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    Many academic people are not happy with moving, but if one refuses, and there are no academic jobs within 300 miles, then you're just unemployed. You don't have to move, but at the same time you may not have a job, if you refuse. It is a conflict, yes. There is no resolution, I'm afraid, even if we tried to make things more humane. The closest thing we may manage to "humanity" is attention to professional couples...
    – paul garrett
    Commented May 29, 2020 at 1:52
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    With the exception of a few metropolitan areas, there is generally no more than one or two research university in the proximity, which mean there is not more than one or two departments that can hire you. Also, almost any decent program like to hire people with diverse experience (ie not people who were already there for a decade), and few academic subjects can be pursued nowadays without outside postdoc experience. A candidate who spent her/his undergraduate, graduate and post-doc years in the same place is a huge red flag for most hiring comity.
    – Greg
    Commented May 29, 2020 at 1:57
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    – Massimo Ortolano
    Commented May 31, 2020 at 9:02
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    I'm suprised that many academics don't want to relocate. For example there are people who only target tier One research instutions and they don't accept any less
    – SSimon
    Commented May 31, 2020 at 9:16
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