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I don't know much about this 'depopulation' you speak of, but I wouldn't call it a 'good' thing. Calling bad would be hyperbole, but good is just as much an exaggeration. Bring it back to it's natural state sounds lovely I suppose, but it won't happen, even with depopulation. Even if a small town ends up deserted, the infrastructure that was that town won't just magically turn into prairie grass. The natural state is long gone.
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Originally Posted by bobtn
Regions depopulate, as they should, when economic circumstances make it the prudent thing to do. We should do nothing to either encourage, nor discourage it, but simply allow it to occur..at its own natural pace.
Yeah tell the bad economy to the people of North Dakota..
High School Drop Outs Making $75,000 a year starting..
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Originally Posted by hawkeye2009
Did you actually read your own link? The article states that the population of the plains states are growing, unemployment is low, and the states are prospering.
Being from this area, we would prefer that those on either coast remain where they are. You live in Nirvana and there would be no reason to consider moving to the desolate, frigid, "flyover" area which is populated with gun toting rubes. The summers are hot, winters cold, and we constantly threatened by tornadoes.
Oddly, I posted this while cleaning a .25-06 and .243 bolt guns which were sighted in yesterday on my farm. We periodically thin out the local coyotes, as the damn things threaten my cats. This is no place for those who despise guns, hunting, Christianity, and hard work. Stay put!
Get a .50 Upper, reach out, reach out a touch something..
Yeah tell the bad economy to the people of North Dakota..
High School Drop Outs Making $75,000 a year starting..
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ND is having a few good years, which will wither away in a few more years, but they had several terrible decades.
Overall, their economy long-term has been pithy, at best.
And even when they have low unemployment, we are talking of states with lower populations than many mid-level cities. This is not a region millions of teens should flock to.
ND is having a few good years, which will wither away in a few more years, but they had several terrible decades.
Overall, their economy long-term has been pithy, at best.
And even when they have low unemployment, we are talking of states with lower populations than many mid-level cities. This is not a region millions of teens should flock to.
Only do to relying on federal dollars..
Some say that boom can last 15 years, hell some say 50..I mean we have not seen the real boom as of us there is a ocean of Oil underneath the pocket we are tapping today..
I agree with the last part, keep the morons out dont let them mess it up..
I agree with the last part, keep the morons out dont let them mess it up..
The coasts are making too much money in too nice a climate to want any part of the Great Plains.
90% of America would want no part of the Plains, largely, but not totally, due to weather issues.
Did you actually read your own link? The article states that the population of the plains states are growing, unemployment is low, and the states are prospering.
I did indeed, which is why I included it.
However, many sources say population in the rural areas of the plains is decreasing.
The first link is from Forbes, which I always find a bit "off" in thought processes. The second is from 5 years ago and may not apply any more.
Certainly Omaha, DH's hometown, has had the lowest unemployment rate of any big city for the last several years. The people who live there really seem to like it, aside from a few outliers.
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Is the depopulation of the Great Plains a good thing?
