Why do you say that? It’s a good article and she’s basically right. The rural areas are blossoming as the costal cities are drowning in their own liberal policies...and s#it.
Punchline:
A recent Gallup poll found that although most Americans live in cities, if given a choice, they would prefer to live in rural areas. What’s stopping them?
And they haven’t read the work of Nikiko Masumoto, an artist who is rethinking food systems while working alongside her family on their organic peach farm in rural California."
It's not just that she wants to live in a "rural area," she also is hell bent on turning her new "rural" home into just the kind of enlightened craphole she recently left behind.
The problem is she defines life as liberal and is trying to spread her poison from the city to the heartland. No thanks
What’s stopping them?
The commute. Most high-pay and tech jobs are still in or near the cities. If you want to buy a single family home with an actual yard, you either have to pay through the nose or be willing to drive 45+ minutes.
It’s mainly jobs.
Capital needs a minimum concentration to be profitable and which is why most factories don’t locate to easier access in the rural areas near the interstates. It’s getting there slowly, but the payback isn’t enough of an incentive for most to do it wholesale. Companies also need a larger labor pool then can usually be provided by a small town to remain cost competitive.
Without the jobs the younger generation doesn’t have opportunity and has to seek elsewhere. It’s what happened to me. First the Navy and then had to find a job to support the family.
My dream is to earn enough money to buy a small company in the city and relocate at least part of the operation to my home town. If something doesn’t happen soon it could well disappear within just 2 generations. I came close last year to leveraging my 401k/IRA to do just that, but wife and I decided the risk was too much with the kids still in college. I look back now and realize I made a mistake not going all in...ah well...