Yeah. When you get into the nitty gritty of it, it is more complex. The workforce used to be more mobile. How many times have we heard about "when granddad moved to Baltimore because he heard there was work there", etc. Plus, you would have been FINE at any one of those jobs you interviewed for. The hiring managers are also getting their perspective skewed by the language we casually throw around today, and the expectation of degrees for even the lowest barista job, etc. Perfectly good candidates like yourself are overlooked due to the "grass is always greener" conversation that is constantly presented by the media. Every exceptional case gets its own TV special nowadays, while the people making up the Capable Middle - call it 70% of the workforce - are completely ignored and unappreciated. Stick with it. I was in your shoes this time last year. Now I'm rich and famous. Or, um, I'm working 9-5 and paying my bills on time, at least...