This is how people get stuck in small dead-end towns with no prospects, its hard to get out especially if you have a house and a family.

We did it by buying an obscenely cheap house in a much better town, and renting our previous house out to people who didn't mind living in a small dead-end town (they were an older couple on DSP/carers) and now we're in a much better situation, but moving is a pain - the hardest part is trying to find accommodation *before* you move when you're not local to where you want to go ...

Some of the charities will help with moving costs, but they're pretty stretched these days.