The loss of folks from Nebraska just doesn;t make sense, when there are such high unenployment rates elsewhere. here in SW Nebraska, we have an unemployment rate of 4%. It’s hard to find good workers. My company is desperately seeking welders and machine operators. The health care industry has all kinds of openings. Houses in my town sell for anywhere from $20,000 for a fixer-upper to less than $200K for a McMansion. You can get a small acerage and old farm house with out-buildings for less than $100,000. And the winters really are not that bad.
SW Nebraska? Anywhere near Kimball? We lived there when my dad worked on Minuteman missiles back in the 60s.
Hows the wind?
Young people leave rural midwestern states for jobs and social opportunities. If you’re not a doper, drunk or a young professional, there’s nothing to hold a young person there. Illegals abound for lower-skilled jobs. Some of these states don’t have great tax rates either.
It’s very American to have confidence in yourself and strike out even if the general economy is bad.