@doctorjaymarie@mastodon.world I have a friend who’s a middle school ELA teacher in FL. She’s almost finished with her dissertation and highly employable. However, her husband works for a FL university and isn’t likely to go anywhere. Only the young are truly mobile.

Of course, many border state teachers can easily commute to GA or AL, just as AL teachers retire and commute to FL or MS to teach. When did AL become the better alternative. That’s sad.