Or maybe a small political movement.<p>Much of our family traces back to the Midwest or southern New England factory towns. It&#x27;s been quite astonishing seeing the professional and geographic migrations that happen as a new generation comes of age.<p>The starting point is just as described: Rust Belt parents with fraying big-company jobs that were predicated on medium incomes, mid-level skills and high expected levels of job security.<p>The next generation is ending up in Seattle or North Carolina. Some are going to Colorado, California or Washington DC. They aren&#x27;t staying in their parents&#x27; communities. They&#x27;re switching employers more, and they&#x27;re ending up in fluid fields like IT security, consulting, social services, graphic design, etc. where you&#x27;re expected to fine-tune your career every few years.<p>Yeah, the older generation is unhappy and ready to vote for politicians who engage with them. But the next generation isn&#x27;t asking government to make societal change stop. They just want a fair shot at whatever new opportunities come along (and some dreamy stuff about making college both cheaper, easier and more useful - all at once.)