995 and the dot-com boom that wasn't going to work. I ended up relocating via school to a different location, far more affordable and far more work.

College is probably the best opportunity for young people early 18-22 to look around in a different location without the cost of having to relocate on a guess. They can explore and work while studying and find roots in new places without the risk of full committment to a what-if. After that, it's very much probing if you have a partner who can scout or support when you scout or jumping into the big open, but either way, you have to go where the work is. It doesn't get handed to you on a silver platter.