100 years ago, absolutely.  Today, not really.  A defining human trait is to try to improve our lives and leave our kids in a better place than we were.  Remaining in a place to little opportunity, bad health care, and tons of crime is hardly moving forward.  The Amish seem to have a hard life, but I would not say a good life.  Appalachian's have hill folk that have a hard life, but they are about as backwards as they come.  The Russian side has people that have done the exact same thing.

Success is more than survival it's improvement.  Sometimes that means moving to a place with better opportunities.