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Originally Posted by sk8t
Um, and?
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It relates to the systemic issues of poverty in KY. Many people are not willing or unable to leave the chronically poor areas to the larger urban centers of the state and elsewhere that offer a greater level of job opportunities. Over the past several decades the out-migration out of the rural counties in the South has been significant. KY was the only state in the country that experienced GROWTH in the micropolitan and rural counties, a direct inverse of national trends. I just found that to be interesting...