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Looking for dystopia Dystopia where people are regularly forced to move?, protagonist must move daily

I'm trying to remember a title of a paperback book I read over 30 years ago.

It was set in a scifi dystopian future where the whole of the earth'sEarth's society was constantly being moved around the earthEarth. The more of a danger that someone presented to The State the less time they were allowed to stay in any given area. Everything is keyed to your fingerprint  (or something else, maybe) so once your time was up in the place you were at, you couldn't do anything...--open doors, buy food, use public transportation, etc. The only thing you could do would be to get on the appointed form of transport to your new assigned destination.

I think the main character only has a one day pass, which means he has to travel to a new area every day. At one destination the MCmain character meets a character named Toy (almost sure of that name), who tells him that obviously this whole system couldn't be run without at least a few who would never have to move. I don't remember anything else, but I think they were going to try to overthrow the whole system. I've

I've googled the hell of this but I've not found it. If anyone has a clue to the title or author of this book please let me know, I'd love to read it again.

Looking for dystopia where people are forced to move?

I'm trying to remember a title of a paperback book I read over 30 years ago.

It was set in a scifi dystopian future where the whole of the earth's society was constantly being moved around the earth. The more of a danger that someone presented to The State the less time they were allowed to stay in any given area. Everything is keyed to your fingerprint(or something else, maybe) so once your time was up in the place you were at you couldn't do anything...open doors, buy food, use public transportation, etc. The only thing you could do would be to get on the appointed form of transport to your new assigned destination.

I think the main character only has a one day pass, which means he has to travel to a new area every day. At one destination the MC meets a character named Toy (almost sure of that name), who tells him that obviously this whole system couldn't be run without at least a few who would never have to move. I don't remember anything else, but I think they were going to try to overthrow the whole system. I've googled the hell of this but I've not found it. If anyone has a clue to the title or author of this book please let me know, I'd love to read it again.

Dystopia where people are regularly forced to move, protagonist must move daily

I'm trying to remember a title of a paperback book I read over 30 years ago.

It was set in a dystopian future where the whole of the Earth's society was constantly being moved around the Earth. The more of a danger that someone presented to The State the less time they were allowed to stay in any given area. Everything is keyed to your fingerprint  (or something else, maybe) so once your time was up in the place you were at, you couldn't do anything--open doors, buy food, use public transportation, etc. The only thing you could do would be to get on the appointed form of transport to your new assigned destination.

I think the main character only has a one day pass, which means he has to travel to a new area every day. At one destination the main character meets a character named Toy (almost sure of that name), who tells him that obviously this whole system couldn't be run without at least a few who would never have to move. I don't remember anything else, but I think they were going to try to overthrow the whole system.

I've googled the hell of this but I've not found it. If anyone has a clue to the title or author of this book please let me know, I'd love to read it again.

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Looking for dystopia where people are forced to move?

I'm trying to remember a title of a paperback book I read over 30 years ago.

It was set in a scifi dystopian future where the whole of the earth's society was constantly being moved around the earth. The more of a danger that someone presented to The State the less time they were allowed to stay in any given area. Everything is keyed to your fingerprint(or something else, maybe) so once your time was up in the place you were at you couldn't do anything...open doors, buy food, use public transportation, etc. The only thing you could do would be to get on the appointed form of transport to your new assigned destination.

I think the main character only has a one day pass, which means he has to travel to a new area every day. At one destination the MC meets a character named Toy (almost sure of that name), who tells him that obviously this whole system couldn't be run without at least a few who would never have to move. I don't remember anything else, but I think they were going to try to overthrow the whole system. I've googled the hell of this but I've not found it. If anyone has a clue to the title or author of this book please let me know, I'd love to read it again.