@OP
> Unemployment in my city has dropped a lot, and it's finally lower than the national average.
Dropped in my city as well. Newspaper online says "unemployment rate lowest in three years" But it depends on where you live in the county. Many live out towards a desert where many live in trailer parks and always have. High rate of drinking and lazy and poorly educated, so they will always be on the downside. I am long ago out of school but hang daily with students surfing on my beach (who I be?)
The only students that find themselves looking for a new job are the ones that keep skipping work to surf my Ocean a Blue. But they always find a new job here.