If you dont have a job and want one you're either A. Lazy or B. picky...Theres plenty of jobs, people just think since they graduated college they need 6 figures off break.
Anybody is really dumb if they think they'll walk into a Ford dealership and pay 55k...I work at a Ford dealership and there is an "adjusted market value" which puts most gt500's and top stangs at 70k...
I really don't think it matters if he's "tied down" or not. College towns are the easiest to rents apartments in. no apartment ever stays empty around a major college.