Perry Mobility Pros And Cons

Mobility serves many purposes, good or bad depending on one's position. Perry Panic in his passage argues that the “advantages to living in such a highly mobile society are thus outweighed by the disadvantages.” The author supports his position by first stating that it is too easy to move away from the people and places of our past. he continues by discussing lack of close, supportive relationships. The author’s purpose is to point out the relationships we lose due to today's easy mobility so that the reader understands what disadvantages there are to a highly mobile society. The author creates a objective tone for close, meaningful relationships. Mobility should not affect people's relationships with family, friends and significant others because of today’s technology. …show more content…
“Ours is an open, fast moving society equipped with cars, trains and planes that make it too easy for us to move away from the people and places of our past.”(Perry Panic) People run away from their problems, whatever they might be, they disconnect from family and friends in a blink of an eye. People should have the option to move were they please. Moving away does not mean leaving everyone behind forever, you must make the effort and use resources to stay connected. Personally I have grandparents in Florida and I still take the time to call them and check up on them whenever I can keeping our relationship alive. Depending on the reason someone chooses to move away, the relationships they have when they leave are dependent on the effort to obtain the relationship. Although face to face relationships are very different from long, distance people do not have to be torn apart. People run away from their problems but this does not mean they are leaving the people they love