The place of perpetual abandonement

My mother and brother were born in Cleveland, Ohio.  The city is nicknamed, the mistake by the lake.  In this city, people are packing up and leaving by the thousands.  The only people remaining are the people who really have no other place to go.  No one likes to just take off running, but you need to note when to take off running.  I have seen ministries begin to lose members by the hundreds and no one asks the question as to why everyone is leaving.  People are leaving for a reason.  I often say that watching the traffic of life will lead you as to where to go.  If you see mass exits, then question if you should park yourself there.  Consider that you choice to go to a place may be further complicated by the inability to leave that place when it is to your advantage.  A while ago, people were pursuaded to buy homes they really could not afford and when the housing bubble burst, those same people where forclosed on and had no assets to buy housing.  Don't be caught in places of perpetual abandonment.