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id have thought rural france is reasonably prosperous , agriculture is prioritised to a high degree in france and france dominates agriculture in the EU , plus its not the french way to simply allow the invisible hand to do its thing re_ less naturally strong economic locations so the countryside is heavily subsidised in france ( as in most of europe )
It is not that the urban areas are necessairly rich and the rural areas are poor in France. Sure, the Ile de France is the economic powerhouse of the country and features many rich people. But at the same time, metropolitain areas have huge suburbs with poorer people, and severe social and economical problems as well, while the rural areas have many decent houses especially around the coast or winery areas such as Bordeaux.
id have thought rural france is reasonably prosperous , agriculture is prioritised to a high degree in france and france dominates agriculture in the EU , plus its not the french way to simply allow the invisible hand to do its thing re_ less naturally strong economic locations so the countryside is heavily subsidised in france ( as in most of europe )
No no no...rural France is dying. For a simple reason, young generation of educated people don't want to go there, it's exceptionally annoying and lack a lot of services. And jobs are in cities. It's a vicious circle...
So no deep rural France is poor, way more poor than average.
No no no...rural France is dying. For a simple reason, young generation of educated people don't want to go there, it's exceptionally annoying and lack a lot of services. And jobs are in cities. It's a vicious circle...
So no deep rural France is poor, way more poor than average.
This is inevitable.
Honestly to be a farmer doesn't require a lot of education and sophisticated skills, and everywhere in the world, the young don't want to live in rural areas, which is always poorer than cities.
Cities have the economies of scale, the high density produces no ideas and innovation. Of course they are more prosperous and wealthier. If the young educated people all want to be farmers in a country, then this country has some serious problems.
I don't want to downplay the importance of agriculture, but no country is rich and competitive because it has the best farms.
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