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What a miserable job though. In the long run maybe y'all will be better off. I really like Helena and McRae whenever we drive through... it's a shame there isn't more to stop and see in the old downtown.
Prisons are usually a last resort industry for locales that aren’t attractive to otherwise mainstream industry or business.
Most of Central GA south of Macon, and most all of South GA is almost economically depressed beyond return. Except for the larger cities, and some of the smaller cities with universities like Thomasville, Milledgeville, Ft. Valley, Americus, and Tifton, there isn’t much hope for that region of the state. Heck, even among the three largest cities in Central and South GA, only Valdosta wouldn’t be considered economically stressed.
Economically depressed beyond return... not sure if I would go that far. Especially in terms of agriculture... there's a lot of soybeans, pecans, peanuts, etc. that south Georgia provides, along with a lot of pine, hemp, etc.
Though, I guess with the technological progress there's been in that field, it doesn't require so many people anymore.
They have figured out the agri-tourism angle in many places, though... maybe some of the towns could pivot in that direction?
I haven't been down that way in 10 years— how far away from "ghost town" are cities in South Georgia these days?
Economically depressed beyond return... not sure if I would go that far. Especially in terms of agriculture... there's a lot of soybeans, pecans, peanuts, etc. that south Georgia provides, along with a lot of pine, hemp, etc.
Though, I guess with the technological progress there's been in that field, it doesn't require so many people anymore.
They have figured out the agri-tourism angle in many places, though... maybe some of the towns could pivot in that direction?
I haven't been down that way in 10 years— how far away from "ghost town" are cities in South Georgia these days?
Most are continuing to lose population and the young people who can leave usually do. Dwindling tax base, fewer young creative people, and a hesitancy to try new things has amplified the decline. A few of the towns are probably past the point of return. Mostly though...a lack of good jobs is the biggest hurdle.
The I-16 corridor is doing okay with some exceptions of course. Twiggs, Bleckley and Treutlen counties aren’t doing so well. Laurens county, home of Dublin, has stagnated, along with Emanuel and Candler counties.
Bryan county just got the state’s largest economic boost in history with the Hyundai EV plant announced and is right next door to thriving Statesboro-Bulloch county. Same with Effingham.
I suppose you could say the further East you go on 16, the better the economic conditions.
This is one of the big challenges for the state government - to try to drive business and jobs to the areas to the entire state. Georgia has an incredible location with low property taxes and a pretty low income tax rate compared to other states. Georgia has 159 counties. From what I've seen (I could be wrong) fewer than half are prospering.
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