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...there are jobs to be had, and good ones in small town America.
No one disputes that. The conflict is in a) how many X's even a solvent local economy will NEED
and b) the holes left in less than solvent local economies that can't afford more than one of an X (if that).
eg: what happens to your Dentist's life if 3 more decided to (or even somehow needed to) move in?
No one disputes that. The conflict is in a) how many X's even a solvent local economy will NEED
and b) the holes left in less than solvent local economies that can't afford more than one of an X (if that).
eg: what happens to your Dentist's life if 3 more decided to (or even somehow needed to) move in?
Why would 3 dentists need move into the same small town. People normally dont relocate to areas where their career field is saturated. The laws of supply and demand would create competition and excess X's would reinvent themselves or relocate.
Because as everyone says there is so much appeal to move there for.
Or their wives get transferred to something nearby. Make up whatever scenario might feel best to you.
eg: There's ten "dentists" in town now and they're all doing as well as they want/need to
what with allowing the time they spend on fly fishing or duck hunting or heirloom vegetable farming.
How many additional "dentists" can the town make use of? How many more billable hours exist?
Three MIGHT be just what the town needs to compensate for natural attrition...
but if the ones moving in are ALSO approaching retirement age it really doesn't get the job done.
And that's the solvent community.
You're absolutely right. Also, people often overlook Government jobs. Some of the best paying/best benefits jobs in small towns/rural areas is the town/county government.
My observation is, unless you grew up in the small town, those town government jobs are nepotistic. Our town clerk retired and her niece now has the job, and her co-clerk is related to the guy who runs the historical society. Old town, small population, many people related in one way or another and who have been here for generations. That's who gets the jobs.
Small towns without industries to capture money from the great outside just shuffle social security retirement, local taxes and such between variable number of the local players. As an outsider you are unlikely to be invited to have your piece of the pie.
I work in a small town of 8,000 people the town has a lot of factories and farms so their is plenty of work available however it wouldn't be good if you were a white collar worker
How many aerospace engineering jobs are available in your small town?
We have two tech firms in town. Combined they employ about 20 engineers. Plus over a 100 techs. Ok I’ll admit “aerospace” is not in their title. Plus your not going to find many aerospace eng jobs outside theSF Bay Area POP 7,000,000. And why would any aerospace engineer want to live in a town of 5000? Good job can be a lot of thins. $75,000 is plenty if you can buy a nice house for under $300K
My observation is, unless you grew up in the small town, those town government jobs are nepotistic. Our town clerk retired and her niece now has the job, and her co-clerk is related to the guy who runs the historical society. Old town, small population, many people related in one way or another and who have been here for generations. That's who gets the jobs.
Yes.
The answers on the thread are from long-time residents. They cannot, at times, gauge the true state of xenophobia of small places. It would be nice to hear from them, who they would rather hire: local folks with whom they grew up with, or a newcomer?
The answers on the thread are from long-time residents. They cannot, at times, gauge the true state of xenophobia of small places. It would be nice to hear from them, who they would rather hire: local folks with whom they grew up with, or a newcomer?
And nobody in a large city gets a job because they know somebody? Humans are human no matter what size the community. It just stands out in the small town because there were so few jobs available. In the larger cities job seekers have more choices and therefore can find placement in an industry or corporation that has jobs available and no employees with sons, daughters, cousins, or friends with the proper education/training.
If you worked for a good company and you knew somebody that had the training and skill set for an opening in that company; would you not encourage both the company and your acquaintance to hire/apply?
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