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I grew up in rural Kansas. It wasn't as bad as the inner city.
However, there no way I'd go back to ANY rural place. The top jobs and economic opportunities are in urban centers, be it Houston, Chicago, Charloette, or San Fran and I have zero interest in throwing that away
I grew up in rural Kansas. It wasn't as bad as the inner city.
However, there no way I'd go back to ANY rural place. The top jobs and economic opportunities are in urban centers, be it Houston, Chicago, Charloette, San Fran, etc and I have zero interest in throwing that away
I prefer the big city because I am a CULTURE VULTURE.
I thrive on art galleries, museums, symphony, opera, night life, film festivals, historic districts, lectures, street fairs, film festivals, skyscrapers, international restaurants, proximity to world class hospitals and medical services, accessibility to an international airport, great shopping, extensive public transportation, etc.
I live in Twin Falls Idaho..Our unemployment rate is 3.3% in a rural town..in a rural county..in a rural State.
There are many seniors..and many families as well. Generations have grown up together, fostering a tight-knit sense of community.
Homelessness is almost unknown..panhandlers a rarity. I can walk anywhere, anytime, without fear.
I was in Seattle recently--downtown the odor of marijuana mixed with the stench of urine wafting from doorways--the homeless were camped right across from the City Hall. People making $10 an hour were living in hovels. I saw a robbery 50 yards away from me. Sirens were wailing at all hours as the random violence went on 24/7.
I'll keep my small town..thanks.
I may be doing you a disservice..but it seems as though your post is intended..in a subtle way...to portray city people as more intelligent, with more class, than their 'county bumpkin' counterparts. Not everyone in rural America voted for Trump..I certainly did not--but I think that the reason many did was because of the attitudes of smugness and false superiority that many 'city' folk buy into.
Their may well be some truth in what you are saying...but I'd put to you that life is full of trade-offs...country vs. city has its share of them.
Whatever one's choice is...Respect goes a long way--where-ever you live
Agreed.
To be fair: when I think "rural"; 5,000 people is the cutoff IMHO if talking a town and people living less than 10 miles from the center it is.
Maybe because they don't need to be policed. Rural American churches work to help those in need.
Your city say "NYC" so how do you know so much about rural America. I can tell you as a fact that the WSJ doesn't have a clue.
It isn't the WSJ. It's based upon statistics. When you compare (1) urban areas, (2) suburbia, (3) medium or small metros and (4) rural, residents in rural areas consistently fare worse.
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" In terms of poverty, college attainment, teenage births, divorce, death rates from heart disease and cancer, reliance on federal disability insurance and male labor-force participation, rural counties now rank the worst among the four major U.S. population groupings (the others are big cities, suburbs and medium or small metro areas).”
And it's all based on averages. Maybe you live in a rural paradise like Lake Wobegon where all is well and all of the kids' IQ are above average.
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