I don't want to speak for ArkyBeagle but I think, when young adults move, they often move for work - so you show up in a city where what you're there to do is work, the people you know are through work, you don't have the balanced social structure of family, friends, and work, so you don't end up spending healthy time relaxing with family and friends, you just... work. That's my guess.
We went from Eisenhower to Kennedy in a few years.
I think this, and the fact that people move too much are largely the whole story. See also Peter Whybrow for more on this.