u/Donkter

I honestly don't even know what to say lol. How do you think anyone forms an identity ever? We have - I was going to type decades - but *centuries* of case studies and writing about why people get roped into cults of personality and insane belief systems despite looking like lunatics from the outside.

What do you even think is happening to these people? Based on your previous reply the answer is "I have no idea" which should tell you you should look a little deeper into what's happening.

Maybe they're too far gone, but you're talking about impressionable young boys, like 10-16. At those ages we as a society agree that a lot of all childrens personalities aren't dictated by their own choices since they lack the life experiences and cognitive abilities to function as an adult. Instead they're highly impressionable, influenced by their social sphere and nowadays their social media feeds.

So sure, maybe you could say they're fucked from the jump, but understand that they are not taking as active of a role in who's forming their thought processes like a 25 year old getting hooked on Tate is.

That's... Their point? Either you misread what they said or you wrote your response wrong.

They know we know.

Yeah horrible parents or rich parents are really the two big reasons one can move out. Otherwise there's really no reason to do it if you've got your whole support and friend network in the city.

It makes some sort of sense imo. What the graph is essentially saying is that most people stay in the same city as their parents. An 18 mile rage around a house covers most of a city. It's probably thousands of people who live in the same neighborhood as their parents skewed by the handful that move out of their home city.