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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
No, that was only one example of reasonable situations where relocation could not be considered as a serious option.
Others could be a terminally ill relative living in close proximity to Liverpool or a partner who is unwilling to disrupt a good career.
Nobody who does not wish to go to Swansea will be forced to, they are free to seek alternative employment so that they can remain where they are, however, the current difficulties in obtaining employment should not be underestimated.
Those offered employment in Swansea, who turn it down without "just cause" and who do not obtain a replacement job at their current geographical location may face difficulties when trying to claim benefits.
There are regulations in place that the Department for Work and Pensions use to protect public funds.
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I'm aware there are regulations that can prevent unemployment benefit payments if a reasonable job offer is turned down. However I would be immensely surprised if it were judged unreasonable to turn down a job offer requiring a displacement of some 250 miles (or 4 hours by car).
I think you're allowing your uncle's experience to skew your view of how this scenario might play out in other people's lives. Perhaps you place little value on community and extended family. It would appear your uncle's family saw things in that way (or else, perhaps the standard of living he pursued meant that getting back to visit was never a problem for them). That is not the situation most of the support personnel at VM are going to be in.
Incidentally, I never suggested you had held autism up as the
only reason not to relocate. I asked if you thought only something
as serious as autism was a good enough reason. Your alternative examples, of a terminal illness or a good career, suggest to me that my judgement of where you're coming from was not far off the mark. And I find that really rather sad.
My wife and I took the relocation option before we were even married and it took effect immediately after our honeymoon. We found the separation from friends and family very difficult but stuck with it for five years, moving back closer to family when our first child was pre-school age.
Ultimately I think a sense of community and extended family is infinitely more important than chasing money around the country. And in the absence of any empirical evidence I would also seriously doubt your assertion that your uncle's kids are confident individuals
because they moved around so much. You could just as easily postulate that they may find it difficult to form deep relationships that mature beyond a few months due to lack of that experience. We simply don't know.
Those that are offered a move from Liverpool to Swansea will have all sorts of personal factors to weigh up. Whatever works for them is right for them, and implying that they are deficient in some way just because they may use a different measure than you or your uncle really isn't on.