Having lived in bumblefuck Alaska for a year, I can honestly say that they do in fact pay more, but it's also super expensive to live in rural Alaska.

Likely a bigger issue is that very few people want to live in a town of 3000 people or less that isn't connected to the interstate road system. Money can only do so much to fix that.

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throwaway85825 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Some people live in a pressurized bubble for a month for saturation diving. If the price is right you can get someone to do almost anything.

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fc417fc802 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That is true but I think the salient observation here is that it's only realistic to pay so much for education. So either you can't have children in such a town, or you're forced to homeschool, or (I guess what's being suggested is) you import someone willing to work an undesirable job if it gets them into the country.

I think there's an important difference between importing labor to undercut qualified americans in a populated area versus importing labor to do a job that the vast majority of qualified americans will have no interest in at any reasonable pay rate.

	▲	8note an hour ago \| parent [-]
		you could also export the children, or the whole family, to a place that can support teachers

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allarm 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It doesn't matter how much money you have if you can't spend it.

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throwaway85825 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That applies to a ton of people in the military. People are capable of delayed gratification.

	▲	thisisit 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What is the federal budget for military vs education? Which one increases and which one decreases most of the time?
	▲	redserk 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Repeating trite platitudes only makes your argument sound weak and tired.

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RobotToaster an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Does Amazon not deliver to Alaska?